INCOME
TAX.
No. 2 of 1949.
An
Act to impose a Tax upon Incomes.
[Assented to 12th March, 1949.]
[Date
of commencement, 9th April, 1949.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and
the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Income Tax Act 1949.
Incorporation.
2. The Income
Tax Assessment Act 1936–1948 shall be incorporated and read as one with
this Act.
Imposition
of Income tax.
3. Income tax is imposed at the rates declared in
this Act.
Rates of
Income tax.
4.—(1.) The
rate of income tax in respect of a taxable income derived from personal
exertion shall be as set out in the First Schedule to this Act.
(2.) The rate of income tax in respect of a taxable
income derived from property shall be as set out in the Second Schedule to this
Act.
(3.) The rates of income tax in respect of a
taxable income derived partly from personal exertion and partly from property
shall be as set out in the Third Schedule to this Act.
(4.) The rate or rates of income tax in respect of
a taxable income to which Division 16 of Part III. of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936–1948 applies shall be as set out in
the Fourth Schedule to this Act.
(5.) The rate or rates of income tax in respect of
a taxable income in any case where sub-section (1.) of section eighty-six of
the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936–1948
applies shall be as set out in the Fifth Schedule to this Act.
(6.) The rate or rates of income tax payable by a
trustee shall be as set out in the Sixth Schedule to this Act.
(7.) Subject to the last preceding sub-section, the
rates of income tax payable by a company shall be as set out in the Seventh
Schedule to this Act.
(8.) Where, apart from this sub-section, the income
tax which a person would be liable to pay under this section, before deducting
any rebate to which he is entitled in his assessment, leaves an amount of pence
remaining when expressed in pounds and shillings—
(a) if the remaining pence do not exceed
six—the income tax payable by that person shall be the amount so expressed in
pounds and shillings; or
(b) if the remaining pence exceed six—the
income tax payable by that person shall be the amount so expressed in pounds
and shillings plus One shilling.
Super-tax
on certain companies.
5.—(1.) In
addition to any income tax payable under the preceding provisions of this Act,
there shall be payable, subject to this section, upon the taxable income in
excess of Five thousand pounds derived by a company a super tax at the rate of
Twelve pence for every pound of that excess.
(2.) The last preceding sub-section shall not apply
to—
(a) the assessment of a company as a trustee;
(b) a private company as defined in section one hundred and three of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936–1948;
(c) a co-operative company as defined in
section one hundred and seventeen of the Income
Tax Assessment Act 1936–1948;
(d) a mutual life assurance company, as defined in sub-section (1a.) of section one hundred and sixty c
of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936–1948,
or the mutual income, as defined in that sub-section, of a life assurance
company.
Levy of
Income tax.
6.—(1.) The
tax imposed by the preceding provisions of this Act shall be levied and paid
for the financial year commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine
hundred and forty-nine, upon the taxable income derived during the year of
income as defined by section six of the Income
Tax Assessment Act 1936–1948.
(2.) Until the commencement of the Act for the
levying and payment of income tax for the financial year commencing on the
first, day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty, the preceding
provisions of this Act shall also apply for all financial years subsequent to
that commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and
forty-nine.
Provisional
tax.
7. Provisional tax is imposed, and shall be
payable in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936–1948, in respect of the income of
the year of income ending on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine
hundred and fifty.
THE
SCHEDULES.
FIRST
SCHEDULE. s. 4 (1.).
Rate of Tax in Respect
of a Taxable Income derived from Personal Exertion.
1. If the taxable income does not exceed £1,000
the rate of tax for every £1 of taxable income up to and including £500 shall
be nil and the rate of tax for every £1 of taxable income in excess of £500
shall be 18.024 pence increasing uniformly by .024 of one penny for every £1 by
which the taxable income exceeds £501.
2. If the taxable income exceeds £1,000 but does
not exceed £2,000 the rate of tax for every £1 of taxable income up to and
including £1,000 shall be 15 pence and the rate of tax for every £1 of taxable
income in excess of £1,000 shall be 42.02 pence increasing uniformly by .02 of
one penny for every £1 by which the taxable income exceeds £1,001
First Schedule—continued.
3. If the taxable income exceeds £2,000 but does
not exceed £5,000 the rate of tax for every £1 of taxable income up to and
including £2,000 shall be 38.5 pence and the rate of tax for every £1 of
taxable income in excess of £2,000 shall be 82.01 pence increasing uniformly by
.01 of one penny for every £1 by which the taxable income exceeds £2,001.
4. If the taxable income exceeds £5,000 but does
not exceed £10,000 the rate of tax for every £1 of taxable income up to and
including £5,000 shall be 82.6 pence and the rate of tax for every £1 of
taxable income in excess of £5,000 shall be 142.002 pence increasing uniformly
by .002 of one penny for every £1 by which the taxable income exceeds £5,001.
5. If the taxable income exceeds £10,000 the rate
of tax for every £1 of taxable income up to and including £10,000 shall be
117.3 pence and the rate of tax for every £1 of taxable income in excess of
£10,000 shall be 162 pence.
SECOND
SCHEDULE. s.
4 (2.).
Rate of Tax in Respect or
a Taxable Income derived from Property.
1. if the taxable income does not exceed £500 the
rate of tax for every £1 of taxable income up to and including £350 shall be
nil and the rate of tax for every £1 of taxable income in excess of £350 shall
be 7.755 pence increasing uniformly by .005 of one penny for every £1 by which
the taxable income exceeds £351.
2. If the taxable income exceeds £500 but does
not exceed £1,000 the rate of tax for every £1 of taxable income up to and
including £500 shall be 2.55 pence and the rate of tax for every £1 of taxable
income in excess of £500 shall be 28.03 pence increasing uniformly by .03 of
one penny for every £1 by which the taxable income exceeds £501.
3. If the taxable income exceeds £1,000 but does
not exceed £2,000 the rate of tax for every £1 of taxable income up to and
including £1,000 shall be 22.775 pence and the rate of tax for every £1 of
taxable income in excess of £1,000 shall be 58.022 pence increasing uniformly
by .022 of one penny for every £1 by which the taxable income exceeds £1,001.
4. If the taxable income exceeds £2,000 but does
not exceed £5,000 the rate of tax for every £1 of taxable income up to and
including £2,000 shall be. 51.3875 pence and the rate of tax for every £1 of
taxable income in excess of £2,000 shall be 102.008 pence increasing uniformly
by .008 of one penny for every £1, by which the taxable income exceeds £2,001.
5. If the taxable income exceeds £5,000 but does
not exceed £10,000 the rate of tax for every £1 of taxable income up to and
including £5,000 shall be 96.155 pence and the rate of tax for every £1 of
taxable income in excess of £5,000 shall be 150.0012 pence increasing uniformly
by .0012 of one penny for every £1 by which the taxable income exceeds £5,001.
6. If the taxable income exceeds £10.000 the rate
of tax for every £1 of taxable income up to and including £10,000 shall be
126.0775 pence and the rate of tax for every £1 of taxable income in excess of
£10,000 shall be 162 pence.
THIRD SCHEDULE. s. 4
(3.).
Rates of Tax in Respect
of a taxable Income derived partly from Personal Exertion and partly from Property.
1. For every £1 of taxable income derived from
personal exertion, the rate of tax shall be ascertained by dividing the total amount
of the tax that would be payable under the First Schedule, if the total taxable
income of the taxpayer were derived exclusively from personal exertion, by the
amount of the total taxable income.
2. For every £1 of taxable income derived from
property, the rate of tax shall be ascertained by dividing the total amount of
the tax that would be payable under the Second Schedule, if the total taxable
income of the taxpayer were derived exclusively from property, by the amount of
the total taxable income.
FOURTH SCHEDULE. s. 4 (4.).
Rates
of Tax by Reference to an Average Income.
1. For every £1 of taxable income derived from
personal exertion by a taxpayer to whose income Division 16 of Part III. of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936–1948
applies, the rate of tax shall be ascertained by dividing the tax that would be
payable under the First Schedule upon a taxable income from personal exertion
equal to his average income by that average income.
Fourth Schedule—continued.
2. For every £1 of taxable income derived from
property by such a taxpayer, the rate of tax shall be ascertained by dividing
the tax that would be payable under the Second Schedule upon a taxable income
from property equal to his average income by that average income.
FIFTH
SCHEDULE. s.
4 (5.).
Rates of Tax by
Reference to a Notional Income.
1. For
every £1 of the actual taxable
income from personal exertion of a taxpayer deriving a notional income, as
specified by sub-section (1.) of
section eighty-six of the Income Tax
Assessment Act 1936–1948, the rate of tax shall be
ascertained by dividing the tax that would be payable under the First Schedule
upon a taxable income from personal exertion equal to his notional income by
that notional income.
2. For every £1 of the actual taxable income from
property of such a taxpayer, the rate of tax shall be ascertained by dividing
the tax that would be payable under the Second Schedule upon a taxable income
from property equal to his notional income by that notional income.
SIXTH
SCHEDULE. s.
4 (6.).
Rates of Tax payable by
a Trustee.
For every £1
of taxable income in respect of which a trustee is liable, in pursuance
of either section ninety-eight or section ninety-nine of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936–1948,
to be assessed and to pay tax, the rate or rates of tax shall be the
rate or rates that would be payable under the First, Second, Third, Fourth or
Fifth Schedule, as the case requires, if one individual were liable to be
assessed and to pay tax on that taxable income.
SEVENTH
SCHEDULE. s.
4 (7.).
Rates of Tax payable by
a Company, other than a Company in the capacity of Trustee.
1. In the case of a company which is not a life
assurance company, the rates of tax shall be—
(a) for every £1 of so much of the taxable income as does not exceed Five
thousand pounds—Sixty pence; and
(b) for every £1 of the remainder of the
taxable income—Seventy-two pence.
2. In the case of a mutual life assurance
company, the rates of tax shall be—
(a) for every £1 of so much of the
taxable income as does not exceed Five thousand pounds—Forty-eight pence; and
(b) for every £1 of the remainder of the
taxable income—Sixty pence.
3. In the case of a life assurance company other
than a mutual life assurance company, the rates of tax shall be—
(a) for every £1 of so much of the mutual income of the company, as
defined in sub-section (1a.) of
section one hundred and sixty c of the Income
Tax Assessment Act 1936–1948, as does not exceed Five thousand
pounds—Forty-eight pence;
(b) for every £1 of the remainder of the
mutual income of the company, as so defined—Sixty pence;
(c) for every £1 of so much of the taxable income of the company, other
than mutual income as so defined, as does not exceed the amount by which the
mutual income of the company, as so defined, is less than Five thousand
pounds—Sixty pence; and
(d) for every £1 of that part of the
taxable income to which none of the preceding sub-paragraphs of this paragraph
applies—Seventy-two pence.
4. For
every £1 of that portion of the
taxable income which has not been distributed as dividends, on which the
company is liable, in pursuance of Part III
a. of the Income Tax Assessment
Act 1936–1948, to pay further tax, the rate of further tax shall be
Twenty-four pence.
5. For every £1 of interest in respect of which a
company is liable, in pursuance of sub-section (1.) of section one hundred and
twenty-five of the Income Tax Assessment
Act 1936