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Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992

Act No. 80 of 1992 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 9 September 2010

taking into account amendments up to Act No. 75 of 2010

The text of any of those amendments not in force

on that date is appended in the Notes section

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be

affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,

Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

    

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

 

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

Section

1. Short title [see Note 1]

2. Commencement [see Note 1]

PART 2 - AMENDMENT OF THE INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1936

3. Principal Act

4. Interpretation

5. Exemption of pay and allowances of members of Defence Force

 serving in operational areas

6. Exemption of foreign branch profits of Australian companies

7. Repeal of section 55 and substitution of new section:

 55. Annual depreciation percentage

8. Calculation of depreciation

9. Special depreciation on property used for basic iron or steel

  production

10. Depreciation roll-over relief for unpooled property where CGT

 roll-over relief allowed under section 160ZZM, 160ZZMA,160ZZN,

  160ZZNA or 160ZZO or where election for roll-over relief made

 under section 59AA

11. Calculation of depreciation - pooled property

12. Expenditure on research and development activities

13. Recouped expenditure on research and development activities

14. Reduction of deductions

15. Gifts, pensions etc.

16. Deduction for contributions to eligible superannuation fund for

 employees

17. Interpretation

18. Deduction in respect of new plant installed on or after 1 January

  1976

19. Interpretation

20. Exemption of income attributable to certain policies etc.

21. Insertion of new section:

 112C. Exemption of income attributable to policies issued by

 foreign permanent establishments

22. Residual amounts

23. Assets to which Part applies

24. Asset passing to personal representative or beneficiary

25. Part applies in respect of disposals of assets

26. Asset bequeathed to tax-advantaged person etc.

27. Capital gains and capital losses

28. Consideration in respect of disposal

29. Transfer of net capital loss within company group

30. Election to treat grant of long term lease as disposal of freehold

  interest or head lease

31. Payments for variation of lease

32. Consideration for disposal

33. Insertion of new section:

 160ZYJA. Employee share trusts

34. Conversion of note not to constitute disposal

35. Conversion of note not to constitute disposal

36. Involuntary disposal

37. Asset received as a result of involuntary disposal

38. Transfer of asset between spouses upon breakdown of marriage

39. Transfer of assets from company or trust to spouse upon

 breakdown of marriage

40. Transfer of asset to wholly-owned company

41. Transfer of partnership assets to wholly-owned company

42. Transfer of asset between companies in the same group

43. Exchange of shares in the same company

44. Principal residence

45. Exemption of part of gain attributable to goodwill

46. Insertion of new section:

 160ZZRAA. Calculation of 'exemption threshold' for purposes of

 section 160ZZR

47. Interpretation

48. Shares in, and loans to, transferor - deemed disposal and

 re-acquisition

49. Equity interest in transferee - compensatory increase in

 cost base etc.

50. When asset acquired

51. Keeping of records

52. Interpretation

53. Prescribed persons

54. Interpretation

55. Widely distributed finance shares

56. Insertion of new section:

 327B. Transitional finance shares

57. Direct attribution interest in a CFC or CFT

58. Direct attribution account interest in a company

59. Notional allowable deduction for eligible finance share dividends,

  widely distributed finance share dividends and transitional

 finance share dividends

60. Additional notional exempt income - unlisted or listed country CFC

61. Elections under CGT roll-over provisions

62. Roll-overs - asset disposals

63. Tainted sales income

64. Assessability in respect of certain dividends deemed to be paid by

 a CFC under section 47A

65. Application of amendments - general

66. Application of amendments - depreciation

67. Application of amendments - capital gains tax

68. Application of amendments - CFCs

69. Transitional - sections 160J and 160ZZQ of the amended Act

70. Transitional - section 160ZYZ of the Principal Act

71. Transitional - section 160ZZBB of the Principal Act

72. Transitional - Division 19A of Part IIIA of the Principal Act

73. Transitional - subsection 160ZZS(2A) of the amended Act

74. Transitional - Part X record-keeping offences

PART 3 - DEFERRAL OF INITIAL PAYMENTS OF COMPANY TAX FOR 1991-

92

Division 1 - Interpretation

76. Interpretation

Division 2 - Deferral of initial payments of tax for 1991-92

77. 9-week deferral of initial payments of tax for 1991-92

Division 3 - Deferred initial payments of tax for 1991-92 to be

offset by prior payments of franking deficit tax

78. Deferred initial payments of tax for 1991-92 to be offset by prior

  payments of franking deficit tax

79. IP offset provision to be ignored in calculating certain company

  tax thresholds

80. Eliminated or reduced initial payments of tax to be treated as

 fully paid for credit/refund purposes

81. Franking credits and debits - effect of elimination or reduction

  of initial payment of tax

82. Reduction of liability for franking deficit tax

83. No refunds of amounts of franking deficit tax overpaid because of

  the FDT reduction provision

84. Reduction of liability for franking deficit tax does not give rise

  to a franking credit under section 160APQA of the Assessment Act

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992 - LONG TITLE

 

 An Act to amend the law relating to taxation

 

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 1

Short title [see Note 1]

 

 1. This Act may be cited as the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 2

Commencement [see Note 1]

 

 2.(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it

receives the Royal Assent.

 (2) If the day (in this subsection called the "TLAA day") on which the

Taxation Laws Amendment Act 1992 receives the Royal Assent is a later day than

the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,

18, 22, 54 to 59 (inclusive), subsection 60(1), section 66, subsections 68(1),

(2), (3) and (4) and section 74 commence on the day after the TLAA day.

 (3) Subsections 52(2) and 53(2) commence on the day after the day on which

this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

PART 2 - AMENDMENT OF THE INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1936

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 3

Principal Act

 

 3. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Income Tax Assessment Act

1936.*1*

*1*

 No. 27, 1936, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 88, 1936; No.

5, 1937; No. 46, 1938; No. 30, 1939; Nos. 17 and 65, 1940; Nos. 58 and 69,

1941; Nos. 22 and 50, 1942; No. 10, 1943; Nos. 3 and 28, 1944; Nos. 4 and 37,

1945; No. 6, 1946; Nos. 11 and 63, 1947; No. 44, 1948; No. 66, 1949; No. 48,

1950; No. 44, 1951; Nos. 4, 28 and 90, 1952; Nos. 1, 28, 45 and 81, 1953; No.

43, 1954; Nos. 18 and 62, 1955; Nos. 25, 30 and 101, 1956; Nos. 39 and 65,

1957; No. 55, 1958; Nos. 12, 70 and 85, 1959; Nos. 17, 18, 58 and 108, 1960;

Nos. 17, 27 and 94, 1961; Nos. 39 and 98, 1962; Nos. 34 and 69, 1963; Nos. 46,

68, 110 and 115, 1964; Nos. 33, 103 and 143, 1965; Nos. 50 and 83, 1966; Nos.

19, 38, 76 and 85, 1967; Nos. 4, 70, 87 and 148, 1968; Nos. 18, 93 and 101,

1969; No. 87, 1970; Nos. 6, 54 and 93, 1971; Nos. 5, 46, 47, 65 and 85, 1972;

Nos. 51, 52, 53, 164 and 165, 1973; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20,

1974); Nos. 26 and 126, 1974; Nos. 80 and 117, 1975; Nos. 50, 53, 56, 98, 143,

165 and 205, 1976; Nos. 57, 126 and 127, 1977; Nos. 36, 57, 87, 90, 123, 171

and 172, 1978; Nos. 12, 19, 27, 43, 62, 146, 147 and 149, 1979; Nos. 19, 24,

57, 58, 124, 133, 134 and 159, 1980; Nos. 61, 92, 108, 109, 110, 111, 154 and

175, 1981; Nos. 29, 38, 39, 76, 80, 106 and 123, 1982; Nos. 14, 25, 39, 49,

51, 54 and 103, 1983; Nos. 14, 42, 47, 63, 76, 115, 124, 165 and 174, 1984;

No. 123, 1984 (as amended by No. 65, 1985); Nos. 47, 49, 104, 123, 168 and

174, 1985; No. 173, 1985 (as amended by No. 49, 1986); Nos. 41, 46, 48, 51,

109, 112 and 154, 1986; No. 49, 1986 (as amended by No. 141, 1987); No. 52,

1986 (as amended by No. 141, 1987); No. 90, 1986 (as amended by No. 141,

1987); Nos. 23, 58, 61, 120, 145 and 163, 1987; No. 62, 1987 (as amended by

No. 108, 1987); No. 108, 1987 (as amended by No. 138, 1987); No. 138, 1987 (as

amended by No. 11, 1988); No. 139, 1987 (as amended by Nos. 11 and 78, 1988);

Nos. 8, 11, 59, 75, 78, 80, 87, 95, 97, 127 and 153, 1988; Nos. 2, 11, 56, 70,

73, 105, 107, 129, 163 and 167, 1989; No. 97, 1989 (as amended by No. 105,

1989); Nos. 20, 35, 45, 57, 58, 60, 61, 87, 119 and 135, 1990; Nos. 4, 5, 6,

48, 55, 100, 203, 208 and 216, 1991; and No. 3, 1992.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 4

Interpretation

 

 4. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subparagraph

 (a)(iii) of the definition of "resident" or "resident of Australia" in

subsection (1) and substituting the following subparagraph:

 

"(iii)

  who is:

 

(A)

  a member of the superannuation scheme established by deed

under the Superannuation Act 1990; or

 

(B)

  an eligible employee for the purposes of the Superannuation

Act 1976; or

 

(C)

  the spouse, or a child under 16, of a person covered by

sub-subparagraph (A) or (B); and".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 5

Exemption of pay and allowances of members of Defence Force serving

in operational areas

 

 5. Section 23AC of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by inserting after paragraph (2)(ca) the following paragraph:

 

"(cb)

  if the operational area is Cambodia - there is in force a certificate

in writing issued by the Chief of the Defence Force to the effect that the

allotment concerned was in respect of the member's service as part of:

 

(i)

  the group called the United Nations Advance Mission in

Cambodia; or

 

(ii)

  the group called the United Nations Transitional Authority

in Cambodia;";

 

(b)

 by inserting after subsection 23AC(2) the following subsections:

 

"(2A)

  A certificate issued in accordance with paragraph (2)(cb) shall cease

to have force only in accordance with a certificate of revocation signed by

the Chief of the Defence Force.

 

"(2B)

  A certificate of revocation made in accordance with subsection (2A)

is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts

Interpretation Act 1901.";

 

(c)

 by omitting from paragraph (3)(b) "9 June 1991" and substituting "the

termination date (if any) applicable to the operational area";

 

(d)

 by omitting "or (ca)" from subsections (4) and (5) and substituting ",

 (ca) or (cb)";

 

(e)

 by inserting after subsection (6A) the following subsection:

 "(6B) For the purposes of this section, the area comprising Cambodia is

taken to have become an operational area on 20 October 1991.";

 

(f)

 by inserting in subsection (7) the following definition:

" 'termination date', in relation to an operational area covered by subsection

(6) or (6A), means 9 June 1991;";

 

(g)

 by omitting "or (6A)" from the definition of "operational area" in

subsection (7) and substituting ", (6A) or (6B)".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 6

Exemption of foreign branch profits of Australian companies

 

 6. Section 23AH of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:

 "(3) If:

 

(a)

  the original taxpayer in relation to the foreign branch income is the

trustee of a trust estate or a partnership; and

 

(b)

  the following conditions are satisfied in relation to another taxpayer

(in this subsection called the 'actual taxpayer'):

 

(i)

  the actual taxpayer is a company;

 

(ii)

  either:

 

(A)

  the actual taxpayer is a beneficiary of the trust estate or

a partner in the partnership; or

 

(B)

  one or more partnerships or trusts are interposed between

the original taxpayer and the actual taxpayer; and

 

(c)

  assuming that:

 

(i)

  the foreign branch income derived by the original taxpayer

was the only amount included in the original taxpayer's assessable income of

the year of income; and

 

(ii)

  no deductions were allowable to the original taxpayer for

the year of income; and

 

(iii)

  in a case where one or more partnerships or trusts are

interposed between the original taxpayer and the actual taxpayer:

 

(A)

  the only amounts that are included in the assessable

incomes of those interposed partnerships and trusts are amounts that are

attributable (either directly or indirectly through one or more interposed

trusts or partnerships) to the foreign branch income; and

 

(B)

  no deductions were allowable to any of the interposed

partnerships or trusts;

the following conditions would have been satisfied in relation to the actual

taxpayer:

 

(iv)

  an amount would have been included in the assessable income

of the actual taxpayer of a year of income under subsection 92(1) or section

97, 98A or 100;

 

(v)

  the whole or a part of the amount so included in the actual

taxpayer's assessable income would have been attributable (either directly or

indirectly through one or more interposed trusts or partnerships) to the

foreign branch income;

then, for the purposes of the application of Divisions 5 and 6 to the actual

taxpayer in relation to any year of income:

 

(d)

  the assessable income of the original taxpayer does not include so much

of the foreign branch income as is attributable to a period when the actual

taxpayer was a resident; and

 

(e)

  section 160AFD does not apply to a loss incurred by the original

taxpayer to the extent that the loss is attributable to:

 

(i)

  any foreign branch income derived by the original taxpayer

during any year of income; or

 

(ii)

  any foreign branch capital gain which accrued to the

original taxpayer during any year of income.";

 

(b)

 by omitting subsections (9) and (9A) and substituting the following

subsections:

 "(9) If:

 

(a)

  the original taxpayer in relation to the foreign branch capital gain is

the trustee of a trust estate; and

 

(b)

  the following conditions are satisfied in relation to another taxpayer

(in this subsection called the 'actual taxpayer'):

 

(i)

  the actual taxpayer is a company;

 

(ii)

  either:

 

(A)

  the actual taxpayer is a beneficiary of the trust estate;

or

 

(B)

  one or more partnerships or trusts are interposed between

the original taxpayer and the actual taxpayer; and

 

(c)

  assuming that:

 

(i)

  the only amount included in the original taxpayer's

assessable income of the year of income concerned is an amount (in this

subsection called the 'foreign branch capital gain amount') attributable to

the foreign branch capital gain; and

 

(ii)

  no deductions were allowable to the original taxpayer for

that year of income; and

 

(iii)

  no capital loss was incurred by the original taxpayer under

Part IIIA during that year of income; and

 

(iv)

  in a case where one or more partnerships or trusts are

interposed between the original taxpayer and the actual taxpayer:

 

(A)

  the only amounts that are included in the assessable

incomes of those interposed partnerships and trusts are amounts that are

attributable (either directly or indirectly through one or more interposed

trusts or partnerships) to the foreign branch capital gain amount; and

 

(B)

  no deductions were allowable to any of the interposed

partnerships or trusts; and

 

(C)

  no capital losses were incurred by any of the interposed

partnerships or trusts under Part IIIA;

the following conditions would have been satisfied in relation to the actual

taxpayer:

 

(v)

  an amount would have been included in the assessable income

of the actual taxpayer of a year of income under subsection 92(1) or section

97, 98A or 100;

 

(vi)

  the whole or a part of the amount so included in the actual

taxpayer's assessable income would have been attributable (either directly or

indirectly through one or more interposed trusts or partnerships) to the

foreign branch capital gain amount;

then, for the purposes of the application of Divisions 5 and 6 to the actual

taxpayer in relation to any year of income:

 

(d)

  the assessable income of the original taxpayer does not include so much

of the foreign branch capital gain as is attributable to a period when the

actual taxpayer was a resident; and

 

(e)

  section 160AFD does not apply to a loss incurred by the original

taxpayer to the extent that the loss is attributable to:

 

(i)

  any foreign branch capital gain which accrued to the original

taxpayer during any year of income; or

 

(ii)

  any foreign branch income derived by the original taxpayer

during any year of income.

 "(9A) If:

 

(a)

 a taxpayer (in this subsection called the 'original taxpayer'), being

the trustee of a trust estate, disposes of an asset; and

 

(b)

 a loss of a capital nature is incurred by the original taxpayer in

respect of the disposal; and

 

(c)

  if, instead, a gain or profit of a capital nature had accrued to the

original taxpayer in respect of the disposal, that gain or profit (which gain

or profit is in this subsection called the 'notional foreign branch capital

gain') would be a foreign branch capital gain; and

 

(d)

 a capital loss is incurred by the original taxpayer under Part IIIA in

respect of the disposal of the asset; and

 

(e)

  the following conditions are satisfied in relation to another taxpayer

(in this subsection called the 'actual taxpayer'):

 

(i)

  the actual taxpayer is a company;

 

(ii)

  either:

 

(A)

  the actual taxpayer is a beneficiary of the trust estate;

or

 

(B)

  one or more partnerships or trusts are interposed between

the original taxpayer and the actual taxpayer; and

 

(f)

  assuming that:

 

(i)

  the only amount included in the original taxpayer's

assessable income of the year of income concerned is an amount (in this

subsection called the 'notional foreign branch capital gain amount')

attributable to the notional foreign branch capital gain; and

 

(ii)

  no deductions were allowable to the original taxpayer for

that year of income; and

 

(iii)

  no capital loss was incurred by the original taxpayer under

Part IIIA during that year of income; and

 

(iv)

  in a case where one or more partnerships or trusts are

interposed between the original taxpayer and the actual taxpayer:

 

(A)

  the only amounts that are included in the assessable

incomes of those interposed partnerships and trusts are amounts that are

attributable (either directly or indirectly through one or more interposed

trusts or partnerships) to the notional foreign branch capital gain amount;

and

 

(B)

  no deductions were allowable to any of the interposed

partnerships or trusts; and

 

(C)

  no capital losses were incurred by any of the interposed

partnerships or trusts under Part IIIA;

the following conditions would have been satisfied in relation to the actual

taxpayer:

 

(v)

  an amount would have been included in the assessable income

of the actual taxpayer of a year of income under subsection 92(1) or section

97, 98A or 100;

 

(vi)

  the whole or a part of the amount so included in the actual

taxpayer's assessable income would have been attributable (either directly or

indirectly through one or more interposed trusts or partnerships) to the

notional foreign branch capital gain amount; and

then, for the purposes of the application of Divisions 5 and 6 to the actual

taxpayer in relation to any year of income, the assessable income of the

original taxpayer is to be worked out on the basis that no such capital loss

had been incurred by the original taxpayer.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 7

 

 7. Section 55 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is

substituted:

Annual depreciation percentage

 "55.(1) The annual depreciation percentage for a unit of property owned by a

taxpayer is worked out as follows.

 "(2) (Step 1: 100% depreciation) If:

 

(a)

  either:

 

(i)

  the cost of the property does not exceed $300 or such higher

amount as is prescribed; or

 

(ii)

  the effective life of the property is less than 3 years; and

 

(b)

  the taxpayer does not nominate, in accordance with subsection (8), an

annual depreciation percentage less than 100%;

the annual depreciation percentage is 100%.

 "(3) (Step 2: scientific research) If:

 

(a)

  step 1 does not apply; and

 

(b)

  the property is used by the taxpayer for the purposes of scientific

research only; and

 

(c)

  either:

 

(i)

  the effective life of the property is 5 years or more; or

 

(ii)

  the property is an eligible motor vehicle or an eligible

artwork; and

 

(d)

  the property was acquired by the taxpayer before 1 July 1995; and

 

(e)

  the taxpayer does not nominate, in accordance with subsection (8), an

annual depreciation percentage less than 50%;

the annual depreciation percentage is 50%.

 "(4) (Step 3: employee amenities) If:

 

(a)

  neither step 1 nor 2 applies; and

 

(b)

  the property is used by the taxpayer principally for the purpose of

providing clothing cupboards, first aid, rest-room or recreational facilities,

or meals or facilities for meals:

 

(i)

  for persons employed by the taxpayer in a business carried on

by the taxpayer for the purpose of producing assessable income; or

 

(ii)

  for the care of children of those persons; and

 

(c)

  either:

 

(i)

  the effective life of the property is 5 years or more; or

 

(ii)

  the property is an eligible motor vehicle or an eligible

artwork; and

 

(d)

  the taxpayer does not nominate, in accordance with subsection (8), an

annual depreciation percentage less than 50%;

the annual depreciation percentage is 50%.

 

"(5) (Step 4: general rates)

 If:

 

(a)

  none of steps 1, 2 and 3 apply; and

 

(b)

  the property is not an eligible motor vehicle; and

 

(c)

  the property is not an eligible artwork; and

 

(d)

  the taxpayer does not nominate, in accordance with subsection (8), an

annual depreciation percentage less than the percentage worked out using the

following table;

the annual depreciation percentage is worked out using the following table:

 

Years in effective life

 Annual depreciation percentage

 

3 to fewer than 5

 60%

 

5 to fewer than 6 2/3

 40%

 

6 2/3 to fewer than 10

 30%

 

10 to fewer than 13

 25%

 

13 to fewer than 30

 20%

 

30 or more

 10%

 "(6) (Step 5: special broadbanded rates for eligible motor vehicles) If:

 

(a)

  none of steps 1, 2, 3 and 4 apply; and

 

(b)

  the property is an eligible motor vehicle; and

 

(c)

  the taxpayer does not nominate, in accordance with subsection (8), an

annual depreciation percentage less than the percentage worked out using the

following table;

the annual depreciation percentage is worked out using the following table:

 

Years in effective life

 Annual depreciation percentage

 

3 to fewer than 5

 50%

 

5 to fewer than 6 2/3

 30%

 

6 2/3 to fewer than 10

 22.5%

 

10 to fewer than 13

 15%

 

13 to fewer than 20

 11.25%

 

20 to fewer than 40

 7.5%

 

40 or more

 3.75%

 "(7) (Step 6: special loaded rates for eligible artworks) If:

 

(a)

  none of steps 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 apply; and

 

(b)

  the property is an eligible artwork; and

 

(c)

  the taxpayer does not nominate, in accordance with subsection (8), an

annual depreciation percentage less than the percentage calculated (to 2

decimal places) using the following formula;

the annual depreciation percentage is the percentage calculated (to 2 decimal

places) using the formula:

 1.8

 

No. of years in

 x   100

 effective life

where:

'No. of years in effective life' means the number (calculated to 2 decimal

places) of years in the effective life of the property.

 "(8) A taxpayer may nominate a percentage as the annual depreciation

percentage for a specified unit of property in respect of which depreciation

is allowable to the taxpayer for a specified year of income if the nominated

percentage is less than the percentage that would otherwise be that annual

depreciation percentage.

 "(9) In this section:

'eligible artwork' means:

 

(a)

 a painting, sculpture, drawing, engraving or photograph; or

 

(b)

 a reproduction of any such thing; or

 

(c)

  property of a description, or of a use, similar to anything covered by

paragraph (a) or (b);

'eligible motor vehicle' means a motor vehicle (including a vehicle known as a

four wheel drive vehicle) that is:

 

(a)

 a motor car, station wagon, panel van, utility truck or similar

vehicle; or

 

(b)

 a motor cycle or similar vehicle; or

 

(c)

  any other road vehicle designed to carry a load of less than one tonne

or fewer than 9 passengers;

'scientific research' has the same meaning as in section 73A.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 8

Calculation of depreciation

 

 8. Section 56 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs (1)(a)

and (b) and substituting the following paragraphs:

   "(a) the annual

depreciation percentage fixed under section 55 of the depreciated value of

that unit at the beginning of the year of income; or

 

(b)

 if the taxpayer has elected under subsection (1AA) that this paragraph

be applied to the unit of property:

 

(i)

  if the annual depreciation percentage fixed under section 55

is less than 100% - the percentage worked out using the following formula

(rounded to the nearest whole percentage, with 0.5% rounded up) of the cost of

the unit:

 

Annual

 2

 

depreciation

 x -

 

percentage

 3

where:

'Annual depreciation percentage' is the annual depreciation percentage fixed

under section 55; or

 

(ii)

  if the annual depreciation percentage fixed under section 55

is 100% - 100% of the cost of the unit.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 9

Special depreciation on property used for basic iron or steel

production

 

 9. Section 57AK of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraph

(5)(a) "as in force immediately before the commencement of section 1 of the

Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992, "after "55,".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 10

Depreciation roll-over relief for unpooled property where CGT

roll-over relief allowed under section 160ZZM, 160ZZMA, 160ZZN,

160ZZNA or 160ZZO or where election for roll-over relief made under

section 59AA

 

 10. Section 58 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph

(4)(d) "2A" and substituting "2".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 11

Calculation of depreciation - pooled property

 

 11. Section 62AAP of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "1.5 x" from

the formula in subsection (1).

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 12

 

Expenditure on research and development activities

 12.(1) Section 73B of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph

(3A)(b) and substituting the following paragraph:

 

"(b)

  either:

 

(i)

  each other partner was:

 

(A)

  an eligible company; or

 

(B)

  a body corporate that was, or is taken to have been,

registered under section 39F of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986

as a research agency in respect of the class of research and development

activities on which the expenditure was incurred; or

 

(ii)

  the partnership was designated as a Co-operative Research

Centre under the program known as the Co-operative Research Centres

Program;".

 (2) Section 73B of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by inserting after paragraph (3A)(d) the following paragraph:

 

"(da)

  if the partnership is not designated as a Co-operative Research

Centre under the program known as the Co-operative Research Centres Program -

subsections 73C(2A) and 73D(2A) do not apply in relation to the expenditure

that a partner is so taken to have incurred;";

 

(b)

 by inserting in paragraph (1)(f) ", (da)" after "(d)".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 13

Recouped expenditure on research and development activities

 

 13. Section 73C of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

subsection (2) the following subsection:

 "(2A) A reference in this section to a recoupment of, or a grant in respect

of, the whole or any part of expenditure incurred by an eligible company on

research and development activities that formed or form part of a particular

project carried on by or on behalf of the company does not include a reference

to a recoupment or grant where the recoupment or grant is made:

 

(a)

 by or from the Commonwealth; and

 

(b)

  under the program known as the Co-operative Research Centres

Program.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 14

Reduction of deductions

 

 14. Section 73D of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

subsection (2) the following subsection:

 "(2A) A reference in this section to a recoupment of, or a grant in respect

of, any of the expenditure incurred by an eligible company on research and

development activities that formed or form part of a particular project

carried on by or on behalf of the company does not include a reference to a

recoupment or grant where the recoupment or grant is made:

 

(a)

 by or from the Commonwealth; and

 

(b)

  under the program known as the Co-operative Research Centres

Program.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 15

Gifts, pensions etc.

 

 15. Section 78 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subparagraph

(1)(a)(xlvii) and substituting the following subparagraph:

 

"(xlvii)

  the World Wide Fund for Nature Australia;".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 16

Deduction for contributions to eligible superannuation fund for

employees

 

 16. Section 82AAC of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

subsection (2) the following subsection:

 "(2A) The rule in subsection (2) does not apply, and is taken never to have

applied, in relation to contributions made in a year of income in respect of a

particular employee if:

 

(a)

  the taxpayer claims, or the taxpayer and the associates of the taxpayer

claim, deductions for contributions made to 3 funds only; and

 

(b)

  the following conditions are satisfied in relation to any one of those

funds:

 

(i)

  the fund was established by a law of the Commonwealth, a

State or a Territory;

 

(ii)

  the fund was in existence at the beginning of 1 July 1990.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 17

Interpretation

 

 17. Section 82AAS of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from

subsection (1) the definition of "unsupported eligible person" and

substituting the following definition:

" 'unsupported eligible person', in relation to a year of income, means a

person who is an eligible person in relation to the year of income where:

 

(a)

  the person would have been an eligible person in relation to the year

of income if subsection (2A) had not been enacted; or

 

(b)

  superannuation agreement contributions were made in relation to the

person during the year of income in connection with particular employment of,

or particular services rendered by, the person and either:

 

(i)

  both:

 

(A)

  the person's assessable income of the year of income includes

one or more amounts that were derived from that employment or those services;

and

 

(B)

  the total of the amounts mentioned in sub-subparagraph (A) is

less than 10% of the person's assessable income of the year of income; or

 

(ii)

  the person's assessable income of the year of income does

not include any amount that was derived from that employment or those

services;".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 18

Deduction in respect of new plant installed on or after 1 January

1976

 

 18. Section 82AB of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph

(5B)(b) "57AG or" and substituting "57AG, as in force immediately before the

commencement of section 1 of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act 1992, or

section".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 19

Interpretation

 

 19. Section 110 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting all the words

after "reduced" in the definitions of "modified 160Z gain amount" and

"ordinary 160Z gain amount" in subsection (1) and substituting the following

words and paragraphs:

"in accordance with the following steps:

 

(a)

  if, assuming that the gain were instead income derived during the year

of income in which the gain accrued, the whole or a part of the income would

have been exempt from tax under section 112C - reduce the gain by so much of

the income as is so exempt;

 

(b)

 if the step mentioned in paragraph (a) applies and any part of the gain

remains after taking that step - further reduce the remainder of the gain by

the proportion of that remainder that would be calculated using the formula in

section 112A;

 

(c)

 if the step mentioned in paragraph (a) does not apply - reduce the gain

by the proportion of the gain that would be calculated using the formula in

section 112A;".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 20

Exemption of income attributable to certain policies etc.

 

 20. Section 112A of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by inserting in subsection (1) "eligible" before "income derived";

 

(b)

 by omitting from subsection (1) "and eligible non-resident policies"

and substituting "(other than eligible non-resident policies)";

 

(c)

 by inserting in subsection (1) "(other than eligible non-resident

policies)" after "all policies";

 

(d)

 by omitting from subsection (2) "(other than eligible non-resident

policies)";

 

(e)

 by omitting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsection:

 "(5) In this section:

 'accounts' has the same meaning as in Part X;

 'eligible income', in relation to a company, means income that is not:

 

(a)

  exempt from tax under a provision of this Act other than this section;

or

 

(b)

  derived from the assets described in the accounts of a business carried

on by the company at or through a permanent establishment of the company in a

foreign country as assets of that business;

 'policy' means a life assurance policy.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 21

 

 21. Before section 113 of the Principal Act the following section is

inserted:

Exemption of income attributable to policies issued by foreign permanent

establishments

 "112C.(1) This section applies to an amount of income derived by a life

assurance company during a year of income where:

 

(a)

  the income was derived in carrying on a particular business in a

particular foreign country at or through a permanent establishment of the

company in the foreign country (which business is in this section called the

'PE business'); and

 

(b)

  the income was derived from the assets:

 

(i)

  included in an Australian statutory fund of the company or in

any other fund maintained by the company in respect of its life assurance

business; and

 

(ii)

  described in the accounts of the PE business as assets of

the PE business; and

 

(c)

  the income was derived from sources in a foreign country or foreign

countries;

and the amount of income is reduced in proportion to the extent (if any) that

the assets were not held to cover liabilities referable to policies issued in

the course of carrying on the PE business.

 "(2) For each amount of income, the proportion calculated using the

following formula is exempt from tax:

 Calculated liabilities for

 eligible non-resident policies

 Total calculated liabilities

where:

'Calculated liabilities for eligible non-resident policies' means so much of

the calculated liabilities of the company at the end of the year of income as,

in the opinion of the Commissioner, is referable to eligible non-resident

policies that:

 

(a)

  are included in that fund; and

 

(b)

  were issued in the course of carrying on the PE business;

'Total calculated liabilities' means so much of the calculated liabilities of

the company at the end of the year of income as, in the opinion of the

Commissioner, is referable to policies that:

 

(a)

  are included in that fund; and

 

(b)

  were issued in the course of carrying on the PE business.

 "(3) In this section:

'accounts' has the same meaning as in Part X;

'policy' means a life assurance policy.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 22

Residual amounts

 

 22. Section 159GF of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in

subparagraph (1)(a)(iii) ", as in force immediately before the commencement of

section 1 of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act 1992," after "57AG".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 23

Assets to which Part applies

 

 23. Section 160A of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end "or an

interest in such a motor vehicle".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 24

Asset passing to personal representative or beneficiary

 

 24. Section 160J of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by omitting "court," from subparagraph (b)(ii) and substituting "court;

or";

 

(b)

 by inserting after subparagraph (b)(ii) the following subparagraph:

 

"(iii)

  under a deed of arrangement where:

 

(A)

  the deed was entered into in settlement of a claim to

participate in the distribution of the estate of the deceased person; and

 

(B)

  the consideration (if any) given by the beneficiary for the

asset consisted of the variation or waiver of a claim to one or more other

assets that formed part of that estate;".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 25

Part applies in respect of disposals of assets

 

 25. Section 160L of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by omitting from paragraphs (3)(a) and (4)(a) "immediately before its

disposal" and substituting "throughout the period when the asset was owned by

the taxpayer";

 

(b)

 by omitting from paragraph (5)(a) "immediately before the disposal" and

substituting "throughout the period when the asset was a partnership asset of

the partnership".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 26

Asset bequeathed to tax-advantaged person etc.

 

 26. Section 160Y of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by omitting from subsection (2) "the following provisions" and

substituting "subsections (3) and (4)";

 

(b)

 by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

 "(2A) If:

 

(a)

 a person died after 2 April 1992; and

 

(b)

 an asset that formed part of the estate of the deceased person and was

acquired by the deceased person on or after 20 September 1985 has passed to a

beneficiary in the estate of the deceased person; and

 

(c)

  the deceased person was a resident; and

 

(d)

  the beneficiary is a non-resident; and

 

(e)

  the asset is not a taxable Australian asset;

section 160X does not apply in respect of the asset but subsections (3) and

(4) of this section have effect.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 27

Capital gains and capital losses

 

 27.(1) Section 160Z of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by omitting paragraph (9)(b) and substituting the following paragraph:

 

"(b)

  in the case of a taxpayer being a company:

 

(i)

  section 50H operates so as to deem a disqualifying event in

relation to the company to have occurred at a time during the year of income;

and

 

(ii)

  the company does not pass the continuity of business test

set out in subsection (9A) in relation to that time;";

 

(b)

 by inserting after subsection (9) the following subsection:

 "(9A) For the purposes of paragraph (9)(b), a company passes the continuity

of business test in relation to a time (in this subsection called the 'event

time') during a year of income if, and only if:

 

(a)

  the company carried on at all times during the year of income the same

business as it carried on immediately before the event time; and

 

(b)

  the company did not, at any time during the year of income, derive

income from:

 

(i)

  a business of a kind that it did not carry on immediately

before the event time; or

 

(ii)

  a transaction of a kind that it had not entered into in the

course of its business operations before the event time.".

 (2) Section 160Z of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection

(5) "or 160ZT(1A)" after "160ZM(2)".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 28

Consideration in respect of disposal

 

 28. Section 160ZD of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection

(2) ", the disposal is not by way of the expiry of the asset" after "asset"

(first occurring).

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 29

Transfer of net capital loss within company group

 

 29. Section 160ZP of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (9)

and substituting the following subsections:

 "(9) If:

 

(a)

  section 50H operates so as to deem a disqualifying event in relation to

the loss company to have occurred at a time during the loss year; and

 

(b)

  the loss company does not pass the continuity of business test set out

in subsection (9A) in relation to that time;

no part of a net capital loss incurred by that company in respect of that year

is capable of being specified in a notice under paragraph (7)(c).

 "(9A) For the purposes of subsection (9), a company passes the continuity of

business test in relation to a time (in this subsection called the 'event

time') during a year of income if, and only if:

 

(a)

  the company carried on at all times during the year of income the same

business as it carried on immediately before the event time; and

 

(b)

  the company did not, at any time during the year of income, derive

income from:

 

(i)

  a business of a kind that it did not carry on immediately

before the event time; or

 

(ii)

  a transaction of a kind that it had not entered into in the

course of its business operations before the event time.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 30

Election to treat grant of long term lease as disposal of freehold

interest or head lease

 

 30. Section 160ZSA of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by omitting from paragraph (1)(e) "subsection 160ZT(1) does not" and

substituting "subsections 160ZT(1), (1A) and (1B) do not";

 

(b)

 by omitting from paragraph (1)(f) "subsection 160ZT(1)" and

substituting "subsections 160ZT(1), (1A) and (1B)".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 31

Payments for variation of lease

 

 31. Section 160ZT of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (1)

and substituting the following subsections:

 "(1) For the purposes of this Part, if the lessor under a lease of property

incurs expenditure in obtaining the consent of the lessee to the variation or

waiver of any of the terms of the lease, the lessor is taken to have incurred

a capital loss equal to the amount of that expenditure.

 "(1A) For the purposes of this Part, if:

 

(a)

  the lessor under a lease of property incurs expenditure in obtaining

the consent of the lessee to the variation or waiver of any of the terms of

the lease; and

 

(b)

  the lessee receives an amount (in this subsection called the 'consent

amount') from the lessor in respect of the giving by the lessee of consent to

the variation or waiver; and

 

(c)

  the lease was acquired by the lessee on or after 20 September 1985;

then:

 

(d)

  if, assuming that the lessee had disposed of the lease at the time the

waiver or variation was made, the indexed cost base to the lessee of the lease

would not have exceeded the consent amount - the lessee is taken:

 

(i)

  to have disposed of the lease at that time for a

consideration equal to the consent amount; and

 

(ii)

  to have immediately re-acquired the lease for no

consideration; or

 

(e)

  if, assuming that the lessee had disposed of the lease at the time the

waiver or variation was made, the indexed cost base to the lessee of the lease

would have exceeded the consent amount - the lessee is taken to have disposed

of the lease at that time for a consideration equal to the amount of that

indexed cost base and to have immediately re-acquired the lease:

 

(i)

  for the purpose of ascertaining whether a capital gain

accrued to the lessee in the event of a subsequent disposal of the lease by

the lessee - for a consideration equal to the amount by which that indexed

cost base exceeded the consent amount; or

 

(ii)

  for the purpose of ascertaining whether the lessee incurred

a capital loss in the event of a subsequent disposal of the lease by the

lessee - for a consideration equal to the amount by which the amount that, if

the lessee had disposed of the lease at the time the waiver or variation was

made, would have been the reduced cost base to the lessee in respect of the

lease exceeds the consent amount.

 "(1B) If the lessee disposed of the lease (otherwise than because of the

application of subsection (1A)) within 12 months after the lessee acquired the

lease (otherwise than because of the application of subsection (1A)),

subsection (1A) has effect as if the references in that subsection to the

indexed cost base to the lessee in respect of the lease were references to the

cost base to the lessee in respect of the lease.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 32

Consideration for disposal

 

 32. Section 160ZV of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from

subsection (2) "be deemed" (last occurring).

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 33

 

 33. After section 160ZYJ of the Principal Act the following section is

inserted:

Employee share trusts

 "160ZYJA.(1) For the purposes of this Part, if:

 

(a)

  either:

 

(i)

  an amount is included in the assessable income of a taxpayer

under section 26AAC as a result of the acquisition by the taxpayer of a share

in a company; or

 

(ii)

  apart from subsection 26AAC(4F), an amount would have been

included in the assessable income of a taxpayer under section 26AAC as a

result of the acquisition by the taxpayer of a share in a company; and

 

(b)

  the share was acquired by the taxpayer under the terms of a trust deed

under which a trustee is required or authorised to sell, or otherwise to

transfer, shares in a company to employees of the company or of another

company or to relatives of those employees; and

 

(c)

 if an amount was paid by the taxpayer as consideration for the share -

that amount is equal to or less than the indexed cost base to the trustee of

the share;

this Part does not apply in respect of the disposal by the trustee of the

share to the taxpayer.

 "(2) For the purposes of this Part, if:

 

(a)

  any of the following apply:

 

(i)

  an amount is included in the assessable income of a taxpayer

under subsection 26AAC(8C) as a result of the acquisition by the taxpayer of a

right to acquire shares in a company; or

 

(ii)

  apart from subsection 26AAC(4F), an amount would have been

included in the assessable income of a taxpayer under subsection 26AAC(8C) as

a result of the acquisition by the taxpayer of a right to acquire shares in a

company; or

 

(iii)

  an amount is included in the assessable income of a

taxpayer under subsection 26AAC(7) or (8) as a result of the disposal by the

taxpayer or an associate of the taxpayer of a right to acquire shares in a

company; or

 

(iv)

  both:

 

(A)

 an amount is included in the assessable income of a taxpayer under

section 26AAC as a result of the acquisition by the taxpayer or an associate

of the taxpayer of shares in a company; and

 

(B)

  the shares were acquired as a result of the exercise or operation of a

right to acquire shares in the company; and

 

(b)

  the right was acquired, or originally acquired, by the taxpayer under

the terms of a trust deed under which a trustee is required or authorised to

sell, or otherwise to transfer, shares in a company to employees of the

company or of another company or to relatives of those employees; and

 

(c)

 if an amount was paid by the taxpayer as consideration for the right -

that amount is equal to or less than the indexed cost base to the trustee of

the right;

this Part does not apply in respect of the disposal by the trustee of the

right to the taxpayer.

 "(3) For the purposes of this Part, if:

 

(a)

 an amount is included in the assessable income of the trustee of the

estate of a deceased person under subsection 26AAC(9) as a result of the

acquisition by the trustee of shares in a company; and

 

(b)

  the shares were acquired as a result of the exercise or operation of a

right to acquire shares in the company; and

 

(c)

  the right was acquired by the deceased person under the terms of a

trust deed under which a trustee (in this subsection called the 'scheme

trustee') is required or authorised to sell, or otherwise to transfer, shares

in a company to employees of the company or of another company or to relatives

of those employees; and

 

(d)

 if an amount was paid by the deceased person as consideration for the

right - that amount is equal to or less than the indexed cost base to the

scheme trustee of the right;

this Part does not apply in respect of the disposal by the scheme trustee of

the right to the deceased person.

 "(4) If:

 

(a)

  the trustee mentioned in subsection (1) disposed of the share to the

taxpayer within 12 months after the share was acquired by the trustee; or

 

(b)

  the trustee mentioned in subsection (2) disposed of the right to the

taxpayer within 12 months after the right was acquired by the trustee; or

 

(c)

  the scheme trustee mentioned in subsection (3) disposed of the right to

the deceased person within 12 months after the right was acquired by the

scheme trustee;

the reference in paragraph (1)(c), (2)(c) or (3)(d) to the indexed cost base

to the trustee or to the scheme trustee, as the case may be, is to be read as

a reference to the cost base to the trustee or to the scheme trustee, as the

case requires.

 "(5) Section 170 does not prevent the amendment of an assessment at any time

for the purpose of giving effect to this section.

 "(6) In spite of section 160E, in this section:

'associate' has the same meaning as in section 26AAC;

'employee' has the same meaning as in section 26AAC.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 34

Conversion of note not to constitute disposal

 

 34. Section 160ZYZ of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "A" and

substituting "For the purposes of this Part, a".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 35

Conversion of note not to constitute disposal

 

 35. Section 160ZZBB of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "A" and

substituting "For the purposes of this Part, a".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 36

Involuntary disposal

 

 36.(1) Section 160ZZK of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in

paragraph (1)(b) "(or such extended period as the Commissioner in special

circumstances allows)" before "before".

 (2) Section 160ZZK of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

paragraph (1)(b) the following paragraph:

 

"(ba)

  in the case of the acquisition of a replacement asset - the

replacement asset is not trading stock of the taxpayer immediately after its

acquisition by the taxpayer;".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 37

Asset received as a result of involuntary disposal

 

 37. Section 160ZZL of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

paragraph (1)(a) the following paragraph:

 

"(aa)

  the replacement asset is not trading stock of the taxpayer

immediately after its acquisition by the taxpayer;".

Transfer of asset between spouses upon breakdown of marriage

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 38

 

 38. Section 160ZZM of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by omitting from paragraph (1)(b) "country," and substituting "country;

or";

 

(b)

 by inserting after paragraph (1)(b) the following paragraph:

 

"(ba)

  an order of a court under a law of a State or Territory or of a

foreign country relating to the breakdown of de facto marriages;".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 39

Transfer of assets from company or trust to spouse upon breakdown of

marriage

 

 39. Section 160ZZMA of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of

paragraph (1)(b) the following word and subparagraph:

"or

 (iii)  an order of a court under a law of a State or Territory or of a

foreign country relating to the breakdown of de facto marriages.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 40

Transfer of asset to wholly-owned company

 

 40. Section 160ZZN of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by inserting in subparagraph (2)(a)(i) "(in this section called a

'roll-over asset')" after "asset";

 

(b)

 by inserting in subparagraphs (2)(a)(ii), (iii) and (iv) and (4)(a)(i),

 (ii), (iii) and (iv) "(in this section also called a 'roll-over asset')"

after "asset" (first occurring);

 

(c)

 by inserting after paragraph (2)(c) the following paragraphs:

 

"(caa)

  the roll-over asset is not trading stock of the company immediately

after its acquisition by the company;

 

(cab)

  if:

 

(i)

  the roll-over asset is:

 

(A)

  a right to which Division 10 or 10A applies; or

 

(B)

  an option to which Division 11, 11A or 13 applies; or

 

(C)

  a convertible note to which Division 12 or 12A applies; and

 

(ii)

  as a result of the exercise of the right or option, or the

conversion of the convertible note, the company acquires another asset (in

this paragraph called the 'derived asset');

the derived asset is not trading stock of the company immediately after its

acquisition by the company; and";

 

(d)

 by inserting in paragraphs (2)(ba), (e) and (f), (4)(ba), (c), (e) and

 (f) and subsection (8) "roll-over" before "asset" (wherever occurring);

 

(e)

 by omitting from subsections (3), (5), (5A), (7) and (9) "an asset" and

substituting "a roll-over asset";

 

(f)

 by omitting "and" from the end of paragraph (4)(c);

 

(g)

 by inserting after paragraph (4)(c) the following paragraphs:

 

"(ca)

  the roll-over asset is not trading stock of the company immediately

after its acquisition by the company;

 

(cb)

  if:

 

(i)

  the roll-over asset is:

 

(A)

  a right to which Division 10 or 10A applies; or

 

(B)

  an option to which Division 11, 11A or 13 applies; or

 

(C)

  a convertible note to which Division 12 or 12A applies; and

 

(ii)

  as a result of the exercise of the right or option, or the

conversion of the convertible note, the company acquires another asset (in

this paragraph called the 'derived asset');

the derived asset is not trading stock of the company immediately after its

acquisition by the company; and";

 

(h)

 by adding at the end the following subsection:

 "(10) Section 170 does not prevent the amendment of an assessment at any

time for the purpose of giving effect to paragraph (2)(cab) or (4)(cb).".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 41

Transfer of partnership assets to wholly-owned company

 

 41. Section 160ZZNA of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by inserting after paragraph (2)(d) the following paragraphs:

 

"(da)

  the eligible asset is not trading stock of the company immediately

after its acquisition by the company; and

 

(db)

  if:

 

(i)

  the eligible asset is:

 

(A)

  a right to which Division 10 or 10A applies; or

 

(B)

  an option to which Division 11, 11A or 13 applies; or

 

(C)

  a convertible note to which Division 12 or 12A applies; and

 

(ii)

  as a result of the exercise of the right or option, or the

conversion of the convertible note, the company acquires another asset (in

this paragraph called the 'derived asset');

the derived asset is not trading stock of the company immediately after its

acquisition by the company; and";

 

(b)

 by adding at the end the following subsection:

 "(15) Section 170 does not prevent the amendment of an assessment at any time

for the purpose of giving effect to paragraph (2)(db).".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 42

Transfer of asset between companies in the same group

 

 42. Section 160ZZO of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by inserting in subparagraph (1)(a)(i) "(in this section called a

'roll-over asset')" after "asset";

 

(b)

 by inserting in subparagraphs (1)(a)(ii), (iii) and (iv) "(in this

section also called a 'roll-over asset')" after "asset" (first occurring);

 

(c)

 by inserting after paragraph (1)(b) the following paragraphs:

 

"(ba)

  the roll-over asset is not trading stock of the transferee

immediately after its acquisition by the transferee;

 

(bb)

  if:

 

(i)

  the roll-over asset is:

 

(A)

  a right to which Division 10 or 10A applies; or

 

(B)

  an option to which Division 11, 11A or 13 applies; or

 

(C)

  a convertible note to which Division 12 or 12A applies; and

 

(ii)

  as a result of the exercise of the right or option, or the

conversion of the convertible note, the transferee acquires another asset (in

this paragraph called the 'derived asset');

the derived asset is not trading stock of the transferee immediately after its

acquisition by the transferee;";

 

(d)

 by inserting in paragraphs (1)(e), (f), (g) and (h) and subsection (2D)

"roll-over" before "asset" (wherever occurring);

 

(e)

 by omitting from subsections (2) and (9) "an asset" and substituting "a

roll-over asset";

 

(f)

 by adding at the end the following subsection:

 "(9A) Section 170 does not prevent the amendment of an assessment at any time

for the purpose of giving effect to paragraph (1)(bb).".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 43

Exchange of shares in the same company

 

 43. Section 160ZZP of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by omitting "and" from the end of paragraph (1)(f);

 

(b)

 by inserting after paragraph (1)(f) the following paragraph:

 

"(fa)

  the total paid-up share capital of the company immediately after the

new shares were issued equals the total paid-up share capital of the company

immediately before the redemption or cancellation; and".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 44

Principal residence

 

 44.(1) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

 "(1AA) For the purposes of this section, if:

 

(a)

  land or a dwelling is acquired or disposed of under a contract entered

into at a particular time; and

 

(b)

  legal ownership of the land or dwelling does not pass until a later time;

then, in spite of any other provision of this Part, the ownership of the land

or dwelling is to be worked out on the basis of the legal ownership.";

 

(b)

 by omitting "and" from the end of subparagraph (5)(b)(iii);

 

(c)

 by adding at the end of paragraph (5)(b) the following subparagraph:

 

"(iv)

  a dwelling was on the land at the relevant time and, after

that time, the taxpayer:

 

(A)

  repaired or renovated the dwelling; or

 

(B)

  commenced to repair or renovate the dwelling but died

before the repairs or renovations were completed; and";

 

(d)

 by omitting from paragraph (5)(c) "or (iii)(A)" and substituting ",

 (iii)(A) or (iv)(A)";

 

(e)

 by omitting from subparagraphs (5)(c)(i) and (ii) and sub-subparagraph

(5)(e)(i)(A) "or the erection of the dwelling was completed" and substituting

", the erection of the dwelling was completed or the repair or renovation of

the dwelling was completed, as the case requires";

 

(f)

 by omitting from subparagraph (5)(d)(ii) and paragraph (5)(f) "or

 (iii)(B)" and substituting ", (iii)(B) or (iv)(B)";

 

(g)

 by inserting after subparagraph (5AA)(a)(i) the following

subparagraph:

 

"(ia)

  if:

 

(A)

  subparagraph (5)(b)(iv) applies; and

 

(B)

  the dwelling was occupied by the taxpayer or another person

after the relevant time; and

 

(C)

  the dwelling ceased to be so occupied for the purpose of

allowing the repairs or renovations to be carried out;

the date on which the dwelling ceased, or last ceased, to be so occupied;

or";

 

(h)

 by adding at the end of subsection (5AA) the following word and

paragraph:

 "; and (c) a taxpayer who has, whether before or after the

commencement of this paragraph, entered into a contract or contracts for the

repair or renovation of a dwelling is taken to have commenced to repair or

renovate the dwelling at the time when the contract or the first contract was

entered into.".

 (2) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by omitting from subparagraph (6)(b) "court," and substituting "court;

or";

 

(b)

 by inserting after paragraph (6)(b) the following paragraph:

 

"(c)

  under a deed of arrangement where:

 

(i)

  the deed was entered into in settlement of a claim to

participate in the distribution of the estate of the deceased person; and

 

(ii)

  the consideration (if any) given by the taxpayer for the

dwelling consisted of the variation or waiver of a claim to one or more other

assets that formed part of that estate.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 45

Exemption of part of gain attributable to goodwill

 

 45. Section 160ZZR of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by omitting from paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) "$1,000,000" and

substituting "the exemption threshold for the year of income in which the

disposal takes place";

 

(b)

 by omitting from subsection (1) "one-fifth" and substituting "half";

 

(c)

 by adding at the end of subsection (2) the following word and

paragraph:

"; and (c)

 the expression 'exemption threshold' has the meaning given by

section 160ZZRAA.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 46

 

 46. After section 160ZZR of the Principal Act the following section is

inserted:

Calculation of 'exemption threshold' for purposes of section 160ZZR

(Calculation in accordance with section)

 "160ZZRAA.(1) For the purposes of section 160ZZR, the exemption threshold

for a year of income is calculated as follows.

(Exemption threshold before 1993-94)

 "(2) The exemption threshold for years of income before the 1993-94 year of

income is $2,000,000.

(Exemption threshold from 1993-94 onwards)

 "(3) For each later year of income, the exemption threshold is calculated by:

 

(a)

  taking the exemption threshold for the year of income before it

(ignoring any application of paragraph (d)); and

 

(b)

  multiplying the exemption threshold by the indexation factor for the

later year of income (see subsection (4)); and

 

(c)

  rounding the result to the nearest $1,000 or multiple of $1,000

(rounding upwards an amount ending in $500); and

 

(d)

 if the result is less than $2,000,000 - increasing it to $2,000,000.

(Calculating the indexation factor in subsection (3))

 "(4) The indexation factor for the later year of income is calculated, to 3

decimal places, using the following formula:

sum of index numbers for quarters in period 1

sum of index numbers for quarters in period 2 where:

'index number', for a quarter, means the All Groups Consumer Price Index

number, being the weighted average of the 8 capital cities, published by the

Australian Statistician in respect of the quarter (ignoring any later number

that may be published by the Australian Statistician in substitution for it);

'period 1' means the period of 12 months ending on 31 March immediately before

the later year of income (ignoring any substituted accounting period);

'period 2' means the period of 12 months immediately before period 1.

(Indexation factor: rounding)

 "(5) If the indexation factor would end with a number greater than 4 if it

were calculated to 4 decimal places (instead of 3 decimal places as mentioned

in subsection (4)), then the indexation factor must be increased by 0.001.

(Indexation factor: change in CPI reference base)

 "(6) For the purposes of applying the formula component 'index number', if

at any time, whether before or after the commencement of this section, the

Australian Statistician has changed or changes the reference base for the

Consumer Price Index, then, after the change only index numbers published in

terms of the new base are to be used.

(Publication of indexation factor and exemption threshold)

 "(7) Before the beginning of each year of income (ignoring any substituted

accounting period) the Commissioner must publish by written notice the

indexation factor and the exemption threshold for the year of income.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 47

Interpretation

 

 47. Section 160ZZRA of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the

following definitions:

 " 'consideration', in relation to the disposal of the first asset, means

consideration worked out as if subsection 160ZD(2) had not been enacted;

 'subsidiary' has the same meaning as in section 160ZZO;".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 48

Shares in, and loans to, transferor - deemed disposal and

re-acquisition

 

 48. Section 160ZZRE of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the

following subsection:

 "(6) If:

 

(a)

 at the first asset disposal time, a taxpayer (in this subsection called

the 'second taxpayer') held an asset, being:

 

(i)

  a share in the transferor that was acquired by the second

taxpayer on or after 20 September 1985 (in this subsection called a 'post-CGT

share'); or

 

(ii)

  a loan to the transferor that was acquired by the second

taxpayer on or after 20 September 1985 (in this subsection called a 'post-CGT

loan'); and

 

(b)

  either:

 

(i)

  at the first asset disposal time, the second taxpayer held a

share in the transferor that was acquired by the second taxpayer before 20

September 1985; or

 

(ii)

  whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(A)

  in the case of a post-CGT share - at the first asset disposal

time, the second taxpayer held shares in the transferor belonging to 2 or more

classes of shares;

 

(B)

  in the case of a post-CGT loan - at the first asset disposal

time, the second taxpayer held 2 or more loans to the transferor; and

 

(c)

  the application of subsection (3) to the post-CGT share, or the

application of subsection (4) to the post-CGT loan, as the case may be, would

be unreasonable;

then:

 

(d)

 in the case of a post-CGT share - subsection (3) does not apply to the

post-CGT share; and

 

(e)

 in the case of a post-CGT loan - subsection (4) does not apply to the

post-CGT loan; and

 

(f)

  the cost base, the indexed cost base or the reduced cost base of the

post-CGT share or the post-CGT loan to the second taxpayer is reduced by such

amount (if any) as is reasonable having regard to:

 

(i)

  the circumstances in which the post-CGT share or the post-CGT

loan was acquired by the second taxpayer; and

 

(ii)

  the extent (if any) to which the market value of thepost-CGT

share or the post-CGT loan was reduced as a result of the disposal of the

first asset at the first asset disposal time.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 49

Equity interest in transferee - compensatory increase in cost base etc.

 

 49. Section 160ZZRH of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in

paragraph (d) "160ZZRE(6) or" after "subsection".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 50

When asset acquired

 

 50. Section 160ZZS of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

 "(1A) If subsection (1) applies so as to deem an asset to have been acquired

by a taxpayer after 19 September 1985:

 

(a)

  the time when the taxpayer is taken, for the purposes of this Part, to

have acquired the asset is the time when the natural persons who, immediately

before 20 September 1985, held majority underlying interests in the asset

ceased, or first ceased, to hold those interests; and

 

(b)

  the taxpayer is taken to have acquired the asset for a consideration

equal to the market value of the asset as at the time mentioned in paragraph

 (a).";

 

(b)

 by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

 "(2A) For the purposes of this section (and for the purposes of the

application of Subdivision G of Division 3 of Part III to this section), the

following are taken to be natural persons:

 

(a)

 a body politic;

 

(b)

 a company that is, by the terms of the company's constituent document,

prohibited from making any distribution, whether in money, property or

otherwise, to its members.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 51

Keeping of records

 

 51. Section 160ZZU of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by inserting in subsections (3) and (3A) "(assuming that paragraph

160ZZO(1)(bb) had not been enacted)" after "section 160ZZO applies";

 

(b)

 by inserting in paragraphs (3)(a) and (3A)(a) "(assuming that paragraph

160ZZO(1)(bb) had not been enacted)" after "disposal";

 

(c)

 by omitting from paragraphs (3)(b) and (c), (3A)(b) and (c) and (6)(b)

and (c) "earlier" and substituting "earliest";

 

(d)

 by inserting after subparagraphs (3)(b)(i) and (3A)(b)(i) the following

subparagraph:

 

"(ia)

  if section 160ZZO does not actually apply to the disposal

but would have applied if paragraph 160ZZO(1)(bb) had not been enacted - the

time when the derived asset mentioned in that paragraph was acquired by the

transferee;";

 

(e)

 by inserting in paragraphs (3A)(c) and (6)(c) ", (ia)" before "or

 (ii)".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 52

Interpretation

 

 52.(1) Section 251R of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from

subsection (6A) "or (c)" and substituting ", (c), (ca) or (cb)".

 (2) Section 251R of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection

(6A) ", (caa)" after "(ca)".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 53

Prescribed persons

 

 53.(1) Section 251U of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from

paragraph (3)(b) "or (c)" and substituting ", (c), (ca) or (cb)".

 (2) Section 251U of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraph

(3)(b) ", (caa)" after "(ca)".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 54

Interpretation

 

 54. Section 317 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following

definitions:

" 'transitional finance share' has the meaning given by section 327B;

 'transitional finance share dividend' means a dividend in respect of a

transitional finance share.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 55

Widely distributed finance shares

 

 55. Section 327A of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

subsection (1) the following subsection:

(Extended meaning of 'widely distributed finance shares' - funding of

transitional finance shares)

 "(1A) For the purposes of this Part, if:

 

(a)

  apart from this subsection, shares (in this subsection called the 'test

shares') in a company are not widely distributed finance shares; and

 

(b)

 as a result of the operation of subsection 327B(3) in relation to the

shares:

 

(i)

  the shares are taken to be widely distributed finance shares

for the purposes of section 327B; and

 

(ii)

  shares in another company are transitional finance shares;

the test shares are taken to be, and to have been, widely distributed finance

shares.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 56

 

 56. After section 327A of the Principal Act the following section is

inserted:

Transitional finance shares

(Meaning of 'transitional finance shares')

 "327B.(1) For the purposes of this Part, shares (in this subsection called

the 'test shares') in a company (in this subsection called the 'second

company') are transitional finance shares at a particular time (in this

subsection called the 'test time') if all of the following conditions are

satisfied:

 

(a)

  the test time is before 1 July 1998;

 

(b)

  the test shares are finance shares;

 

(c)

  during a period (in this subsection called the 'primary issue period')

ending before the IP time, another company (in this subsection called the

'first company') issued widely distributed finance shares;

 

(d)

  the issue of the widely distributed finance shares comprised the whole

of a common issue of shares by the first company;

 

(e)

  the issue of the test shares comprised the whole of a common issue of

shares by the second company;

 

(f)

  the test shares were simultaneously issued to the first company by the

second company at, or within a reasonable time after, the end of the primary

issue period;

 

(g)

  the widely distributed finance shares were issued by the first company

for the sole purpose of funding the first company's acquisition of the test

shares;

 

(h)

  assuming that the test shares had been issued at the end of the primary

issue period, the following conditions would have been satisfied at all times

during the period commencing at the end of the primary issue period and ending

at the test time:

 

(i)

  the rights and obligations relating to the widely distributed

finance shares are substantially similar to the rights and obligations

relating to the test shares;

 

(ii)

  the first company and the second company are under common

ownership;

 

(i)

  if, on the assumption that the dividends in respect of the

test shares were instead payments of the interest, referred to in subsection

(2), to which they may reasonably be regarded as equivalent, the following

conditions would have been satisfied in relation to that interest:

 

(i)

  the interest that accrued during the 24-month period ending

at the test time accrued at intervals not exceeding 12 months;

 

(ii)

  the interest that accrued during the 12-month period

commencing 24 months before the test time was paid not later than 12 months

after it accrued;

 

(iii)

  the dividends paid in respect of the widely distributed

finance shares during the 12-month period ending at the test time are wholly

attributable to the interest that accrued during the 12-month period ending at

the time the dividends were paid;

 

(iv)

  the total amount of dividends paid in respect of the widely

distributed finance shares during the 12-month period ending at the test time

is equal to, or approximately equal to, the total amount of interest to which

the dividends are attributable.

(Meaning of 'finance shares')

 "(2) For the purposes of this section, shares in a company are finance

shares if, and only if, having regard to:

 

(a)

  the manner in which the amount of dividends in respect of the shares

was to be calculated; and

 

(b)

  the conditions applicable to the payment of dividends in respect of the

shares; and

 

(c)

  any other relevant matters;

the payment of the dividends in respect of the shares may reasonably be

regarded as equivalent to the payment of interest on a loan.

(Modification of 'widely distributed finance shares')

 "(3) For the purposes of this section, in determining whether shares are

widely distributed finance shares, if an asset is held by an entity as trustee

for another entity who is absolutely entitled to the asset against the

trustee, paragraph 327A(2)(b) has effect as if:

 

(a)

  the asset were vested in the other entity instead of the trustee; and

 

(b)

 if the asset is a share - any dividends paid in respect of the share

were paid to the other entity instead of to the trustee.

(Meaning of 'under common ownership')

 "(4) For the purposes of this section, 2 companies are under common

ownership at a particular time if, and only if:

 

(a)

  another company (in this subsection called the 'third company') holds

eligible share interests in each of the companies; and

 

(b)

  the aggregate of the eligible share interests in each company held by

the third company is 90% or more.

(Meaning of 'eligible share interest')

 "(5) For the purposes of this section, a person holds an eligible share

interest in a company at a particular time equal to the percentage of the

company's total paid-up share capital (excluding finance shares) beneficially

owned by the person at that time.

(Extended meaning of 'eligible share interest': tiers of companies)

 "(6) For the purposes of this section, if:

 

(a)

 a person holds an eligible share interest (including an eligible share

interest that is taken to be held because of one or more previous applications

of this subsection) in a company (in this subsection called the 'first level

company'); and

 

(b)

  the first level company holds an eligible share interest in another

company (in this subsection called the 'second level company');

the person is taken to hold an eligible share interest in the second level

company equal to the percentage calculated using the formula:

 

First level percentage

 x  Second level percentage

where:

 'First level percentage' means the percentage of the eligible share interest

held by the person in the first level company;

  'Second level percentage'

means the percentage of the eligible share interest held by the first level

company in the second level company.

(Definitions)

 "(7) In this section:

 'eligible share interest' has the meaning given by subsections (5) and (6);

 'finance share' has the meaning given by subsection (2);

 'under common ownership' has the meaning given by subsection (4);

 'widely distributed finance share' has a meaning affected by Section (3)."

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 57

Direct attribution interest in a CFC or CFT

 

 57. Section 356 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection

(4) "and widely distributed finance shares" and substituting ", widely

distributed finance shares and transitional finance shares".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 58

Direct attribution account interest in a company

 

 58. Section 366 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection

(5) "and widely distributed finance shares" and substituting ", widely

distributed finance shares and transitional finance shares".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 59

Notional allowable deduction for eligible finance share dividends,

widely distributed finance share dividends and transitional finance

share dividends

 

 59. Section 394 of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by omitting from paragraph (a) "or a widely distributed finance share

dividend" and substituting ", a widely distributed finance share dividend or a

transitional finance share dividend";

 

(b)

 by inserting in paragraph (b) "or subsection 327B(2)" after

"327A(3)(b)".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 60

Additional notional exempt income - unlisted or listed country CFC

 

 60.(1) Section 402 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in

paragraphs (2)(c) and (d) "or a transitional finance share dividend" after

"widely distributed finance share dividend".

 (2) Section 402 of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by omitting from paragraph (2)(d) "that other" and substituting "the

eligible CFC and the other";

 

(b)

 by inserting after paragraph (2)(d) the following paragraph:

 

"(da)

  an amount that is taken by section 47A to be a dividend paid to the

eligible CFC in the eligible period by another company, where the eligible

taxpayer is an attributable taxpayer in relation to the eligible CFC and the

other company when the dividend is taken to be paid;".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 61

Elections under CGT roll-over provisions

 

 61. Section 421 of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by omitting "For" and substituting "Subject to this section, for";

 

(b)

 by adding at the end the following subsections:

 "(2) Except in accordance with subsection (3), subsection (1) does not apply

to an election in respect of the disposal of an asset if the disposal is, or

apart from an election in accordance with subsection 438(3A) would be, taken

into account in determining under Division 8 whether the eligible CFC passes

the active income test in relation to the eligible period.

 "(3) If an election is made under a CGT roll-over provision in accordance

with subsection 438(3A), that election also has effect as if it were made

under the CGT roll-over provision in accordance with subsection (1) of this

section.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 62

Roll-overs - asset disposals

 

 62. Section 438 of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:

 "(2A) If:

 

(a)

 a CGT roll-over provision applies to the disposal of the asset (in this

subsection called the 'original asset') by the company; and

 

(b)

  the disposal is not to another entity; and

 

(c)

  the company acquires another asset (in this subsection called the

'replacement asset') that is referred to in the CGT roll-over provision as

being by way of replacement of, substitution for, or consideration for the

disposal of, the original asset (whether or not exactly those expressions are

used);

the following provisions have effect:

 

(d)

  the company is not taken to have:

 

(i)

  derived any gains; or

 

(ii)

  incurred any loss;

in respect of the disposal of the original asset; and

 

(e)

  the company is taken to have paid, as consideration to acquire the

replacement asset, the sum of:

 

(i)

  the consideration (if any) paid or payable by the company to

acquire the original asset; and

 

(ii)

  the expenditure (if any) incurred by the company in making

improvements to the original asset.

 "(2B) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (2A), if an asset is disposed

of by being cancelled, redeemed or consolidated into another asset, the

disposal is taken not to be to another entity.";

 

(b)

 by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

 "(3A) For the purposes of applying Part IIIA in relation to a statutory

accounting period as mentioned in paragraph (3)(b), any election that may be

made by the company, or by the company and another entity, apart from this

section under any of the CGT roll-over provisions:

 

(a)

 on or before the date of lodgment of a particular return of income; or

 

(b)

  within such period as the Commissioner allows;

is to be given instead:

 

(c)

  before the end of the period of 2 months after the end of the statutory

accounting period; or

 

(d)

  within such further period as the Commissioner allows.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 63

Tainted sales income

 

 63. Section 447 of the Principal Act is amended:

 

(a)

 by omitting from paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) "both" and substituting

"all";

 

(b)

 by adding at the end of paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) the following

subparagraph:

 

"(iii)

  if the goods were altered by the company - the income does

not pass the substantial alteration test set out in subsection (4).";

 

(c)

 by adding at the end of subsection (1) the following paragraphs: "(c)

income from the sale of goods (in this paragraph called the 'manufactured

goods') by the company where all of the following conditions are satisfied:

 

(i)

  the manufactured goods were manufactured by the company;

 

(ii)

  any of the raw materials or goods from which the

manufactured goods were manufactured were sold to the company by another

entity;

 

(iii)

  either of the following sub-subparagraphs applies at the

time of the sale to the company of the raw materials or goods from which the

manufactured goods were manufactured:

 

(A)

  the entity who sold to the company the raw materials or

goods from which the manufactured goods were manufactured was an associate of

the company and a Part X Australian resident;

 

(B)

  the raw materials or goods from which the manufactured

goods were manufactured were sold to the company by an associate of the

company who was not a Part X Australian resident, in the course of a business

carried on by the associate at or through a permanent establishment of the

associate in Australia;

 

(iv)

  the income does not pass the substantial manufacture test

set out in subsection (4A);

 

(d)

  income from the sale of goods (in this paragraph called the

'manufactured goods') by the company where all of the following conditions are

satisfied:

 

(i)

  the manufactured goods were manufactured by the company;

 

(ii)

  any of the raw materials or goods from which the

manufactured goods were manufactured were sold to the company by another

entity;

 

(iii)

  either of the following sub-subparagraphs applies at the

time of the purchase of the manufactured goods from the company:

 

(A)

  the purchaser of the manufactured goods from the company

was an associate of the company and a Part X Australian resident;

 

(B)

  the purchaser of the manufactured goods from the company

was an associate of the company who was not a Part X Australian resident and

the purchase was made in the course of a business carried on by the purchaser

at or through a permanent establishment of the purchaser in Australia;

 

(iv)

  the income does not pass the substantial manufacture test

set out in subsection (4A);

 

(e)

  income from the sale of goods (in this paragraph called the 'primary

production goods') by the company where all of the following conditions are

satisfied:

 

(i)

  the primary production goods were:

 

(A)

  primary products produced, raised or grown by the company;

or

 

(B)

  goods manufactured by the company, in whole or in part,

from primary products produced, raised or grown by the company;

 

(ii)

  any of the propagative material from which the primary

products were produced, raised or grown was sold to the company by another

entity;

 

(iii)

  either of the following sub-subparagraphs applies at the

time of the sale to the company of the propagative material:

 

(A)

  the entity who sold the propagative material to the company

was an associate of the company and a Part X Australian resident;

 

(B)

  the propagative material was sold to the company by an

associate of the company who was not a Part X Australian resident, in the

course of a business carried on by the associate at or through a permanent

establishment of the associate in Australia;

 

(iv)

  the income does not pass the substantial production test set

out in subsection (4B);

 

(f)

  income from the sale of goods (in this paragraph called the 'primary

production goods') by the company where all of the following conditions are

satisfied:

 

(i)

  the primary production goods were:

 

(A)

  primary products produced, raised or grown by the company;

or

 

(B)

  goods manufactured by the company, in whole or in part,

from primary products produced, raised or grown by the company;

 

(ii)

  any of the propagative material from which the primary

products were produced, raised or grown was sold to the company by another

entity;

 

(iii)

  either of the following sub-subparagraphs applies at the

time of the purchase of the primary production goods from the company:

 

(A)

  the purchaser of the primary production goods from the

company was an associate of the company and a Part X Australian resident;

 

(B)

  the purchaser of the primary production goods from the

company was an associate of the company who was not a Part X Australian

resident and the purchase was made in the course of a business carried on by

the purchaser at or through a permanent establishment of the purchaser in

Australia;

 

(iv)

  the income does not pass the substantial production test set

out in subsection (4B).";

 

(d)

 by omitting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsections:

 "(4) For the purposes of this section, income from the sale of goods by a

company passes the substantial alteration test if:

 

(a)

  the company substantially altered the goods; and

 

(b)

 a substantial part of that alteration was carried out by the directors

or employees of the company.

 "(4A) For the purposes of this section, income from the sale of goods by a

company passes the substantial manufacture test if a substantial part of the

manufacture of the goods was carried out by the directors or employees of the

company.

 "(4B) For the purposes of this section, income from the sale of goods by a

company passes the substantial production test if:

 

(a)

 if the goods are primary products - a substantial part of the

production, raising or growing of the goods was carried out by the directors

or employees of the company; or

 

(b)

 if the goods are manufactured by the company, in whole or in part, from

primary products produced, raised or grown by the company - a substantial part

of:

 

(i)

  the manufacture of the goods; and

 

(ii)

  those production, raising or growing activities;

was carried out by the directors or employees of the company.

 "(4C) For the purposes of subsections (4), (4A) and (4B), the effect of an

activity on the market value of the goods concerned is to be ignored.";

 

(e)

 by adding at the end the following subsection:

 "(6) In this section:

 'animals' includes fish;

 'primary products' means:

 

(a)

  agricultural or horticultural produce; or

 

(b)

  trees or crops, whether on or attached to land or not; or

 

(c)

  timber; or

 

(d)

  animals (whether dead or alive); or

 

(e)

  the bodily produce (including natural increase) of animals.".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 64

Assessability in respect of certain dividends deemed to be paid by a

CFC under section 47A

 

 64. Section 459 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph

(1)(d) "the" (second occurring) and substituting "a".

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 65

Application of amendments - general

(Meaning of "amended Act")

 

 65.(1) In this section:

"amended Act" means the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

(Definition of "resident" - members of Public Sector Superannuation Scheme)

 (2) The amendments made by section 4 apply to matters and things occurring

on or after 1 July 1990.

(Exemption of foreign branch profits of Australian companies)

 (3) The amendments made by section 6 apply to assessments in respect of

income of the 1992-93 year of income and of all subsequent years of income.

(Research and development expenditure - Co-operative Research Centres -

partnership expenditure)

 (4) The amendments made by subsection 12(1) apply in relation to expenditure

incurred on or after 1 March 1991.

(Research and development expenditure - Co-operative Research Centres - grants

and recoupment)

 (5) The amendments made by subsection 12(2) and sections 13 and 14 apply in

relation to recoupments or grants made on or after 1 July 1991.

(Gifts - World Wide Fund for Nature Australia)

 (6) The amendments made by section 15 apply to gifts made on or after 2

March 1990.

(Employer contributions to superannuation funds)

 (7) The amendment made by section 17 applies to contributions made on or

after 1 July 1991.

(Life assurance companies - exempt income)

 (8) The amendments made by sections 19, 20 and 21 apply to assessments in

respect of income of the 1991-92 year of income and of all subsequent years of

income.

(Medicare levy)

 (9) The amendments made by subsections 52(1) and 53(1) apply in relation to

periods commencing on or after 1 July 1991.

(Medicare levy)

 (10) The amendments made by subsections 52(2) and 53(2) apply in relation to

periods commencing on or after 12 November 1991.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 66

Application of amendments - depreciation

(Definitions)

 

 66.(1) In this section, unless the contrary intention appears:

 "amended Act" means the Principal Act as amended by this Act;

 "arrangement" has the same meaning as in section 26AJ of the Principal Act;

 "associate" has the same meaning as in section 26AAB of the Principal Act;

 "post-26 February 1992 property", in relation to a taxpayer, means:

 

(a)

 a unit of property that was acquired by the taxpayer under a contract

entered into after 26 February 1992;

 or

 

(b)

 a unit of property that was constructed by the taxpayer and commenced

to be constructed after 26 February 1992;

 "pre-27 February 1992 property", in relation to a taxpayer, means:

 

(a)

 a unit of property that was acquired by the taxpayer under a contract

entered into before 27 February 1992;

 or

 

(b)

 a unit of property that was constructed by the taxpayer and commenced

to be constructed before 27 February 1992;

"use", in relation to property, includes:

 

(a)

  install ready for use; or

 

(b)

  use for producing income from hire or rental.

(Extended meaning of "associate": re-constituted partnerships etc.)

 (2) If section 59AA of the amended Act operates so as to deem a taxpayer (in

this subsection called the "transferor") to have disposed of property to

another taxpayer (in this subsection called the "transferee"), the transferor

and transferee are taken to be associates of each other for the purposes of

the application of this section to the property.

(Modification of acquisition contract date)

 (3) For the purposes of this section, a unit of property that was acquired

at a particular time (in this subsection called the "acquisition time") by a

taxpayer (in this subsection called the "first taxpayer") under a contract

entered into after 26 February 1992 is taken to have been acquired by the

first taxpayer under a contract entered into before 27 February 1992 if:

 

(a)

  the property was used by one or more other taxpayers before the

acquisition time; and

 

(b)

  the taxpayer, or any of the taxpayers, who first used the property

after acquisition time (which taxpayer may be the first taxpayer) is:

 

(i)

  the same taxpayer as the taxpayer, or any of the taxpayers,

who last used the property before the acquisition time; or

 

(ii)

  an associate of the taxpayer, or any of the taxpayers, who

last used the property before the acquisition time; and

 

(c)

  the property was pre-27 February 1992 property of the taxpayer, or any

of the taxpayers, who last used the property before the acquisition time.

(Modification of acquisition contract date)

 (4) For the purposes of this section, a unit of property that was acquired

at a particular time (in this subsection called the "acquisition time") by a

taxpayer (in this subsection called the "first taxpayer") under a contract

entered into after 26 February 1992 is taken to have been acquired by the

first taxpayer under a contract entered into before 27 February 1992 if:

 

(a)

  the property was not used by the taxpayer who owned the property

immediately before the acquisition time; and

 

(b)

  the taxpayer, or any of the taxpayers, who first used the property

after the acquisition time (which taxpayer may be the first taxpayer) is:

 

(i)

  the same taxpayer as the taxpayer who owned the property

immediately before the acquisition time; or

 

(ii)

  an associate of the taxpayer who owned the property

immediately before the acquisition time; and

 

(c)

  the property was pre-27 February 1992 property of the taxpayer who

owned the property immediately before the acquisition time.

(Modification of acquisition contract date)

 (5) For the purposes of this section, a unit of property that was acquired

at a particular time (in this subsection called the "acquisition time") by a

taxpayer (in this subsection called the "first taxpayer") under a contract

entered into after 26 February 1992 is taken to have been acquired by the

first taxpayer under a contract entered into before 27 February 1992 if:

 

(a)

  before 27 February 1992, another taxpayer entered into a contract or

arrangement for the acquisition of the property; and

 

(b)

  after 26 February 1992 and at a time when the other taxpayer was:

 

(i)

  a party to the contract or arrangement mentioned in paragraph

 (a); and

 

(ii)

  not the owner of the property;

the other taxpayer entered into an arrangement under which:

 

(iii)

  an associate of the other taxpayer became the owner of the

property; or

 

(iv)

  the other taxpayer, or an associate of the other taxpayer,

became the lessee or end-user of the property; and

 

(c)

 if subparagraph (b)(iii) applies - the first taxpayer is the associate

mentioned in that subparagraph; and

 

(d)

 if subparagraph (b)(iv) applies - the first taxpayer is the owner of

the property at the time when the other taxpayer, or the associate of the

other taxpayer, first became the lessee or end-user of the property.

(General application of depreciation amendments: post-26 February 1992

property)

 (6) Section 55 and paragraphs 56(1)(a) and (b) of the amended Act, and the

amendments made by sections 10 and 11 of this Act, apply to post-26 February

1992 property of a taxpayer.

(Section 55 and paragraphs 56(1)(a) and (b) of the Principal Act continue to

apply to pre-27 February 1992 property)

 (7) In spite of the repeal of section 55 and paragraphs 56(1)(a) and (b) of

the Principal Act effected by this Act, that section and those paragraphs

continue to apply, in relation to pre-27 February 1992 property of a taxpayer,

as if those repeals had not been effected.

(Depreciation roll-over provisions)

 (8) For the purposes of this section, if:

 

(a)

  section 58 of the amended Act applies to the disposal of a unit of

property by the transferor to the transferee referred to in that section;

and

 

(b)

  the property is pre-27 February 1992 property of the transferor;

the property is taken to be pre-27 February 1992 property of the transferee.

(Pooled property - separate pools of pre-27 February 1992 property and post-26

February 1992 property)

 (9) In spite of section 62AAE of the amended Act, the purported allocation

of a unit of property to a pool is invalid if the allocation would result in

both:

 

(a)

  post-26 February 1992 property of the taxpayer; and

 

(b)

  pre-27 February 1992 property of the taxpayer;

being allocated to the pool for any year of income.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 67

Application of amendments - capital gains tax

(Meaning of "amended Act")

  

67.(1) In this section:

 "amended Act" means the Principal Act as amended by

this Act.

(Continuity of business test)

 (2) The amendments made by subsection 27(1) and section 29 apply to

assessments in respect of income of the 1991-92 year of income and of

subsequent years of income if any part of the year of income occurred after 2

April 1992.

(Motor vehicles, involuntary disposal, principal home exemption, changes in

majority underlying interests)

 (3) The amendments made by section 23, subsections 36(1) and 44(1) and

section 50 apply in relation to disposals of assets after 19 September 1985.

(Deceased estates - deeds of family arrangement etc.)

 (4) The amendments made by section 24 and subsection 44(2) apply in relation

to deeds of arrangement executed after 2 April 1992.

(Trading stock, share exchanges, transfer of assets between companies under

common ownership)

 (5) The amendments made by section 25, subsection 36(2), sections 37, 40,

41, 42, 43, 47, 48 and 49 apply to disposals of assets after 2 April 1992.

(Deemed consideration in respect of the disposal of an asset)

 (6) The amendment made by section 28 applies to disposals of assets after 15

August 1989.

(Leases)

 (7) The amendments made by sections 30 and 31 apply in relation to payments

made after 2 April 1992 by lessors in obtaining the consent of lessees.

(Employee share schemes)

 (8) Section 160ZYJA of the amended Act applies to shares or rights disposed

of by a trustee to a taxpayer after 2 April 1992.

(Convertible notes)

 (9) The amendments made by sections 34 and 35 apply to conversions after 2

April 1992.

(Breakdown of de facto marriages)

 (10) The amendments made by sections 38 and 39 apply to court orders made

after 2 April 1992.

(Goodwill disposals)

 (11) The amendments made by sections 45 and 46 apply to any disposal of, or

of an interest in, a business, being a disposal that includes, or includes an

interest in, the goodwill of the business, where the disposal takes place

after 26 February 1992.

(Record-keeping)

 (12) The amendments made by section 51 apply in relation to assets acquired

after the commencement of this subsection.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 68

Application of amendments - CFCs

(Transitional finance shares: direct attribution interest)

 

 68.(1) The amendment made by section 57 applies in relation to the

calculation of a direct attribution interest in a CFC at a particular time,

whether before or after the commencement of that section.

(Transitional finance shares: direct attribution account interest)

 (2) The amendment made by section 58 applies in relation to the calculation

of a direct attribution account interest in a company at a particular time,

whether before or after the commencement of that section.

(Transitional finance shares: calculation of attributable income)

 (3) The amendment made by section 59 applies in relation to the calculation

of attributable income of any eligible period, whether beginning before or

after the commencement of that section.

(Transitional finance shares: section 402 non-portfolio dividends)

 (4) The amendment made by subsection 60(1) applies in relation to dividends,

whether paid before or after the commencement of that section.

(Notional exempt income of CFC - non-portfolio dividends)

 (5) The amendment made by paragraph 60(2)(a) applies in relation to

dividends paid after 2 April 1992.

(Notional exempt income of CFC - deemed dividends)

 (6) The amendment made by paragraph 60(2)(b) applies in relation to the

calculation of attributable income of any eligible period, whether beginning

before or after the commencement of that section.

(Part X roll-over relief elections)

 (7) The amendments made by section 61 and paragraph 62(b) apply in relation

to disposals of assets taking place after 2 April 1992.

(Active income test - roll-over relief)

 (8) The amendment made by paragraph 62(a) applies in relation to the

calculation of attributable income of any eligible period, whether beginning

before or after the commencement of that section.

(Tainted sales income)

 (9) The amendments made by section 63 apply in relation to statutory

accounting periods commencing after 2 April 1992.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 69

Transitional - sections 160J and 160ZZQ of the amended Act

 

 69.(1) If:

 

(a)

  apart from this subsection, an asset that formed part of the estate of

a deceased person is not taken, for the purposes of Part IIIA of the Principal

Act, to have passed to a beneficiary in that estate; and

 

(b)

  assuming that the amendments made by section 24 of this Act had applied

in relation to deeds of arrangement executed before 3 April 1992 - the asset

would have been taken, for the purposes of Part IIIA of the amended Act, to

have passed to a beneficiary in that estate; and

 

(c)

  the beneficiary makes an election that this section apply to the

asset;

then, in addition to the application of the amendments made by section 24 of

this Act apart from this subsection, the amendments apply to the deed of

arrangement.

 (2) If:

 

(a)

  apart from this subsection, a dwelling that formed part of the estate

of a deceased person is not taken, for the purposes of section 160ZZQ of the

Principal Act, to have been acquired by a taxpayer as a beneficiary in the

estate; and

 

(b)

  assuming that the amendments made by subsection 44(2) of this Act had

applied in relation to deeds of arrangement executed before 3 April 1992 - the

taxpayer would have been taken, for the purposes of section 160ZZQ of the

amended Act, to have acquired the dwelling as a beneficiary in the estate;

and

 

(c)

  the taxpayer makes an election under subsection (1) that this section

apply to the asset;

then, in addition to the application of the amendments made by subsection

44(2) of this Act apart from this subsection, the amendments apply to the deed

of arrangement.

 (3) An election under subsection (1) has no effect unless it:

 

(a)

 is in writing; and

 

(b)

 is made:

 

(i)

  within 6 months after the end of the year of income of the

beneficiary or taxpayer in which the commencement of this subsection occurred;

or

 

(ii)

  within such further period as the Commissioner allows.

 (4) A person who makes an election under subsection (1) must retain the

election, or a copy, until the end of 5 years after the election was made.

Penalty: $3,000.

 (5) Subsection (4) does not require a person to retain an election, or a

copy, if:

 

(a)

  the Commissioner has notified the person that retention of the election

or copy is not required; or

 

(b)

  the person is a company that has gone into liquidation and has been

finally dissolved.

 (6) In this section:

"amended Act" means the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 70

Transitional - section 160ZYZ of the Principal Act

 

 70. In determining the meaning that section 160ZYZ of the Principal Act had

in relation to conversions before 3 April 1992, the amendment made by section

34 is to be disregarded.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 71

Transitional - section 160ZZBB of the Principal Act

 

 71. In determining the meaning that section 160ZZBB of the Principal Act had

in relation to conversions before 3 April 1992, the amendment made by section

35 is to be disregarded.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 72

Transitional - Division 19A of Part IIIA of the Principal Act

 

 72. The amendments of section 160ZZRA of the Principal Act made by this Part

are to be disregarded in determining the meaning that an expression in

Division 19A of Part IIIA of the Principal Act had when used in relation to

the disposal of an asset before 3 April 1992.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 73

Transitional - subsection 160ZZS(2A) of the amended Act

 

 73.(1) In this section:

 "amended Act" means the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

 (2) If:

 

(a)

  apart from this subsection, subsection 160ZZS(1A) of the amended Act

applies so as to deem an asset to have been acquired by a taxpayer at a time

after 19

 September 1985 and before 3 April 1992; and

 

(b)

 if subsection 160ZZS(2A) of the amended Act had not been enacted,

section 160ZZS of the amended Act would not have applied so as to deem the

asset to have been acquired by the taxpayer after 19 September 1985; and

 

(c)

  the taxpayer disposes of the asset before 3 April 1992;

section 160ZZS of the amended Act does not apply so as to deem the asset to

have been acquired by the taxpayer after 19 September 1985.

 (3) If:

 

(a)

  apart from this subsection, subsection 160ZZS(1A) of the amended Act

applies so as to deem an asset to have been acquired by a taxpayer at a time

after 19 September 1985 and before 3 April 1992; and

 

(b)

 if subsection 160ZZS(2A) of the amended Act had not been enacted,

section 160ZZS of the amended Act would not have applied so as to deem the

asset to have been acquired by the taxpayer after 19 September 1985; and

 

(c)

  the taxpayer disposes of the asset after 2 April 1992;

then:

 

(d)

  if, at all times during the period:

 

(i)

  commencing on 3 April 1992; and

 

(ii)

  ending immediately before the taxpayer disposed of the

asset;

majority underlying interests in the asset were held by natural persons who,

immediately before that period, held majority underlying interests in the

asset - section 160ZZS of the amended Act has effect as if the natural persons

who held majority underlying interests in the asset immediately before the end

of that period had held those interests at all times during the period:

 

(iii)

  commencing immediately before 20 September 1985; and

 

(iv)

  ending immediately before the taxpayer disposed of the

asset; and

 

(e)

  if, at a particular time (in this paragraph called the "cessation

time") during the period:

 

(i)

  commencing on 3 April 1992; and

 

(ii)

  ending immediately before the taxpayer disposed of the

asset;

the natural persons who, immediately before the commencement of that period,

held majority underlying interests in the asset, ceased, or first ceased, to

hold those interests - section 160ZZS of the amended Act has effect as if the

natural persons who, immediately before 20 September 1985, held majority

underlying interests in the asset had held those interests at all times during

the period:

 

(iii)

  commencing immediately before 20 September 1985; and

 

(iv)

  ending at the cessation time.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 74

Transitional - Part X record-keeping offences

 

 74. In determining whether a person has committed an offence against

Division 11 of Part X of the Principal Act before the commencement of this

section, the amendments made by sections 55, 57, 58 and 59 and subsection

60(1) are to be disregarded.

 

PART 3 - DEFERRAL OF INITIAL PAYMENTS OF COMPANY TAX FOR 1991-92

 

Division 1 - Interpretation

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 76

Interpretation

 

 76. In this Part:

"Assessment Act" means the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936;

 "company" has the same meaning as in Part IIIAA of the Assessment Act;

 "FDT reduction provision" means section 82 of this Act;

 "franking deficit tax" has the same meaning as in Part IIIAA of the

Assessment Act;

 "franking year" has the same meaning as in Part IIIAA of the Assessment Act;

 "initial payment of tax" has the same meaning as in Division 1B of Part VI of

the Assessment Act;

 "IP offset provision" means section 78 of this Act;

 "paragraph 221AQ(1)(a) notice" means a notice under paragraph 221AQ(1)(a) of

the Assessment Act;

 "relevant entity" has the same meaning as in Division 1B of Part VI of the

Assessment Act.

 

Division 2 - Deferral of initial payments of tax for 1991-92

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 77

 

 77. If:

 

(a)

 a relevant entity's 1991-92 year of income ends after 31 December 1991;

and

 

(b)

  the amount calculated using the following formula is less than

$400,000:

 

Initial payment

 x   100

 

of Tax

 85

where:

 "Initial payment of tax" means the amount that, apart from this Part, is the

initial payment of tax payable by the entity in respect of its taxable income

of that year of income;

then, section 221AP of the Assessment Act has, and is taken to have had,

effect as if the reference in that section to 28 July next following that year

of income were a reference to the 28th day of the 3rd month next following the

month in which the last day of that year of income occurs.

 

Division 3 - Deferred initial payments of tax for 1991-92 to be offset

by prior payments of franking deficit tax

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 78

Deferred initial payments of tax for 1991-92 to be offset by prior

payments of franking deficit tax

 

 78.(1) This section applies if:

 

(a)

 a relevant entity has given a paragraph 221AQ(1)(a) notice for the

1991-92 year of income; and

 

(b)

  apart from this section, the relevant entity is liable to make an

initial payment of tax in respect of its taxable income of the year of income

not later than the 28th day of the 3rd month next following the month in which

the last day of that year of income occurs; and

 

(c)

  before the notice was given, the relevant entity paid an amount (in

this section called the "FDT amount") in respect of franking deficit tax in

respect of the franking year in which the last day of that year of income

occurs.

 (2) If the relevant entity is not a life assurance company and the amount of

the initial payment of tax does not exceed the FDT amount, the relevant entity

is not liable to pay the initial payment of tax.

 (3) If the relevant entity is not a life assurance company and the amount of

the initial payment of tax exceeds the FDT amount, the initial payment of tax

is taken to be an amount equal to the excess.

 (4) If:

 

(a)

  the relevant entity is a life assurance company; and

 

(b)

  the amount of the initial payment does not exceed the sum of:

 

(i)

  the FDT amount; and

 

(ii)

  the eligible fund component;

the initial payment of tax is taken to be an amount equal to the eligible fund

component.

 (5) If:

 

(a)

  the relevant entity is a life assurance company; and

 

(b)

  the amount of the initial payment exceeds the sum of:

 

(i)

  the FDT amount; and

 

(ii)

  the eligible fund component;

the initial payment of tax is taken to be an amount equal to the amount by

which the initial payment of tax exceeds the FDT amount.

 (6) For the purposes of this section, the eligible fund component of a life

assurance company is the amount calculated using the formula:

 

0.8

 x   Fund component

where:

 "Fund component" means so much of the initial payment of tax as is

attributable to so much of the estimated tax as relates to the following

components of taxable income:

 

(a)

  the CS/RA component (within the meaning of Division 8 of Part III of

the Assessment Act);

 

(b)

  the AD/RLA component (within the meaning of Division 8 of Part III of

the Assessment Act);

 

(c)

  the NCS component (within the meaning of Division 8 of Part III of the

Assessment Act).

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 79

IP offset provision to be ignored in calculating certain company tax

thresholds

 

 79. In spite of anything in this Division, a reference in subsection

221AT(3) or 221AU(5) of the Assessment Act to a particular amount is to be

construed as if the IP offset provision had not been enacted.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 80

Eliminated or reduced initial payments of tax to be treated as fully

paid for credit/refund purposes

 

 80.(1) If, under the IP offset provision, no initial payment of tax is

payable by a relevant entity, section 221AZF of the Assessment Act has, and is

taken to have had, effect as if that initial payment of tax had been paid by

the relevant entity on the day on which its paragraph 221AQ(1)(a) notice for

the 1991-92 year of income was given to the Commissioner.

 (2) If:

 

(a)

 an initial payment of tax payable by a relevant entity is reduced under

the IP offset provision; and

 

(b)

  the relevant entity pays that reduced initial payment of tax;

section 221AZF of the Assessment Act has, and is taken to have had, effect as

if the amount of that payment had been increased by the amount of the

reduction.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 81

Franking credits and debits - effect of elimination or reduction of

initial payment of tax

 

 81.(1) If, under the IP offset provision, no initial payment of tax is

payable by a company, then, sections 160APMA, 160APVBA, 160APYBA, 160APYC and

160AQCD of the Assessment Act have, and are taken to have had, effect as if

the company had, on the day on which its paragraph 221AQ(1)(a) notice for the

1991-92 year of income was given to the Commissioner, paid that initial

payment of tax.

 (2) If:

 

(a)

  the initial payment of tax payable by a company is reduced under the IP

offset provision; and

 

(b)

  the company pays that reduced initial payment of tax;

then, sections 160APMA, 160APVBA, 160APYBA, 160APYC and 160AQCD of the

Assessment Act have, and are taken to have had, effect as if the amount of

that payment had been increased by the amount of the reduction.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 82

Reduction of liability for franking deficit tax

 

 82. In spite of section 160AQJ of the Assessment Act, a company's liability

for franking deficit tax in respect of the franking year in which the last day

of its 1991-92 year of income occurred is to be calculated on the following

assumptions:

 

(a)

  if:

 

(i)

  an initial payment of tax payable by the company is reduced

under the IP offset provision; and

 

(ii)

  the company pays that reduced initial payment of tax;

the assumption that the amount of that payment had been increased by the

amount of the reduction;

 

(b)

  if, under the IP offset provision, no initial payment of tax is payable

by the company - the assumption that the company had, on the day on which its

paragraph 221AQ(1)(a) notice for the 1991-92 year of income was given to the

Commissioner, paid that initial payment of tax.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 83

No refunds of amounts of franking deficit tax overpaid because of

the FDT reduction provision

 

 83. In spite of section 160ARR of the Assessment Act, paragraph 172(1)(b) of

the Assessment Act does not apply to, and a company is not otherwise entitled

to a refund in respect of, an overpayment of franking deficit tax that arises

out of the operation of the FDT reduction provision.

 

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992No. 80, 1992

- SECT 84

Reduction of liability for franking deficit tax does not give rise

to a franking credit under section 160APQA of the Assessment Act

 

 84. In spite of section 160APQA of the Assessment Act, a franking credit

does not arise under that section to the extent to which it is attributable to

the operation of the FDT reduction provision.

Notes to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992

Note 1

The Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992 as shown in this compilation comprises

Act No. 80, 1992 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Act

Number

and year

Date

of Assent

Date of commencement

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992

80, 1992

30 June 1992

See s. 2

Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 2) Act 2010

75, 2010

28 June 2010

Schedule 6 (item 45): 29 June 2010

Table of Amendments

    ad. = added or inserted

     am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

S. 75........................................

rep. No. 75, 2010

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