Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987

PART V - LIABILITY TO TAXATION  

Division 6 - Anti-avoidance  

Subdivision A - Arrangements to obtain tax benefits  

SECTION 51  

51   TAX BENEFITS  
A reference in this Subdivision to the obtaining by a person of a tax benefit in connection with an arrangement is a reference to:

(a) an amount of assessable receipts not being derived by the person in a financial year in relation to a petroleum project where that amount would have been derived, or might reasonably be expected to have been derived, by the person in the financial year in relation to the project if the arrangement had not been entered into or carried out; or

(b) an amount of deductible expenditure being incurred by the person in a financial year in relation to a petroleum project where that amount would not have been incurred, or might reasonably be expected not to have been incurred, by the person in the financial year in relation to the project if the arrangement had not been entered into or carried out;

and, for the purposes of this Subdivision, the amount of the tax benefit shall be taken to be equal to the amount referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), as the case requires.