Tax Laws Amendment (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Act 2009 (15 of 2009)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 2   Consequential amendments

Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

43   After subsection 160ZZW(1)

Insert:

(1A) To avoid doubt, subsection (2) applies for the purposes of applying Subdivision 230-A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to a financial arrangement (within the meaning of that Act).

Note: This means that it is possible for financial arrangements to be entered into between the bank and the branch and for the bank or the branch to have a gain or loss from such an arrangement dealt with under Division 230 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.