Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 4) Act 2014 (110 of 2014)

Schedule 1   Thin capitalisation

Part 7   Consequential amendments

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

35   Section 820-195 (example)

Repeal the example, substitute:

Example: ALWZ Ltd, a company that is an Australian entity, has an average value of assets of $100 million.

The average values of its excluded equity interests, associate entity debt, associate entity equity and non-debt liabilities are $5 million, $10 million, $5 million and $5 million respectively. Deducting these amounts from the result of step 1 (through applying steps 1A to 4) leaves $75 million. Multiplying $75 million by 3/5 results in $45 million. As the average value of the company’s associate entity excess amount is $2 million, the safe harbour debt amount is therefore $47 million.