Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
(a) a share of the net income of a closely held trust for a year of income is included in the assessable income of a trustee beneficiary of the trust under section 97 ; and
(b) the trustee of the closely held trust becomes presently entitled to an amount that is reasonably attributable to the whole or a part of the untaxed part of the share; and
(c) trustee beneficiary non-disclosure tax is not payable by the trustee of the closely held trust on the untaxed part under paragraph 102UK(2)(a) .
Consequences of section applying
102UM(2)
If this section applies:
(a) either:
(i) if the trustee of the closely held trust is the only person in the trustee group (see subsection (3)) - the trustee is liable to pay tax; or
as imposed by the Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) Act (No. 2) 2007 , on the whole or that part of the untaxed part; and
(ii) if the trustee of the closely held trust is not the only person in the trustee group - the persons in the trustee group are jointly and severally liable to pay tax;
(b) except for the purposes of sections 99 , 99A and 99B and this Division, the whole or that part of the untaxed part is not included in the assessable income of the trustee beneficiary under section 97 .
Note:
Provisions dealing with the payment etc of the tax under paragraph (a) (known as trustee beneficiary non-disclosure tax) are set out in Subdivision D .
102UM(3) Trustee group.
The trustee group consists of the following:
(a) the trustee of the closely held trust;
(b) if the trustee of the closely held trust is a company - the directors of the company.
[
CCH NOTE:
No 143 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 4 item 52, contains the following transitional provision:
Transitional
]
(1)
This item applies in relation to income years starting on or after 1 July 2006 and before the first income year to which the amendments apply.
[
CCH Note: The amendments apply to the first income year starting on or after 24 September 2007 and later income years.]
(2)
The trustee of a closely held trust is not liable to pay tax under section
102UK
or 102UM of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
in respect of a share of the net income of the trust to the extent to which:
(a)
the trustee of the closely held trust is assessed and liable to pay tax under subsection
98(4)
of that Act in respect of the share; or
(b)
the share is reasonably attributable to a part of the net income of another trust estate in respect of which the trustee of the other trust estate is assessed and liable to pay tax under that subsection; or
(c)
the share is represented by or reasonably attributable to an amount from which an entity was required to withhold an amount under Subdivision
12-H
in Schedule
1
to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
; or
(d)
the share is represented by or reasonably attributable to an amount which was liable to tax under section
255
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
.
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