SCHEDULE 1
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COLLECTION AND RECOVERY OF INCOME TAX AND OTHER LIABILITIES
History
Sch 1 inserted by No 178 of 1999 (as amended by No 179 of 1999 and No 44 of 2000).
Note: See section
3AA
.
Chapter 4
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Generic assessment, collection and recovery rules
History
Ch 4 heading inserted by
No 73 of 2006
, s 3 and Sch 5 item 42, effective 1 July 2006.
PART 4-15
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COLLECTION AND RECOVERY OF TAX-RELATED LIABILITIES AND OTHER AMOUNTS
History
Pt 4-15 inserted by No 179 of 1999.
Division 269
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Penalties for directors of non-complying companies
History
Div 269 inserted by
No 79 of 2010
, s 3 and Sch 1 item 10, applicable in relation to an amount payable by a company to the Commissioner before, on or after 1 July 2010.
Act
No 79 of 2010
, s 3 and Sch 1 item 65, contained the following provision, commencing 1 July 2010:
65 Transitional
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penalties
No doubling up of penalties
(1)
Subsection 269-20(1) in Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
, as added by this Schedule, does not apply if the due day referred to in that subsection occurs before the commencement time.
(2)
Subsection 269-20(3) in Schedule 1 to that Act, as added by this Schedule, does not apply if the 14th day referred to in that subsection occurs before the commencement time.
New provisions apply to existing penalties
(3)
Subitem (4) applies in relation to a penalty that, just before the commencement time, was payable under
Division 9 of Part VI
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
.
(4)
Division 269 in Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
(other than section 269-20) has effect, from the commencement time, as if the penalty were payable under Subdivision 269-B in that Schedule.
Penalties remitted because of payment agreement
(5)
Subitem (6) applies if:
(a)
a penalty payable by a director of a company was remitted under section
222APF
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
because the company made an agreement with the Commissioner as mentioned in paragraph
222APB(1)(b)
; and
(b)
on or after the commencement time, the company contravenes the agreement such that the director would have been liable to pay a penalty under section
222AQA
if that section had continued to apply.
(6)
Division 269 in Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
(other than section 269-20) has effect, from the commencement time, as if the penalty:
(a)
had not been remitted; and
(b)
were payable under Subdivision 269-B in that Schedule.
Subdivision 269-B
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Obligations and penalties
History
Subdiv 269-B inserted by
No 79 of 2010
, s 3 and Sch 1 item 10, applicable in relation to an amount payable by a company to the Commissioner before, on or after 1 July 2010. For transitional provisions see note under Div
269
heading.
SECTION 269-15
DIRECTORS
'
OBLIGATIONS
Directors
'
obligations
269-15(1)
The directors (within the meaning of the
Corporations Act 2001
) of the company (from time to time) on or after the initial day must cause the company to comply with its obligation.
269-15(2)
The directors of the company (from time to time) continue to be under their obligation until:
(a)
the company complies with its obligation; or
(b)
an administrator of the company is appointed under section
436A
,
436B
or
436C
of the
Corporations Act 2001
; or
(ba)
a small business restructuring practitioner for the company is appointed under section
453B
of that Act; or
(c)
the company begins to be wound up (within the meaning of that Act).
History
S 269-15(2) amended by No 130 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 122, by inserting para (ba), effective 1 January 2021.
269-15(2A)
To avoid doubt, if the obligation of the company is an obligation to pay the amount of an estimate of an underlying liability under Division
268
, a director is subject to his or her obligation under subsection (1):
(a)
even if the underlying liability never existed or has been discharged in full; and
(b)
even if the unpaid amount of the underlying liability is less than the unpaid amount of the estimate; and
(c)
at all times on and after the day referred to in paragraph
269-10(5)(b)
until the director
'
s obligation ceases under subsection (2) of this section, including at any such times before the Commissioner has made the estimate or given notice of the estimate.
History
S 269-15(2A) inserted by No 8 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 5 item 4, effective 1 April 2019 and applicable in relation to an estimate made under Division
268
in Schedule
1
to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
on or after 1 July 2018 (whether the underlying liability to which the estimate relates arose before, on or after that day).
Instalment arrangements
269-15(3)
The Commissioner must not commence, or take a procedural step as a party to, proceedings to enforce an obligation, or to recover a penalty, of a director under this Division if an *arrangement that covers the company
'
s obligation is in force under section
255-15
(Commissioner
'
s power to permit payments by instalments).
Note 1:
The arrangement may also cover other obligations of the company.
Note 2:
Subsection (3) does not prevent the Commissioner from giving a director a notice about a penalty under section
269-25
.
History
S 269-15 inserted by
No 79 of 2010
, s 3 and Sch 1 item 10, applicable in relation to an amount payable by a company to the Commissioner before, on or after 1 July 2010. For transitional provisions see note under Div
269
heading.