CHAPTER 3
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SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES
PART 3-25
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PARTICULAR KINDS OF TRUSTS
History
Part 3-25 inserted by No 56 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 3 item 4, effective 3 June 2010.
Division 275
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Australian managed investment trusts: general
History
Div 275 heading substituted by No 53 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 4 item 1, effective 5 May 2016. For application provision, see note under Div
276
heading. The heading formerly read:
Division 275
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Australian managed investment trusts
Div 275 inserted by No 56 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 3 item 4, effective 3 June 2010. No 56 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 3 item 10 contains the following application provision:
Application provision
(1)
The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to CGT events that happen on or after the start of the 2008-09 income year.
(2)
Despite subitem (1), subsections
275-100(5)
and
(6)
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
as inserted by this Schedule (and any other provision inserted by this Schedule, to the extent that it relates to those subsections) apply in relation to acquisitions of assets that happen on or after the start of the 2008
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09 income year.
(3)
Despite subitem (1), section
275-120
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
as inserted by this Schedule (and any other provision inserted by this Schedule, to the extent that it relates to that section) applies in relation to:
(a)
disposals of assets; and
(b)
cessations of ownership of assets; and
(c)
other realisations of assets;
that happen on or after the commencement of this item.
(4)
Despite subitem (1), Subdivision
275-C
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
as inserted by this Schedule (and any other provision inserted by this Schedule, to the extent that it relates to that Subdivision) applies in relation to:
(a)
entitlements to distributions that arise on or after the commencement of this item; and
(b)
CGT events that happen on or after the commencement of this item.
(5)
Despite subitem (1), section
45-286
in Schedule
1
to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
as inserted by this Schedule (and any other provision inserted by this Schedule, to the extent that it relates to that section) applies in relation to distributions or applications of benefits that are made on or after the commencement of this item.
Subdivision 275-A
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Meaning of managed investment trust
History
History
S 275-15(1) amended by No 90 of 2010. For application provision, see note under s 275-5.
Subdiv 275-A substituted by No 53 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 4 item 3, effective 5 May 2016. For application provision, see note under Div
276
heading. Subdiv 275-A formerly read:
Subdivision 275-A
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Meaning of managed investment trust
SECTION 275-5
SECTION 275-5 Treatment of trading trusts etc.
275-5
For the purposes of this Division, treat a trust in the same way as a *managed investment trust in relation to an income year if it would be a managed investment trust in relation to the income year if paragraph 12-400(2)(a) in Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
were disregarded.
Note:
If a trading trust is treated as a managed investment trust for the purposes of this Division for an income year, sections 275-100 (CGT to be primary code for calculating MIT gains or losses) and 275-120 (revenue account treatment) will not apply to the trust for the year (see subsections 275-100(1), 275-110(1) and 275-120(1)).
SECTION 275-10
SECTION 275-10 Trust with investment management activities outside Australia
275-10
For the purposes of this Division, treat a trust in the same way as a *managed investment trust in relation to an income year if it would be a managed investment trust in relation to the income year if paragraph 12-400(1)(c) in Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
were disregarded.
SECTION 275-15 Every member of trust is a managed investment trust
275-15(1)
For the purposes of this Division, treat a trust in the same way as a *managed investment trust in relation to an income year if:
(a)
the condition in paragraph 12-400(1)(a) in Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
is satisfied; and
(b)
either:
(i)
the only *member of the trust is an entity covered by subsection 12-402(3) of that Schedule (other than an entity mentioned in paragraph (e) of that subsection); or
(ii)
the only member of the trust is an entity treated in the same way as a managed investment trust in relation to the income year because of this Subdivision; and
(c)
the trust satisfies the licensing requirements in section 12-403 of that Schedule in relation to the income year.
History
S 275-15(1) amended by No 90 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 5 item 2, by substituting paras (a), (b) and (c) for paras (a) and (b), effective 29 June 2010. For application provision, see note under s 275-5. Paras (a) and (b) formerly read:
(a)
the condition in item 1 of the table in subsection 12-400(1) in Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
is satisfied; and
(b)
every *member of the trust is a managed investment trust in relation to the income year (or a trust that is treated in the same way as a managed investment trust in relation to the income year through the operation of this Subdivision).
275-15(2)
A requirement in paragraph (1)(a) is satisfied if, and only if, it is satisfied:
(a)
at the time the trustee of the trust makes the first *fund payment in relation to the income year; or
(b)
if the trustee does not make such a payment in relation to the income year
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at both the start and the end of the income year.
SECTION 275-20 No fund payment made in relation to the income year
275-20
For the purposes of this Division, treat a trust in the same way as a *managed investment trust in relation to an income year if:
(a)
the trustee of the trust does not make a *fund payment in relation to the income year; and
(b)
the trust would be a managed investment trust in relation to the income year (or a trust that would be treated in the same way as a managed investment trust in relation to the income year through the operation of this Subdivision) if the trustee of the trust had made the first fund payment in relation to the income year on the first day of the income year; and
(c)
the trust would be a managed investment trust in relation to the income year (or a trust that would be treated in the same way as a managed investment trust in relation to the income year through the operation of this Subdivision) if the trustee of the trust had made the first fund payment in relation to the income year on the last day of the income year.
SECTION 275-30 Temporary circumstances outside the control of the trustee
275-30
If, apart from a particular circumstance, a trust would be treated under this Subdivision in the same way as a *managed investment trust in relation to an income year, treat the trust in the same way as a managed investment trust in relation to the income year for the purposes of this Division if:
(a)
the circumstance is temporary; and
(b)
the circumstance arose outside the control of the trustee of the trust; and
(c)
it is fair and reasonable to treat the trust as a managed investment trust in relation to the income year, having regard to the following matters:
(i)
the matters in paragraphs (a) and (b);
(ii)
the nature of the circumstance;
(iii)
the actions (if any) taken by the trustee of the trust to address or remove the circumstance, and the speed with which such actions are taken;
(iv)
the extent to which treating the trust as a managed investment trust in relation to the income year would increase or reduce the amount of tax otherwise payable by the trustee, the beneficiaries of the trust or any other entity;
(v)
any other relevant matter.
SECTION 275-35 Application of subsections 102L(15) and 102T(16)
275-35
To avoid doubt, subsections 102L(15) and 102T(16) of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
do not apply for the purposes of this Division.
Subdiv 275-A inserted by No 56 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 3 item 4, effective 3 June 2010. For application provision, see note under Div
275
heading.
Operative provisions
SECTION 275-10
Meaning of managed investment trust
275-10(1)
A trust is a
managed investment trust
in relation to an income year if any of the following requirements are met:
(a)
the trust is covered under subsection
(3)
of this section in relation to the income year (ordinary case);
(b)
the trust is covered under section
275-45
in relation to the income year (only members of trust are managed investment trusts etc.).
275-10(2)
A trust is also a
managed investment trust
in relation to an income year if any of the following requirements are met:
(a)
the trust is covered under section
275-50
in relation to the income year (no fund payment made in relation to the income year);
(b)
the trust is covered under section
275-55
in relation to the income year (temporary circumstances outside the control of the trustee).
275-10(3)
A trust is covered under this subsection in relation to an income year if:
(a)
at the time the trustee of the trust makes the first *fund payment in relation to the income year, or at an earlier time in the income year:
(i)
the trustee of the trust was an Australian resident; or
(ii)
the central management and control of the trust was in Australia; and
(b)
the trust is not a trust covered by subsection
(4)
(trading trust etc.) in relation to the income year; and
(c)
at the time the payment is made, the trust is a managed investment scheme (within the meaning of section
9
of the
Corporations Act 2001
); and
(d)
at the time the payment is made:
(i)
the trust is covered by section
275-15
(trusts with wholesale membership); or
(ii)
if the trust is not covered by section
275-15
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the trust is registered under section
601EB
of the
Corporations Act 2001
; and
(e)
the trust satisfies, in relation to the income year:
(i)
if, at the time the payment is made, the trust is registered under section
601EB
of the
Corporations Act 2001
and is covered by section
275-15
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either or both of the widely-held requirements in subsections
275-20(1)
and
275-25(1)
; or
(ii)
if, at the time the payment is made, the trust is so registered and is not covered by section
275-15
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either or both of the widely-held requirements in subsections
275-20(2)
and
275-25(1)
; or
(iii)
if, at the time the payment is made, the trust is
not
so registered and is covered by section
275-15
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the widely-held requirements in subsection
275-20(1)
; and
(f)
the trust satisfies the closely-held restrictions in subsection
275-30(1)
in relation to the income year; and
(g)
if the trust is covered by section
275-15
at the time the payment is made
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it satisfies the licensing requirements in section
275-35
in relation to the income year.
Trading unit trust or other trust carrying on trading business etc. cannot be managed investment trust
275-10(4)
A trust is covered by this subsection in relation to an income year if:
(a)
in the case of a unit trust
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the trust is a trading trust for the purposes of Division
6C
of Part
III
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
in relation to the income year; or
(b)
in any other case
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the trust at any time in the income year:
(i)
carried on a trading business (within the meaning of that Division); or
(ii)
controlled, or was able to control, directly or indirectly, the affairs or operations of another person in respect of the carrying on by that other person of a trading business (within the meaning of that Division).
275-10(4A)
In determining whether a trust is covered by subsection
(4)
, disregard any interest that the trust has in an *AFOF, an *ESVCLP or a *VCLP unless:
(a)
the trust is a *general partner of the AFOF, ESVCLP or VCLP; or
(b)
the trust has *committed capital in the partnership that, taken together with the sum of the amounts of committed capital in the partnership of any of that partner
'
s *associates (other than associates to whom subsection
(4B)
applies), exceeds 30% of the partnership
'
s committed capital.
History
S 275-10(4A) amended by No 8 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 2 items 15 and 16, by substituting
"
an *AFOF, an *ESVCLP or a *VCLP
"
for
"
a *VCLP or an *ESVCLP
"
and substituting
"
AFOF, ESVCLP or VCLP
"
for
"
VCLP or ESVCLP
"
in para (a), effective 1 April 2020 and applicable in relation to income years commencing on or after 1 July 2018.
S 275-10(4A) inserted by No 54 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 2 item 73, applicable in relation to the 2016-17 income year and later income years.
275-10(4B)
This subsection applies to:
(a)
an *ADI; or
(b)
a *life insurance company; or
(c)
a public authority:
(i)
that is constituted by a law of a State or internal Territory; and
(ii)
that carries on life insurance business within the meaning of section
11
of the
Life Insurance Act 1995
; or
(d)
a widely-held complying superannuation fund within the meaning of section
4A
of the
Pooled Development Funds Act 1992
; or
(e)
a *widely held foreign venture capital fund of funds.
History
S 275-10(4B) inserted by No 54 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 2 item 73, applicable in relation to the 2016-17 income year and later income years.
Crown entities etc.
275-10(5)
For the purposes of paragraphs
(3)(d)
and
(e)
, treat an entity as registered under section
601EB
of the
Corporations Act 2001
at the time the payment is made if at that time the trust is operated by:
(a)
an entity that would, but for subsection
5A(4)
of that Act (about the Crown not being bound by Chapter
6CA
or
7
of that Act), be required under that Act to be a financial services licensee (within the meaning of that Act) whose licence would cover operating such a managed investment scheme; or
(b)
an entity that:
(i)
is a *wholly-owned subsidiary of an entity of a kind mentioned in paragraph
(a)
; and
(ii)
would, but for any instrument issued by ASIC under that Act that has effect in relation to the entity and operation of the scheme mentioned in paragraph
(3)(c)
, be required under that Act to be a financial services licensee (within the meaning of that Act) whose licence would cover operating such a managed investment scheme.
History
S 275-10(5) amended by No 76 of 2023, s 3 and Sch 2 item 650, by omitting
"
section 761A of
"
after
"
within the meaning of
"
from para (a) and (b)(ii), effective 20 October 2023.
Start-up and wind-down phases
275-10(6)
Treat the requirements in paragraphs
(3)(e)
and
(f)
as being satisfied if:
(a)
the trust is created during the period:
(i)
starting 12 months before the start of the income year; and
(ii)
ending at the end of the income year; or
(b)
the trust ceases to exist during the income year, and was a *managed investment trust (disregarding paragraph
(a)
of this section) in relation to the previous income year.
History
S 275-10 substituted by No 53 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 4 item 3, effective 5 May 2016. For application provision, see note under Div
276
heading. For former wording, see note under Subdiv
275-A
heading.
S 275-10 inserted by No 90 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 5 item 1, effective 29 June 2010. For application provision, see note under s
275-5
.