CHAPTER 3
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SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES
PART 3-30
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SUPERANNUATION
History
Part 3-30 inserted by
No 9 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, applicable to the 2007-2008 income year and later years.
Division 295
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Taxation of superannuation entities
History
Div 295 inserted by
No 9 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, applicable to the 2007-2008 financial year and later years.
Subdivision 295-H
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Components of taxable income
History
Subdiv 295-H inserted by
No 9 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, applicable to the 2007-2008 income year and later years.
SECTION 295-545
Components of taxable income
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complying superannuation funds, complying ADFs and PSTs
295-545(1)
The taxable income of a *complying superannuation entity is split into a *non-arm
'
s length component and a *low tax component.
Note:
A concessional rate applies to the low tax component, while the non-arm
'
s length component is taxed at the highest marginal rate. The rates are set out in the
Income Tax Rates Act 1986
.
History
S 295-545(1) substituted by No 64 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 3 item 101, effective 1 July 2020. S 295-545(1) formerly read:
295-545(1)
The taxable income of these entities is split into a *non-arm's length component and a *low tax component:
(a)
*complying superannuation funds;
(b)
*complying approved deposit funds;
(c)
*pooled superannuation trusts.
Note:
A concessional rate applies to the low tax component, while the non-arm's length component is taxed at the highest marginal rate. The rates are set out in the
Income Tax Rates Act 1986
.
295-545(2)
If an entity is not of a kind referred to in paragraph
295-550(8)(a)
(about certain small entities), the
non-arm
'
s length component
for an income year is the entity
'
s *non-arm
'
s length income for that year less any deductions to the extent that they are attributable to that income.
History
S 295-545(2) substituted by No 52 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 7 item 1, effective 1 July 2024. No 52 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 7 item 5 contains the following application of provisions:
5 Application of amendments
(1)
The amendments of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
made by this Schedule apply in relation to income derived in the 2018-19 income year or a later income year.
(2)
Despite subitem (1), the amendments do not apply in relation to:
(a)
a loss, outgoing or expenditure that is incurred before the 2018-19 income year; and
(b)
a loss, outgoing or expenditure that was not incurred before the 2018-19 income year, but might have been expected to be incurred before the 2018-19 income year.
(3)
To avoid doubt, the amendments of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
made by Schedule 2 to the
Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Superannuation Measures No. 1) Act 2019
do not apply, and are taken never to have applied, in relation to:
(a)
a loss, outgoing or expenditure that is incurred before the 2018-19 income year; and
(b)
a loss, outgoing or expenditure that was not incurred before the 2018-19 income year, but might have been expected to be incurred before the 2018-19 income year.
S 295-545(2) formerly read:
295-545(2)
The
non-arm's length component
for an income year is the entity's *non-arm's length income for that year less any deductions to the extent that they are attributable to that income.
295-545(2A)
If the entity is of a kind referred to in paragraph
295-550(8)(a)
(about certain small entities), the
non-arm
'
s length component
for an income year is the lesser of:
(a)
the sum of:
(i)
each amount of the entity
'
s *non-arm
'
s length income under subsection
295-550(1)
,
(2)
,
(4)
or
(5)
for that year less any deductions to the extent that they are attributable to that income; and
(ii)
each amount of the entity
'
s non-arm
'
s length income under subsection
295-550(8)
or
(9)
for that year; and
(b)
the entity
'
s taxable income for the income year:
(i)
less the contributions that are included in the entity
'
s assessable income under Subdivision
295-C
for the income year; and
(ii)
plus any deductions to the extent that they are attributable to those contributions.
History
S 295-545(2A) inserted by No 52 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 7 item 1, effective 1 July 2024. For application provisions, see note under s
295-545(2)
.
295-545(3)
The
low tax component
is any remaining part of the entity's taxable income for the income year.
History
S 295-545 inserted by
No 9 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, applicable to the 2007-2008 income year and later years.