Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
The trustee of a trust may choose that a beneficiary of the trust is a chosen beneficiary of the trust for an income year if the trust does not have any income of the trust for the income year to which a beneficiary of the trust could be presently entitled.
393-27(2)
The maximum number of choices that the trustee may make in respect of the trust for an income year is the higher of:
(a) the number of individuals to which subsection 393-25(3) applied in the income year immediately before the current income year; and
(b) 12.
393-27(3)
A choice made under subsection (1) must be:
(a) in writing; and
(b) signed by the trustee and the person chosen.
393-27(4)
The trustee can make the choice no later than the time it lodges the trust ' s *income tax return for the income year to which the choice relates. However, the Commissioner can allow the trustee to make a choice at a later time.
393-27(5)
A choice cannot be revoked or varied.
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