CHAPTER 3
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SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES
PART 3-90
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CONSOLIDATED GROUPS
History
Part 3-90 inserted by No 68 of 2002, s 3 and Sch 1 item 2, effective 24 October 2002 and applicable on and after 1 July 2002 (see sec
700-1
of the
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
).
Division 707
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Losses for head companies when entities become members etc.
History
Div 707 inserted by No 68 of 2002, s 3 and Sch 1 item 2, effective 24 October 2002 and applicable on and after 1 July 2002 (see sec
700-1
of the
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
).
Subdivision 707-B
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Can a transferred loss be utilised?
History
Subdiv 707-B inserted by No 68 of 2002, s 3 and Sch 1 item 2, effective 24 October 2002 and applicable on and after 1 July 2002 (see sec
700-1
of the
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
).
Operative provisions
SECTION 707-210
Utilisation of certain losses transferred from a company depends on company that made the losses earlier
707-210(1)
This section has effect for the purposes of working out whether a company (the
latest transferee
) can
*
utilise for an income year a loss it made because of a
*
COT transfer from a company (the
latest transferor
).
History
S 707-210(1) and (1A) substituted for s 707-210(1) by No 16 of 2003, s 3 and Sch 13 item 2, effective 24 October 2002 and applicable on and after 1 July 2002 (see sec
700-1
of the
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
). S 707-210(1) formerly read:
707-210(1)
This section has effect for the purposes of working out whether a company (the
latest transferee
) can
*
utilise for an income year a loss transferred to it under Subdivision 707-A from a company (the
latest transferor
) because:
(a)
the latest transferor met the condition in section
165-12
; and
(b)
the conditions in one or more of paragraphs
165-15(1)(a)
, (b) and (c) did not exist in relation to the latest transferor.
707-210(1A)
A transfer of a loss under Subdivision
707-A
from a company to a company is a
COT transfer
of the loss if the transfer occurs because:
(a)
the transferor meets the conditions in section
165-12
; and
(b)
the conditions in one or more of paragraphs
165-15(1)(a)
, (b) and (c) do not exist in relation to the transferor.
History
S 707-210(1) and (1A) substituted for s 707-210(1) by No 16 of 2003, s 3 and Sch 13 item 2, effective 24 October 2002 and applicable on and after 1 July 2002 (see sec
700-1
of the
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
).
Meeting conditions in section 165-12
707-210(2)
The latest transferee is taken to meet the conditions in section
165-12
for the income year in relation to the loss if and only if the company (the
test company
) described in subsection (3) would have met those conditions for the income year had the circumstances described in subsection (4) existed.
Note 1:
The latest transferee and the test company may be the same company.
Note 2:
Section 707-405 may affect the income year for which the test company is treated as having made the loss, if the loss is referable to part of an income year.
707-210(3)
The test company is the first company to make the loss. However, if:
(a)
the loss was made by the latest transferor because of one or more earlier transfers of the loss under Subdivision
707-A
from a company to a company; and
(b)
one or more of those earlier transfers was
not
a
*
COT transfer;
the test company is the company
to
which the loss was transferred in the most recent transfer described in paragraph (b).
History
S 707-210(3) amended by No 16 of 2003, s 3 and Sch 13 item 3, by substituting para (b), effective 24 October 2002 and applicable on and after 1 July 2002 (see sec
700-1
of the
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
). Para (b) formerly read:
(b)
one or more of those earlier transfers occurred because the company
from
which that earlier transfer was made satisfied the
*
same business test for the
*
same business test period and
*
test time specified in Division 165 or 166 or section 707-125 (as affected by section 707-205 or Subdivision 707-D if relevant);
707-210(4)
The circumstances are that:
(a)
the test company was
not
treated by Subdivision
707-A
for the income year as not having made the loss; and
(b)
if the test company made the loss apart from that Subdivision and transferred the loss to itself under that Subdivision
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the test company was
not
treated by that Subdivision for the income year as having made the loss for the income year in which the transfer occurred; and
(c)
nothing happened, after the time the loss was transferred from the test company to the
*
head company of a
*
consolidated group, to
*
membership interests or voting power:
(i)
in an entity that was at that time a
*
subsidiary member of the group; or
(ii)
in an entity that was at that time interposed between the test company and the head company;
that would affect whether the test company would meet the conditions in section
165-12
for the income year; and
(d)
if the loss has later been transferred under that Subdivision to the head company of another consolidated group
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nothing happened, after the time of the later transfer, to membership interests or voting power:
(i)
in the later transferor; or
(ii)
in an entity that was at that time interposed between the later transferor and the head company;
that would affect whether the test company would meet the conditions in section
165-12
for the income year.
History
S 707-210(4) amended by No 117 of 2002, s 3 and Sch 6 items 1 and 2, by substituting para (c) and omitting
"
a subsidiary member of that other group
"
after
"
time
"
in para (d)(ii), effective 24 October 2002 and applicable on and after 1 July 2002 (see sec
700-1
of the
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
). Para (c) formerly read:
(c)
nothing happened, after the time the loss was transferred from the test company to the
*
head company of a
*
consolidated group, to
*
membership interests or voting power in an entity that was at that time a
*
subsidiary member of the group, that would affect whether the test company would meet the conditions in section 165-12 for the income year; and
Failing to meet conditions in section 165-12
707-210(5)
The latest transferee is taken to fail to meet a condition in section 165-12 only at:
(a)
the first time the test company would have failed to meet the condition had the circumstances described in subsection (4) existed; or
(b)
the test time described in subsection
166-5(6)
for the test company, if Division
166
is relevant to working out whether the test company could have
*
utilised the loss had the circumstances described in subsection (4) existed.
History
S 707-210(5) amended by No 147 of 2005, s 3 and Sch 1 item 118, by substituting
"
subsection 166-5(6)
"
for
"
subsection 166-5(5)
"
in para (b), effective 14 December 2005. For application provision, see note under Div
166
heading.
Business continuity test applying to latest transferee under Division 166
707-210(6)
If subsection
166-5(5)
affects whether the latest transferee can
*
utilise the loss for the income year because the latest transferee is a
*
widely held company or an
*
eligible Division
166
company, or both, during the year, subsection
166-5(6)
operates as if it required the *business continuity test to be applied to the
*
business the latest transferee carried on just before the time described in subsection (5) of this section.
History
S 707-210(6) amended by No 7 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 1 item 117, by substituting
"
*business continuity test
"
for
"
*same business test
"
, effective 1 April 2019 and applicable in relation to income years starting on or after 1 July 2015.
S 707-210(6) amended by
No 164 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 6 item 47, by repealing the note, applicable to:
(a) any tax loss that is incurred in an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2005; and
(b) any net capital loss that is made in an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2005; and
(c) any deduction in respect of a bad debt that is incurred in an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2005.
The note formerly read:
Note:
Companies whose total income for an income year is more than $100 million cannot satisfy the same business test (even if the company carries on the same business): see section
165-212A
.
S 707-210(6) substituted by No 147 of 2005, s 3 and Sch 1 item 119, effective 14 December 2005. For application provision, see note under Div
166
heading. S 707-210(6) formerly read:
707-210(6)
If subsection
166-5(4)
affects whether the latest transferee can
*
utilise the loss for the income year because the latest transferee is a
*
listed public company or a
*
100% subsidiary of one for the year, subsection
166-5(5)
operates as if it required the
*
same business test to be applied to the
*
business the latest transferee carried on just before the time described in subsection (5) of this section.
If the test company made the loss because of a transfer
707-210(7)
If the test company made the loss because of a transfer under Subdivision
707-A
from another entity, Divisions
165
and
166
operate in relation to the test company for the purposes of subsection (2) as if the test company
'
s
*
loss year started at the time of the transfer.
History
S 707-210 inserted by No 68 of 2002, s 3 and Sch 1 item 2, effective 24 October 2002 and applicable on and after 1 July 2002 (see sec
700-1
of the
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
).