Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
SECTION 719-10 What is a potential MEC group? 719-10(1)
A potential MEC group derived from one or more * eligible tier-1 companies of a * top company consists of the following members:
(a) those eligible tier-1 companies;
(b) all of the other entities (if any) which:
(i) meet the requirements of the table; or
(ii) are entities for which the requirements in section 701C-10 of the Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 are met; or
(iii) are entities for which the requirements in section 701C-15 of the Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 are met.
Requirements for other entities | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Income tax treatment requirements | Australian residence requirements | Ownership requirements |
The entity must be a company, trust or partnership and, if it is a company, all or some of its taxable income (if any) must have been taxable at a rate that is or equals the *corporate tax rate apart from this Part
The entity must not be covered by an item in the table in section 703-20 The entity must not be a non-profit company (as defined in the Income Tax Rates Act 1986 ) |
The entity must:
(a) be an Australian resident (but not a *prescribed dual resident), if it is a company; or (b) meet the conditions in item 1, 2 or 3 of the table in section 703-25, if it is a trust; or (c) be a partnership |
The entity must be:
(a) a *wholly-owned subsidiary of any of those *eligible tier-1 companies; or (b) an entity that would be covered by paragraph (a), if it were assumed that all of the membership interests that are beneficially owned by any of those eligible tier-1 companies were owned by a single one of those eligible tier-1 companies |
719-10(2)
For the purposes of column 3 of the table, if there are one or more entities interposed between an entity (the test entity ) and an eligible tier-1 company, the test entity can be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the eligible tier-1 company only if each of the interposed entities:
(a) meets the conditions in columns 1 and 2 of the table; or
(b) holds membership interests only as a nominee of one or more entities each of which is:
(i) an eligible tier-1 company of the top company; or
(ii) a wholly-owned subsidiary of an eligible tier-1 company of the top company, being a subsidiary that meets the conditions in columns 1 and 2 of the table.
719-10(3)
For the purposes of subparagraph (2)(b)(ii), in determining whether an entity is a wholly-owned subsidiary of an eligible * tier-1 company of the * top company, assume that all of the * membership interests that are beneficially owned by eligible tier-1 companies of the top company were owned by a single eligible tier-1 company of the top company.
719-10(4)
(Repealed by No 67 of 2003)
719-10(5)
(Repealed by No 67 of 2003)
Only one eligible tier-1 company in a potential MEC group
719-10(6)
To avoid doubt, if:
(a) there is only one * eligible tier-1 company of a * top company; and
(b) there are no entities which meet the requirements of the table in subsection (1); and
(c) there are no entities for which the requirements mentioned in subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) are met; and
(d) there are no entities for which the requirements mentioned in subparagraph (1)(b)(iii) are met;
the * potential MEC group derived from the eligible tier-1 company consists of the eligible tier-1 company alone.
When potential MEC group ceases to exist
719-10(7)
If a * potential MEC group is derived from one or more * eligible tier-1 companies of a * top company, the potential MEC group ceases to exist when:
(a) none of those companies are eligible tier-1 companies of the top company; or
(b) there is a change in the identity of the top company, and the eligible tier-1 companies that were members of the group immediately before the change are not the same as the eligible tier-1 companies that are members of the group immediately after the change.
Continuity of potential MEC group
719-10(8)
If:
(a) a * potential MEC group is derived from one or more * eligible tier-1 companies of a * top company; and
(b) there is a change in the identity of the top company in relation to the potential MEC group; and
(c) the eligible tier-1 companies that were members of the group immediately before the change are the same as the eligible tier-1 companies that are members of the group immediately after the change;
the change does not affect the continuity of:
(d) the group; or
(e) the status of any of those companies as eligible tier-1 companies of the top company.
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