CHAPTER 4
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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF INCOME TAX
History
Chapter 4 inserted by No 162 of 2001.
PART 4-5
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GENERAL
History
Part 4-5 inserted by No 162 of 2001.
Division 815
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Cross-border transfer pricing
History
Div 815 inserted by No 115 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 1 item 6, effective 8 September 2012.
Subdivision 815-E
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Reporting obligations for country by country reporting entities
History
Subdiv 815-E heading substituted by No 49 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 1 July 2020. No 49 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 21 contains the following application provision:
21 Application
(1)
The amendments made apply in relation to income years or other periods starting on or after 1 July 2019.
(2)
To avoid doubt, the amendments made apply for the purposes of working out whether an entity was a CBC reporting entity for a period as mentioned in paragraph
815-355(1)(a)
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
(as amended), even if that period started before 1 July 2019.
(3)
Subitem (4) applies if:
(a)
an entity is a significant global entity for an income year or other period that starts:
(i)
on or after 1 July 2019; and
(ii)
before 1 July 2020; and
(b)
disregarding the amendments made, the entity would not be a significant global entity for that income year or other period.
(4)
For the purposes of Divisions
284
and
286
in Schedule
1
to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
, treat the entity as not being a significant global entity for that income year or other period.
The heading formerly read:
Subdivision 815-E
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Reporting obligations for significant global entities
Subdiv 815-E inserted by No 170 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 4 item 1, applicable in relation to income years starting on or after 1 January 2016.
Operative provisions
SECTION 815-355
Requirement to give statements
815-355(1)
You must give to the Commissioner a statement of each of the kinds referred to in subsection
(3)
, in the *approved form, in relation to an income year if:
(a)
you were a *CBC reporting entity for a period that includes the whole or a part of the income year that preceded that income year; and
(b)
you are, during that income year, any of the following:
(i)
an Australian resident;
(ii)
a resident trust estate for the purposes of Division
6
of Part
III
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
;
(iii)
a partnership that has at least one partner who is an Australian resident;
(iv)
a foreign resident who operates an Australian permanent establishment (within the meaning of Part
IVA
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
);
(v)
a non-resident trust estate (within the meaning of section
102AAB
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
) that operates an Australian permanent establishment (within the meaning of Part
IVA
of that Act);
(vi)
a partnership that operates an Australian permanent establishment (within the meaning of that Part); and
(c)
you are not exempted under section
815-365
from giving the statement; and
(d)
you are not included in a class of entities prescribed by the regulations.
Note:
Under section
815-360
, the Commissioner may allow you to give statements in relation to a 12 month period other than an income year.
History
S 815-355(1) amended by No 49 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 3, by substituting
"
*CBC reporting entity for a period
"
for
"
*significant global entity during a period
"
in para (a), effective 1 July 2020. For application provision, see note under Subdiv
815-E
heading.
815-355(2)
You must give the statement within 12 months after the end of the period to which it relates.
Note:
Section
388-55
in Schedule
1
to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
allows the Commissioner to defer the time for giving the statement.
815-355(3)
The statements are to be of the following kinds:
(a)
a statement relating to the global operations and activities, and the pricing policies relevant to transfer pricing, of:
(i)
you; and
(ii)
if you are a *member of a *CBC reporting group during the income year
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the other members of that group;
(b)
a statement relating to your operations, activities, dealings and transactions;
(c)
a statement relating to the allocation between countries of the income and activities of, and taxes paid by:
(i)
you; and
(ii)
if subparagraph
(a)(ii)
applies
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the other members of that group.
Note:
These statements correspond to the following in Annexes I, II and III to Chapter V set out in the Guidance on Transfer Pricing Documentation and Country-by-country Reporting of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the G20:
(a) a statement under paragraph
(a)
corresponds to the master file (see Annexe I);
(b) a statement under paragraph
(b)
corresponds to the local file (see Annexe II);
(c) a statement under paragraph
(c)
corresponds to the country-by-country report (see Annexe III).
History
S 815-355(3) amended by No 127 of 2021, s 3 and Sch 3 items 3 and 4, by substituting
"
are
"
for
"
were
"
in para (a)(ii) and omitting
"
previous
"
before
"
income year
"
from para (a)(ii), effective 8 December 2021 and applicable in relation to income years or other periods starting on or after 1 July 2020.
S 815-355(3) amended by No 49 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 4, by substituting para (a)(ii), effective 1 July 2020. For application provision, see note under Subdiv
815-E
heading. Para (a)(ii) formerly read:
(ii)
if you were a *significant global entity during the preceding income year by virtue of your membership of a group of entities
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the other members of that group;
History
S 815-355 inserted by No 170 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 4 item 1, applicable in relation to income years starting on or after 1 January 2016.