Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

CHAPTER 4 - INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF INCOME TAX  

PART 4-5 - GENERAL  

Division 820 - Thin capitalisation rules  

Subdivision 820-B - Thin capitalisation rules for outward investing financial entities (non-ADI)  

Operative provisions

SECTION 820-120   Application to part year periods  

820-120(1)    
This subsection disallows all or a part of each *debt deduction of an entity for an income year that is an amount incurred by the entity during a period that is a part of that year (to the extent that it is not attributable to an *overseas permanent establishment of the entity), if:

(a)    

the entity is an *outward investing financial entity (non-ADI) for that period; and

(b)    the entity ' s *adjusted average debt for that period exceeds the entity ' s *maximum allowable debt for that period.

Note:

To determine whether an entity is an outward investing entity (non-ADI) for that period, see subsection 820-85(2) .

820-120(2)    

The entity ' s adjusted average debt for that period is the result of applying the method statement in this subsection. In applying the method statement, disregard any amount that is attributable to the entity ' s *overseas permanent establishments. Method statement

820-120(3)    
The entity ' s *adjusted average debt does not exceed its *maximum allowable debt if the adjusted average debt is nil or a negative amount.

820-120(4)    

For the purposes of determining:

(a)    the *maximum allowable debt for the period mentioned in subsection (1); and

(b)    the amount of each *debt deduction to be disallowed;

sections 820-90 to 820-115 apply in relation to that entity and that period with the modifications set out in the following table:

Modifications of sections 820-90 to 820-115
Item	Provisions	Modifications
1	Sections 820-90 to 820-115	A reference to an income year is taken to be a reference to that period
2	Section 820-115	A reference to subsection 820-85(1) is taken to be a reference to subsection (1) of this section
3	Section 820-115	adjusted average debt is taken to have the meaning given by subsection (2) of this section average debt is taken to be the sum of: (a) the average value, for that period, of the entity ' s *debt capital that is covered by step 1 of the method statement in subsection (2) of this section; and (b) the average value, for that period, of the entity ' s *cost-free debt capital that is covered by step 5 of that method statement; (disregarding any amount that is attributable to the entity ' s *overseas permanent establishments in working out the average values).