INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1936 (ARCHIVE)

PART IIIA - CAPITAL GAINS AND CAPITAL LOSSES  

Division 3CC - How to treat shareholdings of less than 1%  

Special tracing rules for listed public companies  

SECTION 160ZNSQ   VOTING, DIVIDEND AND CAPITAL SHAREHOLDING OF LESS THAN 1%  

160ZNSQ(1)   Meaning of voting shareholding of less than 1%.  

If all the shares in the head company or interposed company of which an entity is the registered holder at the ownership test time carry (between them) less than 1% of the voting power in the company, those shares (except shares that are part of a substantial shareholding) constitute a voting shareholding of less than 1% in the company at that time.

160ZNSQ(2)   Meaning of dividend shareholding of less than 1%.  

If all the shares in the head company or interposed company of which an entity is the registered holder at the ownership test time carry (between them) the right to receive less than 1% of any dividends that the company may pay, those shares (except shares that are part of a substantial shareholding) constitute a dividend shareholding of less than 1% in the company at that time.

160ZNSQ(3)   Meaning of capital shareholding of less than 1%.  

If all the shares in the head company or interposed company of which an entity is the registered holder at the ownership test time carry (between them) the right to receive less than 1% of any distribution of capital of the company, those shares (except shares that are part of a substantial shareholding) constitute a capital shareholding of less than 1% in the company at that time.