Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

Div 6B repealed by No 53 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 5 item 3, applicable to assessments for income years starting on or after 1 July 2016. No 53 of 2016 (as amended by No 15 of 2019), s 3 and Sch 5 Pt 4 contains the following transitional provision:

Part 4 - Transitional

75 Transitional rule for 20% tracing requirement and repeal of Division 6B - imputation  
(1)
This item applies if at a time (the cessation time ), on or after the commencement of this Schedule, either:

(a) section 102K of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ceases to apply to the trustee of a trust because of the repeal of that section by Part 2 of this Schedule; or

(b) section 102S of that Act ceases to apply to the trustee of a trust because of the amendment made by Part 1 of this Schedule.

(2)
Subitems (3) and (3A) apply if:

(a) an event happens in respect of the trust that is described in:

(i) the table in subsection 205-15(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 ; or

(ii) the table in subsection 205-30(1) of that Act; and

(b) the event happens on or after the cessation time but before 1 July 2019; and

(c) the event is:

(i) the trust paying income tax for an income year starting before 1 July 2016; or

(ii) the trust paying a PAYG instalment in respect of income tax for an income year starting before 1 July 2016; or

(iii) the trust receiving a refund of income tax for an income year starting before 1 July 2016; or

(iv) the trust franking a distribution; or

(v) the trust ceasing to be a franking entity.

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S 75(2) amended by No 15 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 1 items 34 - 36, by substituting " Subitems (3) and (3A) apply " for " Subitem (3) applies " , " 1 July 2019 " for " 1 July 2018 " in para (b) and inserting para (c)(v), effective 1 April 2019 and applicable in relation to the 2018-19 income year and later income years.

(2A)
However, subparagraph (2)(c)(v) does not apply unless the trust ' s franking account is in surplus immediately before the trust ceases to be a franking entity.

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S 75(2A) inserted by No 15 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 1 item 37, effective 1 April 2019 and applicable in relation to the 2018-19 income year and later income years.

(3)
For the purposes of determining whether a franking credit or franking debit arises in the trust ' s franking account as a result of the event:

(a) treat the trust as a corporate tax entity at the time the event happens; and

(b) treat the trust as satisfying the residency requirement in section 205-25 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 for the income year in which the event happens.

(3A)
If the event is an event described in item 4 of the table in subsection 205-30(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 , treat the event as happening on 1 July 2019.

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S 75(3A) inserted by No 15 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 1 item 38, effective 1 April 2019 and applicable in relation to the 2018-19 income year and later income years.

(4)
Subitems (5) and (6) apply if:

(a) the trust makes a distribution on or after the cessation time but before 1 July 2019; and

(b) the trust ' s franking account is in surplus just before the trust makes the distribution; and

(c) the distribution is not made out of income derived in relation to the 2016-17 income year or a later income year.

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S 75(4) amended by No 15 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 1 items 39 - 41, by substituting " Subitems (5) and (6) apply " for " Subitem (5) applies " , " 1 July 2019 " for " 1 July 2018 " in para (a) and inserting para (c), effective 1 April 2019 and applicable in relation to the 2018-19 income year and later income years.

(5)
For the purposes of determining whether the trust franks the distribution as a result of the event:

(a) treat the trust as a corporate tax entity at the time it makes the distribution; and

(b) treat the trust as satisfying the residency requirement in section 202-20 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 at the time it makes the distribution.

(6)
Treat a beneficiary of the trust who receives the distribution as receiving, for the purposes of the income tax law, a dividend from a corporate tax entity.

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S 75(6) inserted by No 15 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 1 item 42, effective 1 April 2019 and applicable in relation to the 2018-19 income year and later income years.

Note:

As a result, the trust will satisfy the requirement in paragraph 202-5(a) of that Act in respect of the distribution. If the other requirements in section 202-5 of that Act are satisfied in respect of the distribution, this means that the trust franks the distribution.

Div 6B comprising s 102D to 102L inserted by No 154 of 1981.

S 102H repealed by No 53 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 5 item 3, applicable to assessments for income years starting on or after 1 July 2016. For transitional provision, see note under Pt III Div 6B heading. S 102H formerly read:

SECTION 102H RESIDENT UNIT TRUSTS  
102H
For the purposes of this Division, a unit trust is a resident unit trust in relation to a year of income if, at any time during the year of income:

(a) either of the following conditions was satisfied:

(i) any property of the unit trust was situated in Australia;

(ii) the trustee of the unit trust carried on business in Australia; and

(b) either of the following conditions was satisfied:

(i) the central management and control of the unit trust was in Australia;

(ii) a person who was a resident or persons who were residents held more than 50% of:

(A) the beneficial interests in the income of the unit trust; or

(B) the beneficial interests in the property of the unit trust.