SCHEDULE 1
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COLLECTION AND RECOVERY OF INCOME TAX AND OTHER LIABILITIES
History
Sch 1 inserted by No 178 of 1999 (as amended by No 179 of 1999 and No 44 of 2000).
Note: See section
3AA
.
Chapter 5
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Administration
History
Ch 5 title inserted by
No 73 of 2006
, s 3 and Sch 5 item 44, effective 1 July 2006.
PART 5-35
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REGISTRATION AND SIMILAR PROCESSES FOR VARIOUS TAXES
History
Part 5-35 inserted by No 95 of 2004. No 95 of 2004, s 3 and Sch 10 item 44, contains the following transitional provision:
44 Transitional
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GST and FBT endorsements
(1)
This item applies in relation to an entity if:
(a)
immediately before 1 July 2005, the entity was endorsed under section
30-120
or section
50-105
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
; and
(b)
the entity failed to notify the Commissioner in writing before 1 July 2005 that it chose not to have this item apply to it.
(2)
The entity is taken to have made an application to the Commissioner under section
426-15
in Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
for whichever of these kinds of endorsement is most appropriate for the entity:
(a)
endorsement as a charitable institution under subsection
176-1(1)
of the
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
;
(b)
endorsement as a trustee of a charitable fund under subsection
176-5(1)
of the
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
.
(3)
The entity is taken to have made an application to the Commissioner under section 426-16 in Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
for whichever of these kinds of endorsement is most appropriate for the entity:
(a)
endorsement as a public benevolent institution under subsection
123C(1)
of the
Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
;
(b)
endorsement for the operation of a public benevolent institution under subsection
123C(3)
of the
Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
;
(c)
endorsement as a health promotion charity under subsection
123D(1)
of the
Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
;
(d)
endorsement under subsection
123E(1)
of the
Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
as a charitable institution covered by paragraph
65J(1)(baa)
of that Act.
Division 426
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Process of endorsing charities and other entities
History
Div 426 inserted by No 95 of 2004. For transitional provision, see note under Part
5-35
heading.
Subdivision 426-D
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Ancillary and community charity trust funds
History
Subdiv 426-D heading substituted by No 52 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 3 item 9, effective 29 June 2024. The heading formerly read:
Subdivision 426-D
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Public and private ancillary funds
Subdiv 426-D heading substituted by No 147 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 8 item 12, effective 1 January 2012. For transitional provisions, see note under s 426-102. The heading formerly read:
Subdivision 426-D
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Private ancillary funds
Subdiv 426-D inserted by No 88 of 2009, s 3 and Sch 2 item 22, effective 1 October 2009. No 88 of 2009, s 3 and Sch 2 items 25 to 31 contain the following transitional provisions:
Division 1
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Preliminary
25 Definitions
25
In this Part:
commencement time
means the time at which this item commences.
[
CCH Note: Commencement was 1 October 2009.]
constitutional corporation
has the meaning given by the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
.
deductible gift recipient
has the meaning given by the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
.
prescribed private fund
has the meaning given by the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
(as in force just before the commencement time).
private ancillary fund
has the meaning given by section
426-105
in Schedule
1
to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
.
private ancillary fund guidelines
has the meaning given by section
426-110
in Schedule
1
to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
.
Division 2
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Declared prescribed private funds
26 Transitional
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prescribed private fund declarations
26(1)
The Minister may, by legislative instrument, declare a trust to be a prescribed private fund.
26(2)
Despite subsection
12(2)
of the
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
, the declaration has effect during the period:
(a)
starting at the time specified in the declaration, which must be before the commencement time; and
(b)
ending just before the commencement time.
Division 3
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Transitional private ancillary funds
27 Application of Division
27
This Division applies to a trust if, just before the commencement time, the trust was a prescribed private fund (whether or not because of a declaration made under item 26).
28 Transitional
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trustees need not be constitutional corporations
28
Paragraph
426-105(1)(a)
(trustees of private ancillary funds must be constitutional corporations) and sections
426-125
to
426-165
(Suspension and removal of trustees) in Schedule
1
to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
do not apply to the trust during the period:
(a)
starting at the commencement time; and
(b)
ending at the earlier of the following:
(i)
the time (at or after the commencement time) the trust first satisfies the requirements of that paragraph (disregarding this item);
(ii)
the first time any of the trustees of the trust revoke the agreement mentioned in item 29 in accordance with subsection
426-105(2)
in that Schedule.
29 Transitional
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agreement to comply with private ancillary fund guidelines
29(1)
For the purposes of Subdivision
426-D
in Schedule
1
to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
, each of the trustees of the trust is taken to have agreed, at the commencement time and in accordance with paragraph
426-105(1)(b)
in that Schedule, to comply with the rules in the private ancillary fund guidelines, as in force from time to time.
29(2)
To avoid doubt, subitem (1) does not prevent a trustee from revoking that agreement at a later time as mentioned in paragraph
426-105(1)(c)
in that Schedule.
30 Transitional
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endorsement as a deductible gift recipient
30(1)
The trust is taken to have been endorsed as a deductible gift recipient under section
30-120
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
at the commencement time.
30(2)
To avoid doubt, subitem (1) does not prevent the Commissioner from revoking that endorsement at a later time under section
426-55
in Schedule
1
to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
.
31 Transitional
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transfer of property
31
For the purposes of item 2 of the column headed
"
Recipient
"
of the table in subsection
30-15(2)
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
, disregard a transfer of all of the property of the trust to another private ancillary fund if:
(a)
the other fund is a deductible gift recipient; and
(b)
every trustee of the other fund is a constitutional corporation; and
(c)
the transfer happens during the period mentioned in item 28.
Suspension and removal of trustees
SECTION 426-165
PROPERTY VESTED IN ACTING TRUSTEE
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FORMER TRUSTEES
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OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO BOOKS, IDENTIFICATION OF PROPERTY AND TRANSFER OF PROPERTY
Books
426-165(1)
An entity commits an offence if:
(a)
the Commissioner makes an order under subsection
426-150(1)
or
(2)
vesting the property of an *ancillary or community charity trust fund in an acting trustee; and
(b)
just before the Commissioner made the order, the property was vested in:
(i)
the entity (the
former trustee
); or
(ii)
2 or more entities (the
former trustees
), including the entity; and
(c)
the former trustee or former trustees do not, within 14 days of the Commissioner making the order, give the acting trustee all books (within the meaning of the
Corporations Act 2001
) relating to the fund
'
s affairs that are in the former trustee
'
s or former trustees
'
possession, custody or control.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
History
S 426-165(1) amended by No 52 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 3 item 30, by substituting
"
*ancillary or community charity trust fund
"
for
"
*ancillary fund
"
in para (a), effective 29 June 2024.
S 426-165(1) amended by No 147 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 8 item 34, by substituting
"
an *ancillary fund
"
for
"
a *private ancillary fund
"
in para (a), effective 1 January 2012. For transitional provisions see note under s 426-102.
S 426-165(1) amended by No 56 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 6 item 111, by renumbering para (b)(a) and (b) as para (b)(i) and (ii), effective 3 June 2010.
Identification of property and transfer of property
426-165(2)
Subsections
(3)
to
(5)
apply if:
(a)
the property of an *ancillary or community charity trust fund is vested in an entity (the
former trustee
) or entities (the
former trustees
); and
(b)
the Commissioner makes an order under subsection
426-150(1)
or
(2)
vesting the property in an acting trustee.
History
S 426-165(2) amended by No 52 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 3 item 31, by substituting
"
*ancillary or community charity trust fund
"
for
"
*ancillary fund
"
in para (a), effective 29 June 2024.
S 426-165(2) amended by No 147 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 8 item 34, by substituting
"
an *ancillary fund
"
for
"
a *private ancillary fund
"
in para (a), effective 1 January 2012. For transitional provisions see note under s 426-102.
426-165(3)
The acting trustee may, by notice in writing to the former trustee or former trustees, require the former trustee or former trustees, so far as the former trustee or former trustees can do so:
(a)
to identify property of the fund; and
(b)
to explain how the former trustee or former trustees have kept account of that property.
426-165(4)
The acting trustee may, by notice in writing to the former trustee or former trustees, require the former trustee or former trustees to take specified action that is necessary to bring about a transfer of specified property of the fund to the acting trustee.
426-165(5)
The former trustee, or each of the former trustees, commits an offence if:
(a)
the acting trustee gives the former trustee or former trustees a notice under subsection
(3)
or
(4)
; and
(b)
the former trustee or former trustees do not, within 28 days of the notice being given, comply with the requirement in the notice.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Strict liability
426-165(6)
Subsections
(1)
and
(5)
are offences of strict liability.
Note:
For strict liability, see section
6.1
of the
Criminal Code
.
History
S 426-165 inserted by No 88 of 2009, s 3 and Sch 2 item 22, effective 1 October 2009. For transitional provisions, see note under Subdiv
426-D
heading.