PART V
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LIABILITY TO TAXATION
Division 3A
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Transfer of exploration expenditure incurred on or after 1 July 1990
SECTION 45A
TRANSFER OF EXPENDITURE
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GENERAL
45A(1)
This section applies to a person in respect of a financial year in relation to which the person has transferable exploration expenditure.
45A(2)
In relation to the financial year, the person must transfer to petroleum projects as much of the transferable exploration expenditure as can be transferred in accordance with the rules set out in Part
5
of Schedule
1
.
History
S 45A(2) amended by No 18 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 4 item 38, by substituting
"
Schedule 1
"
for
"
the Schedule
"
, effective 1 July 2012.
45A(3)
A transfer of expenditure under this section in relation to a financial year:
(a)
must be made by completing a transfer notice and giving it to the Commissioner not later than 60 days after the end of the financial year or such later day as the Commissioner allows; and
(b)
subject to subsection (4), takes effect when the notice is given to the Commissioner.
History
S 45A(3) amended by No 78 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 5 item 9, by substituting
"
60 days
"
for
"
42 days
"
in para (a), applicable only in relation to returns, assessments, notices and certificates under the
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
in relation to financial years that start on or after 1 July 2006.
45A(4)
A purported transfer of expenditure under this section has no effect if the transfer is not in accordance with the rules set out in Part
5
of Schedule
1
.
History
S 45A(4) amended by No 18 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 4 item 38, by substituting
"
Schedule 1
"
for
"
the Schedule
"
, effective 1 July 2012.
45A(5)
A person commits an offence if the person contravenes this section.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
History
S 45A(5) substituted by No 78 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 5 item 10, applicable only in relation to returns, assessments, notices and certificates under the
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
in relation to financial years that start on or after 1 July 2006. S 45A(5) formerly read:
45A(5)
A person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding $2,000.
S 45A(5) amended by No 146 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 4 item 106, by omitting
"
, without reasonable excuse,
"
after
"
A person who
"
, applicable to acts and omissions that take place after December 15. If an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after December 15, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before December 15.
45A(5A)
Subsection (5) does not apply to the extent that the person has a reasonable excuse.
Note:
A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (5A), see subsection 13.3(3) of the
Criminal Code
.
History
S 45A(5A) inserted by No 146 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 4 item 107, applicable to acts and omissions that take place after December 15. If an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after December 15, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before December 15.
45A(5B)
An offence under this section is an offence of strict liability.
Note:
For
strict liability
, see section 6.1 of the
Criminal Code
.
History
S 45A(5B) inserted by No 146 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 4 item 108, applicable to acts and omissions that take place after December 15. If an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after December 15, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before December 15.
45A(6)
In this section:
transfer notice
means a written notice in the approved form.
History
S 45A(6) amended by No 41 of 2005, s 3 and Sch 10 item 226, by substituting
"
approved form
"
for
"
form approved by the Commissioner for the purposes of this section
"
in the definition of
"
transfer notice
"
, effective 1 April 2005. Act No 41 of 2005, s 3 and Sch 10 item 230 contains the following transitional provision:
Transitional
230
An approval of a form for the purposes of the
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
that was in force immediately before the commencement of this item has effect after that commencement as if it had been done under section
388-50
in Schedule
1
to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
.