CHAPTER 3
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SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES
PART 3-45
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RULES FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS
Division 393
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Farm management deposits
History
Div 393 inserted by
No 79 of 2010
, s 3 and Sch 4 item 2, applicable to assessments for: (a) the 2010-11 income year; and (b) later income years.
Subdivision 393-B
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Meaning of farm management deposit and owner
History
Subdiv 393-B inserted by
No 79 of 2010
, s 3 and Sch 4 item 2, applicable to assessments for: (a) the 2010-11 income year; and (b) later income years.
SECTION 393-40
Repayment of deposit within first 12 months
Partial repayment within first 12 months
393-40(1)
Any part of a deposit repaid before the last day of the 12 months after the day the deposit is made is not, and is taken never to have been, part of a
farm management deposit
.
Note 1:
A repayment covered by subsection (3), (3A) or (5) is disregarded in applying this subsection. The normal rules in sections
393-5
(about deductions for making a farm management deposit) and
393-10
(about assessability of the repayment of a farm management deposit) apply instead.
Note 2:
This subsection does not apply if a deposit is reinvested, the term of a deposit is extended, or a deposit is transferred at the depositor
'
s request: see section
393-15
.
History
S 393-40(1) amended by No 52 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 3 item 10, by substituting
"
subsection (3), (3A)
"
for
"
subsection (3A)
"
in note 1, applicable to assessments for the 2016-17 income year and later income years.
S 393-40(1) amended by No 13 of 2014, s 3 and Sch 2 item 49, by omitting
"
(3),
"
after
"
covered by subsection
"
in note 1, applicable in relation to payments made after 1 July 2014, other than any such payment that relates to a day before 1 July 2014.
S 393-40(1) amended by No 84 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 8 item 30, by substituting
"
before the last day of the 12 months after
"
for
"
within 12 months after the end of
"
, effective 28 June 2013. No 84 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 8 item 31 contains the following application provision:
31 Application of amendments
(1)
The amendments made by item 30 apply to assessments for the 2010-11 income year and later income years.
(2)
Former subsection 393-37(1) in Schedule 2G to the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
, as inserted by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Laws Amendment (Earlier Access to Farm Management Deposits) Act 2002
, is taken to always have applied as if the references in that former subsection to:
(a)
within 12 months; and
(b)
within the 12 months;
were references to before the last day of the 12 months.
(3)
Former subsections 393-37(1) and (2) in Schedule 2G to the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
, as inserted by Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Laws Amendment (Earlier Access to Farm Management Deposits) Act 2002
, are taken to always have applied as if the references in those former subsections to within the 12 months were references to before the last day of the 12 months.
S 393-40(1) amended by No 147 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 5 item 3, by inserting
"
, (3A)
"
in note 1, applicable in relation to repayments made on or after 1 July 2010.
Deposit not to be reduced to less than $1,000 within first 12 months
393-40(2)
A deposit is not, and is taken never to have been, a
farm management deposit
if the amount of the deposit is reduced to less than $1,000 because of one or more repayments before the last day of the 12 months after the day the deposit is made.
Note 1:
A repayment covered by subsection (3), (3A) or (5) is disregarded in applying this subsection.
Note 2:
This subsection does not apply if a deposit is reinvested, the term of a deposit is extended, or a deposit is transferred at the depositor
'
s request: see section
393-15
.
History
S 393-40(2) amended by No 52 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 3 item 11, by substituting
"
subsection (3), (3A)
"
for
"
subsection (3A)
"
in note 1, applicable to assessments for the 2016-17 income year and later income years.
S 393-40(2) amended by No 13 of 2014, s 3 and Sch 2 item 49, by omitting
"
(3),
"
after
"
covered by subsection
"
in note 1, applicable in relation to payments made after 1 July 2014, other than any such payment that relates to a day before 1 July 2014.
S 393-40(2) amended by No 84 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 8 item 30, by substituting
"
before the last day of the 12 months after
"
for
"
within 12 months after the end of
"
, effective 28 June 2013. For application provision, see note under s 393-40(1).
S 393-40(2) amended by No 147 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 5 item 4, by inserting
"
, (3A)
"
in note 1, applicable in relation to repayments made on or after 1 July 2010.
Repayment in the event of severe drought
393-40(3)
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a repayment of the whole or a part of a *farm management deposit if:
(a)
the *owner of the deposit carries on a *primary production business that satisfies one or more of paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (f) of the definition of
primary production business
in subsection
995-1(1)
; and
(b)
any of the land on which the owner of the deposit carries on any primary production business that satisfies one or more of those paragraphs has, for the period specified in subsection (3AA), had rainfall that:
(i)
is deficient to an extent prescribed by the regulations; or
(ii)
if there are no such regulations
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is within the lowest 5% of rainfall for that land according to records held by the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology; and
(c)
for the period specified in subsection (3AA):
(i)
the owner of the deposit has carried on, on that land, a primary production business that satisfies one or more of those paragraphs; and
(ii)
the amount of the repayment has been held in that farm management deposit.
History
S 393-40(3) inserted by No 52 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 3 item 12, applicable to assessments for the 2016-17 income year and later income years.
Former s 393-40(3) repealed by No 13 of 2014. S 393-40(3) formerly read:
Repayment in exceptional circumstances
393-40(3)
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a repayment of the whole or a part of a *farm management deposit if all of the following circumstances are satisfied:
(a)
the repayment is made in the income year following the income year in which the deposit is made with the *FMD provider;
(b)
at the time of the repayment, the *owner of the deposit is eligible for the issue of an exceptional circumstances certificate (within the meaning of subsection 8A(2) of the
Farm Household Support Act 1992
) that relates to a *primary production business of that owner;
(c)
by the end of 3 months after the end of the income year in which the repayment is made, such an exceptional circumstances certificate is issued in respect of that owner;
(d)
a declaration of exceptional circumstances (as referred to in paragraph 8(c) of the
Rural Adjustment Act 1992
) was not in force in relation to that primary production business when the deposit was made.
393-40(3AA)
For the purposes of paragraphs (3)(b) and (c), the period is:
(a)
a period prescribed by the regulations; or
(b)
if there are no such regulations
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the most recent period of 6 consecutive months:
(i)
that precede the repayment; and
(ii)
for which rainfall records held by the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology are publicly available at the time of the repayment.
History
S 393-40(3AA) inserted by No 52 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 3 item 12, applicable to assessments for the 2016-17 income year and later income years.
Repayment in the event of an applicable natural disaster
393-40(3A)
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a repayment of the whole or a part of a *farm management deposit if:
(a)
natural disaster relief and recovery arrangements made by or on behalf of the Commonwealth apply, in a way specified in regulations made for the purposes of this subsection, to a *primary production business of the *owner of the deposit; and
(b)
all of the other circumstances specified in those regulations are satisfied.
History
S 393-40(3A) inserted by No 147 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 5 item 5, applicable in relation to repayments made on or after 1 July 2010.
Any later deposit not a farm management deposit
393-40(4)
If subsection (3) or (3A) applies to an *owner and a repayment, any later deposit that is made by, or on behalf of, the owner in the income year in which the repayment is made is not, and is taken never to have been, a
farm management deposit
.
History
S 393-40(4) amended by No 52 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 3 item 13, by substituting
"
subsection (3) or (3A)
"
for
"
subsection (3A)
"
, applicable to assessments for the 2016-17 income year and later income years.
S 393-40(4) amended by No 13 of 2014, s 3 and Sch 2 item 51, by omitting
"
(3) or
"
after
"
If subsection
"
, applicable in relation to payments made after 1 July 2014, other than any such payment that relates to a day before 1 July 2014.
S 393-40(4) substituted by No 147 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 5 item 6, applicable in relation to repayments made on or after 1 July 2010. S 393-40(4) formerly read:
393-40(4)
Any later deposit that is made by, or on behalf of, that *owner in the income year in which the repayment is made is not, and is taken never to have been, a
farm management deposit
.
Repayment in the case of death, bankruptcy or ceasing to carry on a primary production business
393-40(5)
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a repayment of a *farm management deposit because of the requirement contained in the relevant agreement as set out in item 11 of the table in section
393-35
(death, bankruptcy etc.).
Certain transactions do not affect the day the deposit was made
393-40(6)
Subsections (1) to (4) apply as if a *farm management deposit that:
(a)
is made as a result of a transaction mentioned in subsection
393-15(1)
(about reinvesting a deposit, extending the term of a deposit and transferring a deposit at the depositor
'
s request); or
(b)
is affected by such a transaction;
were made on the day on which the original deposit was made.
Example:
A farm management deposit is made on 1 July 2010 for a term of 6 months, but is extended in December 2010 for another 6 months. For the purposes of subsections (1) to (4), the day the extended deposit was made remains as 1 July 2010.
Note:
Section
393-40
of the
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
provides for a special rule for deposits transferred under the repealed
Loan (Income Equalization Deposits) Act 1976
.
History
S 393-40 inserted by
No 79 of 2010
, s 3 and Sch 4 item 2, applicable to assessments for: (a) the 2010-11 income year; and (b) later income years.
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