CHAPTER 2
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LIABILITY RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION
PART 2-20
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TAX OFFSETS
History
Pt 2-20 inserted by No 56 of 1997.
Division 61
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Generally applicable tax offsets
History
Div 61 inserted by No 56 of 1997.
Subdivision 61-P
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ESVCLP tax offset
History
Subdiv 61-P inserted by No 54 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 2 item 2, applicable in relation to contributions made on or after 1 July 2016 to an ESVCLP that became registered, under subsection
13-1(1A)
of the
Venture Capital Act 2002
, on or after 7 December 2015 (whether or not it was conditionally registered, under subsection
13-5(1A)
of that Act, before that day). No 54 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 2 item 5 contains the following provision:
5 Contributions made to ESVCLPs in previous income years
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Subdivision 61-P of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
as added by this Part, and item 4 of this Part, apply in relation to the first income year starting on or after 1 July 2016 (the
initial income year
) as if:
(a)
any contribution that a limited partner of an ESVCLP made to the ESVCLP during an earlier income year were made during the initial income year; and
(b)
any eligible venture capital investments made by the ESVCLP:
(i)
during an earlier income year; and
(ii)
after the first contribution made by the partner to the ESVCLP;
were made during the initial income year.
Operative provisions
SECTION 61-760
Who is entitled to the ESVCLP tax offset
General case
61-760(1)
A *limited partner of an *ESVCLP is entitled to a *tax offset for an income year if:
(a)
the partner contributes to the ESVCLP during the income year; and
(b)
the partner is not a trust or partnership.
Members of trusts or partnerships
61-760(2)
A *member of a trust or partnership is entitled to a *tax offset for an income year if the trust or partnership would be entitled to a tax offset, under this section, for the income year if it were an individual.
Trustees
61-760(3)
A trustee of a trust is entitled to a *tax offset for an income year if:
(a)
the trust would be entitled to a tax offset, under this section, for the income year if it were an individual; and
(b)
in a case where the trustee has determined percentages under subsection
61-770(2)
in relation to the *members of the trust
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the sum of those percentages is not 100%; and
(c)
the trustee is liable to be assessed or has been assessed, and is liable to pay *tax, on a share of, or all or a part of, the trust
'
s *net income under section
98
,
99
or
99A
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
for that income year.
History
S 61-760 inserted by No 54 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 2 item 2, applicable in relation to contributions made on or after 1 July 2016 to an ESVCLP that became registered, under subsection
13-1(1A)
of the
Venture Capital Act 2002
, on or after 7 December 2015 (whether or not it was conditionally registered, under subsection
13-5(1A)
of that Act, before that day). See note under Subdiv
61-P
heading.