Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

CHAPTER 3 - SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES  

PART 3-95 - VALUE SHIFTING  

Division 727 - Indirect value shifting affecting interests in companies and trusts, and arising from non-arm ' s length dealings  

Subdivision 727-E - Key concepts  

Common-ownership nexus and ultimate stake of a particular percentage

SECTION 727-400   When 2 entities have a common-ownership nexus within a period  

727-400(1)    
2 entities have a common-ownership nexus within a period if, and only if, they satisfy the test in any of the one or more items in the table applicable to them.

Common-ownership nexus within a period
Item	If the entities are:	This is the test:
1	both companies	There must be 2 or more *ultimate owners who: (a) at some time during that period, because of the same test in section 727-405, have *ultimate stakes, of percentages totalling at least 80%, in one of the companies; and
		(b) at that or a different time during that period, because of that same test, have *ultimate stakes, of percentages totalling at least 80%, in the other company
		Also, subsection (2) of this section must be satisfied
2	both *fixed trusts	There must be 2 or more *ultimate owners who: (a) at some time during that period, because of the same test in section 727-410, have *ultimate stakes, of percentages totalling at least 80%, in one of the trusts; and
		(b) at that or a different time during that period, because of that same test, have * ultimate stakes, of percentages totalling at least 80%, in the other trust
		Also, subsection (2) of this section must be satisfied
3	a company and a *fixed trust	There must be 2 or more *ultimate owners who: (a) at some time during that period, because of the same test in section 727-405, have *ultimate stakes, of percentages totalling at least 80%, in the company; and
		(b) at that or a different time during that period, because of the same test in section 727-410, have * ultimate stakes, of percentages totalling at least 80%, in the trust
		Also, subsection (2) of this section must be satisfied
4	a company and a *non-fixed trust	There must be 2 or more *ultimate owners: (a) each of whom *controls (for value shifting purposes) the non-fixed trust because of section 727-365 at the same time during that period; and
		(b) who, at that or a different time during that period, have *ultimate stakes, of percentages totalling at least 80%, in the company because of the same test in section 727-405
5	a *fixed trust and a *non-fixed trust	There must be 2 or more *ultimate owners: (a) each of whom *controls (for value shifting purposes) the non-fixed trust because of section 727-365 at the same time during that period; and
		(b) who, at that or a different time during that period, have *ultimate stakes, of percentages totalling at least 80%, in the fixed trust because of the same test in section 727-410

Additional condition about profile of percentage ultimate stakes held by 2 or more ultimate owners

727-400(2)    
In order to satisfy the test in item 1, 2 or 3 in the table in subsection (1), at least one of subsections (3), (4) and (5) must be satisfied.

727-400(3)    
For at least one of the ^* ultimate owners referred to in that item, the percentage of the ^* ultimate stake that owner has as mentioned in paragraph (a) in the last column of that item must be at least 40%, and so must the percentage of the ultimate stake that owner has as mentioned in paragraph (b) in the last column of that item.

727-400(4)    
Alternatively, for each of those ^* ultimate owners, the percentage of the ^* ultimate stake that owner has as mentioned in that paragraph (a) must be the same as the percentage of the ultimate stake that owner has as mentioned in that paragraph (b).

727-400(5)    
Alternatively, the number of those ^* ultimate owners must not exceed 16.