S 624 repealed by No 114 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 1 item 37, applicable in relation to the 2010-11 year of income for a taxpayer and later years of income. For saving provisions, see note under Part
XI
heading. S 624 formerly read:
SECTION 624 TREATMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS
624(1)
Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the following provisions apply to a partnership as if the partnership were a person:
(a)
sections
614 to 623
;
(b)
subsections
262A(4) and (5)
, in so far as those subsections apply to records kept under or for the purposes of this Division;
(c)
Part
III
of the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
, in so far as that Part of that Act relates to the provisions covered by paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection.
624(2)
If, because of subsection (1), an offence is taken to have been committed by a partnership, that offence is taken to have been committed by each of the partners.
624(3)
In a prosecution of a person for an offence because of subsection (2), it is a defence if the person proves that the person:
(a)
did not aid, abet, counsel or procure the act or omission because of which the offence was taken to have been committed; and
(b)
was not in any way, by act or omission, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in, or party to, an act or omission because of which the offence is taken to have been committed.
S 624 inserted by No 190 of 1992.