PART 2
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LIABILITY TO SURCHARGE
SECTION 8
TERMINATION PAYMENTS SURCHARGE
8(1)
Surcharge payable on termination payments.
Subject to subsection (1A), termination payments surcharge is payable on any termination payments made to or for a taxpayer.
History
S 8(1) amended by No 96 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 3 item 1, by substituting
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Subject to subsection (1A), termination payments surcharge
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for
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Termination payments surcharge
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, applicable only to payments made after 7.30 pm by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory on 22 May 2001. Act No 96 of 2001, Sch 3 item 5, contained the following provision:
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Amendment of assessments
Nothing in the
Termination Payments Tax (Assessment and Collection) Act 1997
prevents the amendment of an assessment of surcharge on termination payments made to or for a taxpayer for a financial year for the purpose of giving effect to an amendment of that Act made by this Schedule or Schedule
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if the Commissioner has sufficient information to satisfy himself or herself that the amendment is required or permitted for that purpose and the amendment does not increase the amount of surcharge payable in respect of those termination payments.
8(1A)
No surcharge is payable on excessive part of termination payments.
In the case of a termination payment made after 7.30 pm by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory on 22 May 2001, surcharge is not payable on any part of the payment that the Commissioner has determined under section
140R
of the Income Tax Assessment Act to be in excess of the RBLs of the taxpayer.
History
S 8(1A) inserted by No 96 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 3 item 2, applicable only to payments made after 7.30 pm by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory on 22 May 2001. For further application provision, see the history note to s 8(1).
8(2)
No surcharge is payable unless adjusted taxable income is greater than surcharge threshold.
Surcharge is payable only if the taxpayer
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s adjusted taxable income for the financial year in which the payments are made is greater than the surcharge threshold for the financial year.
8(3)
No surcharge is payable by residents of external Territories.
Surcharge is not payable on any termination payments made to or for a taxpayer in a financial year if the taxpayer is a Territory resident for the purposes of Division
1A
of Part
III
of the Income Tax Assessment Act as it applies to the year of income that comprises that financial year.
8(4)
Taxpayer liable for surcharge.
The taxpayer is liable to pay the surcharge.