Taxation Administration Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 2)

(142 of 2008)

Dated 24 June 2008

Taxation Administration Act 1953

1   Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Taxation Administration Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 2).

2   Commencement

These Regulations commence on the commencement of the Tax Laws Amendment (Election Commitments No. 1) Act 2008.

3   Amendment of Taxation Administration Regulations 1976

Schedule 1 amends the Taxation Administration Regulations 1976.

Schedule 1   Amendment

[1]   Part 5, after Division 6

insert

Division 7 Withholding - distributions of managed investment trust income

44E Information exchange countries

(1) For subsection 12-385 (4) of Schedule 1 to the Act, the countries mentioned in the table in subregulation (2) are specified as information exchange countries.

(2) A reference to a country in the table is a reference to the country to the extent to which it is described in an agreement mentioned in:

(a) the definition of agreement in subsection 3 (1) of the International Tax Agreements Act 1953; or

(b) the definition of international agreement in subsection 23 (4) of the International Tax Agreements Act 1953.

Item

Country

1

Argentina

2

Bermuda

3

Canada

4

China

5

Czech Republic

6

Denmark

7

Fiji

8

Finland

9

France

10

Germany

11

Hungary

12

India

13

Indonesia

14

Ireland

15

Italy

16

Japan

17

Kiribati

18

Malta

19

Mexico

20

Netherlands

21

Netherlands Antilles

22

New Zealand

23

Norway

24

Papua New Guinea

25

Poland

26

Romania

27

Russia

28

Slovakia

29

South Africa

30

Spain

31

Sri Lanka

32

Sweden

33

Taipei

34

Thailand

35

United Kingdom

36

United States of America

37

Vietnam