S 136AA repealed by No 101 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 2 item 1, applicable: (a) in respect of tax other than withholding tax
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in relation to income years starting on or after the date mentioned in subsection
815-15(2)
of the
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
, as inserted; and (b) in respect of withholding tax
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in relation to income derived, or taken to be derived, in income years starting on or after that date. S 136AA formerly read:
SECTION 136AA INTERPRETATION
136AA(1)
In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears:
acquire
includes:
(a)
acquire by way of purchase, exchange, lease, hire or hire-purchase; and
(b)
obtain, gain or receive.
agreement
means any agreement, arrangement, transaction, understanding or scheme, whether formal or informal, whether express or implied and whether or not enforceable, or intended to be enforceable, by legal proceedings.
area covered by an international tax sharing treaty
has the meaning given by subsection (4).
History
Definition of
"
area covered by an international tax sharing treaty
"
inserted by No 10 of 2003.
derive
includes gain or produce.
expenditure
includes loss or outgoing.
income
includes any amount that is, or may be, included in assessable income or taken into account in calculating an amount that is, or may be, included in assessable income.
international tax sharing treaty
(Repealed by
No 58 of 2006
)
History
Definition of
"
international tax sharing treaty
"
repealed by
No 58 of 2006
, s 3 and Sch 7 item 45, effective 22 June 2006. The definition formerly read:
international tax sharing treaty
:
(a)
means an agreement between Australia and another country under which Australia and the other country share tax revenues from activities undertaken in an area identified by or under the agreement; and
(b)
does not include an agreement within the meaning of the
International Tax Agreements Act 1953
.
Definition of
"
international tax sharing treaty
"
inserted by No 10 of 2003.
permanent establishment
, in relation to a taxpayer, means:
(a)
a place that is a permanent establishment of the taxpayer by virtue of the definition of
permanent establishment
in section
6
; or
(b)
a place at which any property of the taxpayer is manufactured or processed for the taxpayer, whether by the taxpayer or another person.
property
includes:
(a)
a chose in action;
(b)
any estate, interest, right or power, whether at law or in equity, in or over property;
(c)
any right to receive income; and
(d)
services.
right to receive income
means a right of a person to have income that will or may be derived (whether from property or otherwise) paid to, or applied or accumulated for the benefit of, the person.
services
includes any rights, benefits, privileges or facilities and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes the rights, benefits, privileges or facilities that are, or are to be, provided, granted or conferred under:
(a)
an agreement for or in relation to:
(i)
the performance of work (including work of a professional nature);
(ii)
the provision of, or the use or enjoyment of facilities for, amusement, entertainment, recreation or instruction;
(iii)
the conferring of rights, benefits or privileges for which consideration is payable in the form of a royalty, tribute, levy or similar exaction; or
(iv)
the carriage, storage or packaging of any property or the doing of any other act in relation to property;
(b)
an agreement of insurance;
(c)
an agreement between a banker and a customer of the banker entered into in the course of the carrying on by the banker of the business of banking; or
(d)
an agreement for or in relation to the lending of moneys.
supply
includes:
(a)
supply by way of sale, exchange, lease, hire or hire-purchase; and
(b)
provide, grant or confer.
taxpayer
includes a partnership and a taxpayer in the capacity of a trustee.
136AA(2)
The definition of
taxpayer
in subsection (1) shall not be taken to affect in any way the interpretation of that expression where it is used in this Act other than this Division.
136AA(3)
In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a)
a reference to the supply or acquisition of property includes a reference to agreeing to supply or acquire property;
(b)
a reference to consideration includes a reference to property supplied or acquired as consideration and a reference to the amount of any such consideration is a reference to the value of the property;
(c)
a reference to the arm
'
s length consideration in respect of the supply of property is a reference to the consideration that might reasonably be expected to have been received or receivable as consideration in respect of the supply if the property had been supplied under an agreement between independent parties dealing at arm
'
s length with each other in relation to the supply;
(d)
a reference to the arm
'
s length consideration in respect of the acquisition of property is a reference to the consideration that might reasonably be expected to have been given or agreed to be given in respect of the acquisition if the property had been acquired under an agreement between independent parties dealing at arm
'
s length with each other in relation to the acquisition; and
(e)
a reference to the supply or acquisition of property under an agreement includes a reference to the supply or acquisition of property in connection with an agreement.
136AA(4)
If, under an international tax sharing treaty, Australia and another country share tax revenues from activities undertaken in an area identified by or under the agreement, that area is referred to in this Division as the
area covered by the international tax sharing treaty
.
History
S 136AA(4) inserted by No 10 of 2003.
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