Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

SCHEDULE 2F - TRUST LOSSES AND OTHER DEDUCTIONS  

Division 268 - How to work out a trust ' s net income and tax loss for the income year  

Subdivision 268-B - Dividing the income year into periods  

SECTION 268-25   INCOME YEAR OF NON-FIXED TRUST TO BE DIVIDED INTO PERIODS  

268-25(1)    
If a trust ' s net income and tax loss for the income year are required by section 267-60 to be worked out under this Division, the income year is divided into periods as follows.

268-25(2)    

The first period begins at the beginning of the income year. Each later period begins immediately after the end of the previous period.

268-25(3)    
The last period ends at the end of the income year.

268-25(4)    
If the condition in subsection 267-70(2) applies but the trust does not meet the condition, each period (except the last) ends at the earlier of:

(a) the latest time, after the test time mentioned in that section, that would result in the same individuals having more than a 50% stake in the income or the capital, as the case requires, of the trust during the whole of the period; or

(b) the earliest time when a group begins to control the trust directly or indirectly.

268-25(5)    
If the condition in subsection 267-70(2) does not apply, or does apply and the trust meets the condition, each period (except the last) ends at the earliest time when a group begins to control the trust directly or indirectly.