Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
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Hide history noteThis section applies if:
(a) a trustee makes a family trust election in relation to a trust; and
(b) at any time while the election is in force (including a time before it was made), the trust confers a present entitlement to, or distributes, income or capital of the trust:
(i) upon or to a person who is neither the individual specified in the family trust election nor a member of the individual ' s family group in relation to the conferral or distribution; or
(ii) upon or to the individual specified in the election or a member of the individual ' s family group, where the individual or member is the trustee of a trust, or the member is a trust, that is not included in the individual ' s family group in relation to the conferral or distribution.
271-15(2)
If this section applies:
(a) if the trustee is an individual - the trustee is liable to pay tax, as imposed by the Family Trust Distribution Tax (Primary Liability) Act 1998 , on the amount or value of the income or capital to which the entitlement relates, or that is distributed; or
(b) if the trustee is a company - the trustee, together with each person who was a director of the company at the time of the conferral or distribution, is jointly and severally liable to pay tax, as imposed by the Family Trust Distribution Tax (Primary Liability) Act 1998 , on the amount or value of the income or capital to which the entitlement relates, or that is distributed.
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