Taxation Administration Act 1953
Note: See section 3AA .
Chapter 2 - Collection, recovery and administration of income taxNote: A Commissioner ' s Remedial Power (CRP 2017/1) is relevant to this part of the tax law. Taxation Administration (Remedial Power - Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding) Determination 2017 (F2017L00992) modifies the operation of s 18-15 , 18-20 and 18-25 in Sch 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 as follows:
To the extent that an entity ' s entitlement to a credit referred to in s 18-15 , 18-20 or 18-25 in Sch 1 to TAA is in respect of an amount paid to the Commissioner under Subdiv 14-D of Sch 1 to TAA, treat the entitlement as arising in the income year in which the transaction causing that application of Subdiv 14-D is recognised for income tax purposes for the entity. The modification applies in respect of transactions entered into on or after 1 July 2016.
An entity must treat a modification as not applying to it or any other entity if the modification would produce a less favourable result for it. The Commissioner is empowered by s 370-5 of Sch 1 to TAA to make modifications, by legislative instrument, to ensure the law is administered to achieve its intended purpose or object.
Is the entity a foreign resident at the time of the transaction?
14-210(1)
This subsection applies to an entity at the time a transaction is entered into if, at that time:
(a) you know that the entity is a foreign resident; or
(b) you reasonably believe that the entity is a foreign resident; or
(c) you do not reasonably believe that the entity is an Australian resident, and either:
(i) the entity has an address outside Australia (according to any record that is in your possession, or is kept or maintained on your behalf, about the transaction); or
(ii) you are authorised to provide a related financial benefit to a place outside Australia (whether to the entity or to anyone else); or
(d) the entity has a connection outside Australia of a kind specified in the regulations; or
(e) the *CGT asset to which the transaction relates is:
(i) *taxable Australian real property; or
(ii) an *indirect Australian real property interest, the holding of which causes a company title interest (within the meaning of Part X of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ) to arise.
Note:
This subsection is relevant to whether you must pay an amount to the Commissioner under section 14-200 .
Exception - the entity gives you a clearance certificate
14-210(2)
Despite subsection (1), that subsection does not apply to the entity in relation to the transaction if:
(a) before you pay the Commissioner under section 14-200 in relation to the *CGT asset to which the transaction relates, the entity gives you a certificate about the entity that:
(i) was issued under subsection 14-220(1) ; and
(ii) is for a period covering the time the transaction is entered into; and
(b) the CGT asset is of a kind described in paragraph (1)(e) of this section.
Exception - the entity gives you a residency or interests declaration
14-210(3)
Despite subsection (1), that subsection does not apply to the entity in relation to the transaction if:
(a) before you pay the Commissioner under section 14-200 in relation to the *CGT asset to which the transaction relates, the entity gives you a declaration that:
(i) is about the entity or the CGT asset; and
(ii) was given under subsection 14-225(1) or (2) ; and
(iii) is for a period covering the time the transaction is entered into; and
(b) when you are given the declaration, you do not know the declaration to be false; and
(c) for a declaration given under subsection 14-225(1) - the CGT asset is not of a kind described in paragraph (1)(e) of this section.
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