Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
SECTION 165-155 Who has rights to more than 50% of the company ' s dividends
The primary test
165-155(1)
Applying the primary test: if there are persons who, at a particular time, beneficially own (between them) *shares that carry (between them) the right to receive more than 50% of any *dividends that the company may pay, those persons have rights to more than 50% of the company ' s dividends at that time.
The alternative test
165-155(2)
Applying the alternative test: if it is the case, or it is reasonable to assume, that there are persons (none of them companies) who (between them) at a particular time have the right to receive for their own benefit (whether directly or *indirectly) more than 50% of any *dividends that the company may pay, those persons have rights to more than 50% of the company ' s dividends at that time.
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