Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
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Hide history noteSECTION 820-870 TC indirect control interest in a company, trust or partnership
What is a TC indirect control interest?
820-870(1)
An entity holds a thin capitalisation indirect control interest (or a TC indirect control interest ) in a company, trust or partnership at a particular time if, and only if:
(a) there is an interposed entity, or a continuous series of at least 2 interposed entities, between that entity and the company, trust or partnership; and
(b) the interposed entity, or each of the interposed entities, is:
(i) a *foreign controlled Australian entity if this section is used for the purposes of determining whether or not an entity is a foreign controlled Australian entity; or
(ii) an *Australian controlled foreign entity if this section is used for the purposes of determining whether or not an entity is an Australian controlled foreign entity or an *Australian controller of such an entity.
Note:
In the case of a continuous series of interposed entities between an entity and a company, trust or partnership, the entity must hold a TC control tracing interest in the first interposed entity (see subsection (2)). In addition, under subsection (2), each interposed entity in the series must hold a TC control tracing interest in the next interposed entity (except in the case of the last one, which holds a TC control tracing interest in the company, trust or partnership).
What is an interposed entity?
820-870(2)
For the purposes of this section, an entity (the middle entity ) is interposed between 2 other entities at a particular time if, and only if, at that time:
(a) the first of those 2 entities holds a *TC control tracing interest in the middle entity; and
(b) the middle entity holds a TC control tracing interest in the second of those 2 entities.
Note:
For the rules about a TC control tracing interest, see section 820-875 .
How to calculate a TC indirect control interest
820-870(3)
The *TC indirect control interest that an entity (the top entity ) holds in a company, trust or partnership at a particular time is calculated in accordance with subsection (4), (5) or (6) (as appropriate).
One interposed entity only
820-870(4)
The *TC indirect control interest is the result of applying the following method statement if there is only one interposed entity between the top entity and the company, trust or partnership at that time. Method statement
Step 1.
Calculate the *TC control tracing interest that the top entity holds in the interposed entity at that time.
Step 2.
Multiply the result of step 1 by the *TC control tracing interest that the interposed entity holds in the company, trust or partnership at that time.
2 interposed entities
820-870(5)
The *TC indirect control interest is the result of applying the following method statement if there are 2 interposed entities between the top entity and the company, trust or partnership at that time. Method statement
Step 1.
Calculate the *TC control tracing interest that the top entity holds in the first of those interposed entities at that time.
Step 2.
Multiply the result of step 1 by the *TC control tracing interest that the first interposed entity holds in the next interposed entity (the second interposed entity ) at that time.
Step 3.
Multiply the result of step 2 by the *TC control tracing interest that the second interposed entity holds in the company, trust or partnership at that time.
More than 2 interposed entities
820-870(6)
The *TC indirect control interest is the result of applying the following method statement if there are more than 2 interposed entities between the top entity and the company, trust or partnership at that time. Method statement
Step 1.
Calculate the *TC control tracing interest that the top entity holds in the first of those interposed entities at that time.
Step 2.
Multiply the result of step 1 by the *TC control tracing interest that the first interposed entity holds in the next interposed entity (the second interposed entity ) at that time.
Step 3.
Multiply the result of step 2 by the *TC control tracing interest that the second interposed entity holds in the next interposed entity at that time.
Step 4.
Continue this pattern of multiplying the result of the last multiplication by the *TC control tracing interest in the next interposed entity held by the preceding entity, ending with a multiplication by the TC control tracing interest held by the last interposed entity in the company, trust or partnership.
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