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Worksheets
Worksheet 1: Market value method
Complete the relevant parts of the worksheet for the interests you hold in the FIF. |
Description of interests in the FIF ___________________________________________ |
Worksheet 2: Deemed rate of return method for FIFs
.
Complete the relevant parts of the worksheet for the interests you held in the FIF on the last day of the notional accounting period (see chapter 2). Interests in the FIF which you disposed of before the end of the notional accounting period are not taxed under FIF measures. |
Part 1 | |||
Description of the group of interests in the FIF. _________________________________ | |||
Opening value.
| A | ___________ | |
Multiply
A
by the deemed rate of return.
| B | ___________ | |
Multiply B by | the number of days in the notional accounting period
| C | ___________ |
Part 2 | |||
Convert the amount at
C
to Australian currency at the rate of exchange applying at the end of the notional accounting period.
| D | A$_________ | |
Part 3 | |||
If you have more than one group of interests in the FIF and completed more than one part 1 and part 2, add the amounts in each box
D
and show the total amount at
E
.
| |||
If you had only one interest in the FIF, copy the amount from D to E .
| E | ___________ | |
Part 4 | |||
Did you receive any distributions from the FIF during the notional accounting period? See
chapter 6
for information about reductions of FIF income.
| |||
If No, then the amount at
E
is not reduced. Copy the amount from
E
to
F
. Include this amount in your assessable income.
| F | ___________ | |
If Yes, insert the amount, if any, of the distributions that are of the type to which subsection 530(1) of the ITAA 1936 applies. Include any reductions of FIF income for employee share acquisition schemes - see
chapter 6
. [
section 530A
]
| G | ___________ | |
Take
G
away from
E
.
| H | ___________ | |
If the amount at H is positive, include it in your assessable income. If the amount at
H
is negative, do not include any amount in your assessable income under the FIF measures.
| |||
For details on how to complete your tax return, refer to the attributed foreign income question in TaxPack or the instruction guides for company, trust, partnership and superannuation fund tax returns. |
Worksheet 3: Calculation method
Complete the relevant parts of the worksheet for those interests you held in the FIF on the last day of the notional accounting period (see chapter 2). Interests in the FIF that you disposed of before the end of the notional accounting period are not taxed under the FIF measures. |
Description of interests in the FIF. ___________________________________________ |
Part 1 - Use the currency in which the accounts of the FIF are made out. | |||
The notional income of the FIF for the notional accounting period.
| A | ___________ | |
The notional deductions of the FIF for the notional accounting period.
| B | ___________ | |
Take
B
away from
A
.
| C | ___________ | |
If the amount at C is negative, the FIF has a calculated loss. This loss is allowed as a notional deduction for the same FIF in future years. If the amount at
C
is positive, the FIF has a calculated profit. Go to part 2.
| |||
Part 2 | |||
If the amount at
C
is positive, convert the amount to Australian currency at the rate of exchange applying at the end of the notional accounting period. Now complete parts 3 and 4, as appropriate.
| D | A$_________ | |
Part 3 | |||
Complete this part for interests you held in the FIF for the entire notional accounting period.
| |||
Your attribution percentage for your interest in the FIF held for the whole of the notional accounting period.
| E | _________% | |
Multiply
D
by
E
.
| F | ___________ | |
Part 4 | |||
Complete this part for interests in the FIF acquired throughout a particular part of the notional accounting period. Do not apply the calculation method for interests in the FIF which you dispose of before the end of the notional accounting period. These interests may be dealt with under other provisions of the taxation Acts - for example, the capital gains tax provisions. Repeat part 4 for interests in the FIF that you acquired at different times throughout the notional accounting period.
| |||
Your attribution percentage for interests in the FIF held throughout a particular part of the notional accounting period.
| G | _________% | |
Multiply
D
by
G
.
| H | ___________ | |
Multiply H by | the number of days in the notional accounting period for
| I | ___________ |
Part 5 | |||
Add
F
and
I
, where applicable, to determine your FIF income.
| J | ___________ | |
Now go to part 6.
| |||
Part 6 | |||
Did you receive any distributions from the FIF during the notional accounting period?
| |||
If No, then the amount at
J
is not reduced. Copy the amount from
J
to
K
.
| |||
Include this amount in your assessable income.
| K | ___________ | |
If Yes, insert the amount, if any, of the distributions that are of the type to which subsection 530(1) of the ITAA 1936 applies. Include any reduction of FIF income resulting from employee share schemes. [
section 530A
] See
chapter 6
for more information.
| L | ___________ | |
Take
L
away from
J
| M | ___________ | |
If the amount at M is positive, include it in your assessable income. If the amount at M is negative, do not include any amount in your assessable income under the FIF measures. For details on how to complete your tax return, refer to the attributed foreign income question in TaxPack or the instruction guides for company, trust, partnership and superannuation fund tax returns. |
Worksheet 4: Deemed rate of return method for FLPs
Complete the relevant parts of the worksheet for the interests you hold in the FLP. Read Deemed rate of return method in chapter 5 for more information. |
Worksheet 5: Cash surrender value method for FLPs
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