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TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2010 MEASURES NO. 3) BILL 2010

2008-2009-2010
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures
No. 3) Bill 2010
No. , 2010
(Treasury)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to
taxation and superannuation, and for related
purposes
i Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 No. , 2010
Contents
1 Short
title
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1
2 Commencement
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1
3 Schedule(s)
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2
Schedule 1--Government co-contribution for low income
earners
3
Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income
Earners) Act 2003
3
Schedule 2--Thin capitalisation
5
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
5
Schedule 3--Exempting certain transactions involving security
agencies
8
Taxation Administration Act 1953
8
Schedule 4--Special disability trusts
11
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
11
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
12
Schedule 5--Managed investment trusts
13
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
13
Taxation Administration Act 1953
14
Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 No. , 2010 1
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to
1
taxation and superannuation, and for related
2
purposes
3
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
4
1 Short title
5
This Act may be cited as the Tax Laws Amendment (2010
6
Measures No. 3) Act 2010.
7
2 Commencement
8
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
9
commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
10
column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
11
according to its terms.
12
13
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
1 July 2010.
1 July 2010
3. Schedules 2 to
5
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
1
passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be
2
expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
3
(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not
4
part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or
5
edited in any published version of this Act.
6
3 Schedule(s)
7
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
8
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
9
concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
10
according to its terms.
11
12
Government co-contribution for low income earners Schedule 1
Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 No. , 2010 3
Schedule 1--Government co-contribution for
1
low income earners
2
3
Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low
4
Income Earners) Act 2003
5
1 Paragraphs 9(1)(c), (d) and (e)
6
Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
7
(c) for the 2009-10 income year or a later income year--an
8
amount equal to the sum of the eligible personal
9
superannuation contributions the person makes during the
10
income year.
11
2 Subsections 10(1B), (1C) and (1D)
12
Repeal the subsections, substitute:
13
(1B) The amount of the Government co-contribution in respect of a
14
person for the 2009-10 income year or a later income year must not
15
exceed the maximum amount worked out using the following
16
table:
17
18
Maximum Government co-contribution
Item
Person's total income for the
income year
Maximum amount
1
the lower income threshold or
less
$1,000
2
more than the lower income
threshold but less than the
higher income threshold
$1,000 reduced by 3.333 cents for
each dollar by which the person's
total income for the income year
exceeds the lower income
threshold
3 Subsection 10(2)
19
Omit "Subsections (1), (1A), (1B), (1C) and (1D)", substitute
20
"Subsections (1), (1A) and (1B)".
21
4 Paragraph 10A(1)(a)
22
Schedule 1 Government co-contribution for low income earners
4 Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 No. , 2010
After "later income years", insert "(apart from the 2010-11 and 2011-12
1
income years)".
2
5 Paragraph 10A(1)(b)
3
After "each later income year", insert "(apart from the 2010-11 and
4
2011-12 income years)".
5
6 After subsection 10A(5)
6
Insert:
7
(5A) Despite subsection (5), the indexation factor for the 2010-11 and
8
2011-12 income years is 1.
9
7 Application provision
10
The amendments made by this Schedule apply to the 2009-10 income
11
year and later income years.
12
13
Thin capitalisation Schedule 2
Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 No. , 2010 5
Schedule 2--Thin capitalisation
1
2
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
3
1 At the end of section 820-300
4
Add:
5
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(a), treat treasury shares (within
6
the meaning of
*
accounting standard AASB 132) in the entity as
7
included in the
*
ADI equity capital of the entity, to the extent that
8
those shares are part of the entity's eligible tier 1 capital (within the
9
meaning of the
*
prudential standards).
10
2 Section 820-310
11
Before "The safe harbour capital amount is", insert "(1)".
12
3 Section 820-310 (method statement, step 1)
13
Omit all the words before paragraph (a), substitute:
14
Step 1. Work out the average value, for the income year, of all
15
the entity's:
16
(aa)
*
risk-weighted assets; and
17
(ab)
intangible assets comprising capitalised software
18
expenses;
19
that are attributable to none of the following:
20
4 Section 820-310 (method statement, step 3)
21
Repeal the step, substitute:
22
Step 3. Add to the result of step 2 the average value, for that
23
year, of all the
*
tier 1 prudential capital deductions for the
24
entity, to the extent that they are not attributable to:
25
(a)
any of the entity's
*
overseas permanent
26
establishments; or
27
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6 Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 No. , 2010
(b)
any
*
Australian controlled foreign entities of which
1
the entity is an
*
Australian controller; or
2
(c)
any of the entity's goodwill or intangible assets
3
which relate to the excess mentioned in paragraph
4
5.3 of
*
accounting standard AASB 1038, as issued
5
on 17 November 1998, to the extent that the excess
6
is referrable to
*
VBIF; or
7
Note:
Paragraph 5.3 of that accounting standard applies to any
8
excess of the net market values of an interest in a
9
subsidiary over the net amount of that subsidiary's assets
10
and liabilities.
11
(d)
any of the entity's intangible assets comprising
12
capitalised software expenses.
13
The result of this step is the safe harbour capital
14
amount.
15
5 Section 820-310 (example)
16
Omit "risk-weighted assets is $150 million (having discounted those
17
risk-weighted assets", substitute "risk-weighted assets and intangible
18
assets comprising capitalised software expenses is $150 million (having
19
discounted those assets".
20
6 At the end of section 820-310
21
Add:
22
(2)
VBIF is the value of business in force at the time of acquisition of
23
the relevant subsidiary (within the meaning of paragraph 5.3 of
24
*
accounting standard AASB 1038, as issued on 17 November
25
1998) of the entity.
26
(3)
*
VBIF is taken to be nil at all times unless the value of VBIF at the
27
time of acquisition of the relevant subsidiary was worked out by an
28
*
actuary according to Australian actuarial practice.
29
7 Subsection 820-680(1) (note)
30
After "sections", insert "820-310,".
31
8 Subsection 995-1(1)
32
Thin capitalisation Schedule 2
Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 No. , 2010 7
Insert:
1
VBIF (short for value of business in force) has the meaning given
2
by section 820-310.
3
9 Application provision
4
The amendments made by this Schedule apply to assessments for each
5
income year starting on or after 1 January 2009.
6
7
Schedule 3 Exempting certain transactions involving security agencies
8 Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 No. , 2010
Schedule 3--Exempting certain transactions
1
involving security agencies
2
3
Taxation Administration Act 1953
4
1 At the end of Chapter 5 in Schedule 1
5
Add:
6
Part 5-100--Miscellaneous
7
Division 850--Transactions exempt from application of
8
taxation laws
9
Table of Subdivisions
10
850-A Declaration relating to security or intelligence agency
11
Subdivision 850-A--Declaration relating to security or
12
intelligence agency
13
Table of sections
14
850-100 Declaration relating to security or intelligence agency
15
850-100 Declaration relating to security or intelligence agency
16
Object
17
(1) The object of this section is to remove the possibility of a conflict
18
arising between Australia's national security interests and
19
Australia's taxation laws.
20
Making a declaration
21
(2) The Director-General of Security holding office under the
22
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 may
23
declare that this section applies to one or more specified entities
24
(the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation itself may be
25
specified) in relation to one or more specified transactions.
26
Exempting certain transactions involving security agencies Schedule 3
Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 No. , 2010 9
(3) The Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service
1
(ASIS) may declare that this section applies to one or more
2
specified entities (ASIS itself may be specified) in relation to one
3
or more specified transactions.
4
(4) A declaration under this section may only be made if the relevant
5
Director-General is satisfied that the making of the declaration is
6
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of:
7
(a) for the Director-General of Security--the Australian Security
8
Intelligence Organisation; or
9
(b) for the Director-General of ASIS--ASIS.
10
(5) A declaration under this section must be in writing, signed by the
11
relevant Director-General.
12
Note 1:
A declaration may specify an entity or transaction by reference to a
13
class of entities or transactions (see subsection 46(3) of the Acts
14
Interpretation Act 1901). For example, a declaration may specify the
15
subsidiaries of a specified company, or the parties to a specified
16
transaction.
17
Note 2:
For variation and revocation, see subsection 33(3) of the Acts
18
Interpretation Act 1901.
19
(6) A declaration may be made even though:
20
(a) a transaction it specifies has already been entered into or
21
carried out; or
22
(b) an entity it specifies has died or ceased to exist;
23
(whether before or after the commencement of this section).
24
(7) A written document signed by the relevant Director-General
25
purporting to be a declaration is prima facie evidence that this
26
section has been complied with in making the declaration, but this
27
subsection does not affect the performance of the functions of the
28
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security.
29
Effect of declaration
30
(8) For an entity specified in a declaration in relation to a specified
31
transaction, the transaction is to be disregarded in determining any
32
of the following:
33
(a) the existence or amount of a liability of the entity relating to
34
taxation under any
*
Commonwealth law, even if the law
35
requires express words to be used to exempt an entity or
36
transaction from liability to taxation under that law;
37
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10 Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 No. , 2010
Example: Examples of liabilities covered by paragraph (a) are a liability to
1
GST (despite section 177-5 of the A New Tax System (Goods and
2
Services Tax) Act 1999), and amounts required to be paid by
3
Part 2-5 in this Schedule (Pay as you go (PAYG) withholding).
4
(b) the existence or amount of any kind of benefit (however the
5
benefit is expressed) relating to taxation under any
6
Commonwealth law;
7
Example: Examples of benefits covered by paragraph (b) are deductions,
8
credits and offsets under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997,
9
and input tax credits under the A New Tax System (Goods and
10
Services Tax) Act 1999.
11
(c) the existence or extent of any other obligation (or right) of
12
the entity relating to a liability or benefit of a kind mentioned
13
in paragraph (a) or (b).
14
Example: Examples of obligations covered by paragraph (c) include the
15
following:
16
(a) an obligation to withhold money from a payment;
17
(b) an obligation to lodge a return, or to provide information, to the
18
Commissioner of Taxation;
19
(c) an obligation to become registered under a taxation law.
20
(9) A declaration under this section is not a legislative instrument.
21
22
Special disability trusts Schedule 4
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Schedule 4--Special disability trusts
1
2
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
3
1 Subsection 6(1)
4
Insert:
5
principal beneficiary of a special disability trust has the same
6
meaning as in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
7
2 Subsection 6(1)
8
Insert:
9
special disability trust has the same meaning as in the Income Tax
10
Assessment Act 1997.
11
3 After section 95AA
12
Insert:
13
95AB Modifications for special disability trusts
14
(1) This Division applies with the modifications set out in this section
15
in relation to a year of income in relation to a trust estate that is a
16
special disability trust at the end of the year of income.
17
(2) Treat the principal beneficiary of the trust estate as being presently
18
entitled to all of the income of the trust estate of the year of
19
income.
20
(3) If the principal beneficiary of the trust estate is a resident of
21
Australia at the end of the year of income treat that person as being
22
under a legal disability throughout the year of income.
23
(4) If there is no income of the trust estate assume that:
24
(a) there is income of the trust estate of the year of income; and
25
(b) the principal beneficiary of the trust estate is presently
26
entitled to all of the income of the trust estate of the year of
27
income.
28
(5) If the amount to be deducted under subsection 100(2) from the
29
income tax assessed against the principal beneficiary is greater
30
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12 Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 No. , 2010
than the amount of the income tax assessed against the principal
1
beneficiary, the Commissioner must pay to the principal
2
beneficiary an amount equal to the difference between those 2
3
amounts.
4
Note:
The tax offset is subject to the refundable tax offset rules: see
5
section 67-23 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
6
4 After paragraph 102AC(2)(d)
7
Insert:
8
(da) the minor is the principal beneficiary of a special disability
9
trust;
10
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
11
5 Section 67-23 (before table item 5)
12
Insert:
13
3
*
principal beneficiary of a
*
special disability trust
the
*
tax offset available under subsection
95AB(5) of the Income Tax Assessment Act
1936
6 Subsection 995-1(1)
14
Insert:
15
principal beneficiary of a special disability trust has the meaning
16
given by section 1209M of the Social Security Act 1991.
17
7 Subsection 995-1(1)
18
Insert:
19
special disability trust has the meaning given by section 1209L of
20
the Social Security Act 1991.
21
8 Application provision
22
The amendments made by this Schedule apply to assessments for the
23
2008-09 income year and later income years.
24
25
Managed investment trusts Schedule 5
Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 No. , 2010 13
Schedule 5--Managed investment trusts
1
2
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
3
1 Before section 275-15
4
Insert:
5
275-5 Treatment of trading trusts etc.
6
For the purposes of this Division, treat a trust in the same way as a
7
*
managed investment trust in relation to an income year if it would
8
be a managed investment trust in relation to the income year if
9
paragraph 12-400(2)(a) in Schedule 1 to the Taxation
10
Administration Act 1953 were disregarded.
11
Note:
If a trading trust is treated as a managed investment trust for the
12
purposes of this Division for an income year, sections 275-100 (CGT
13
to be primary code for calculating MIT gains or losses) and 275-120
14
(revenue account treatment) will not apply to the trust for the year (see
15
subsections 275-100(1), 275-110(1) and 275-120(1)).
16
275-10 Trust with investment management activities outside
17
Australia
18
For the purposes of this Division, treat a trust in the same way as a
19
*
managed investment trust in relation to an income year if it would
20
be a managed investment trust in relation to the income year if
21
paragraph 12-400(1)(c) in Schedule 1 to the Taxation
22
Administration Act 1953 were disregarded.
23
2 Paragraphs 275-15(1)(a) and (b)
24
Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
25
(a) the condition in paragraph 12-400(1)(a) in Schedule 1 to the
26
Taxation Administration Act 1953 is satisfied; and
27
(b)
either:
28
(i)
the
only
*
member of the trust is an entity covered by
29
subsection 12-402(3) of that Schedule (other than an
30
entity mentioned in paragraph (e) of that subsection); or
31
(ii) the only member of the trust is an entity treated in the
32
same way as a managed investment trust in relation to
33
the income year because of this Subdivision; and
34
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14 Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 No. , 2010
(c) the trust satisfies the licensing requirements in section 12-403
1
of that Schedule in relation to the income year.
2
3 Subsection 995-1(1)
3
Insert:
4
MIT participation interest has the meaning given by
5
section 12-404 in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act
6
1953.
7
Taxation Administration Act 1953
8
4 Section 12-400 in Schedule 1
9
Repeal the section, substitute:
10
12-400 Meaning of managed investment trust
11
(1) A trust is a managed investment trust in relation to an income year
12
if:
13
(a) at the time the trustee of the trust makes the first
*
fund
14
payment in relation to the income year, or at an earlier time
15
in the income year:
16
(i) the trustee of the trust was an Australian resident; or
17
(ii) the central management and control of the trust was in
18
Australia; and
19
(b) the trust is not a trust covered by subsection (2) (trading trust
20
etc.) in relation to the income year; and
21
(c) the investment management activities carried out in relation
22
to the trust throughout the income year are carried out in
23
Australia; and
24
(d) at the time the payment is made, the trust is a managed
25
investment scheme (within the meaning of section 9 of the
26
Corporations Act 2001); and
27
(e) for a trust that is registered under section 601EB of the
28
Corporations Act 2001 at the time the payment is made--the
29
trust satisfies the widely-held requirements in section 12-401
30
in relation to the income year; and
31
(f) for a trust that is not so registered at the time the payment is
32
made:
33
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(i) the trust satisfies the widely-held requirements in
1
section 12-402 in relation to the income year; and
2
(ii) the trust satisfies the licensing requirements in
3
section 12-403 in relation to the income year; and
4
(iii) at the time the payment is made, the trust is not required
5
to be registered in accordance with section 601ED of the
6
Corporations Act 2001 because of subsection 601ED(2)
7
of that Act (no product disclosure statement required) or
8
because it is operated or managed by an entity covered
9
by subsection 12-403(2) (Crown entities); and
10
(iv) at the time the payment is made, the total number of
11
entities that had become a
*
member of the trust because
12
a financial product or a financial service was provided
13
to, or acquired by, the entity as a retail client (within the
14
meaning of sections 761G and 761GA of that Act) is no
15
more than 20; and
16
(v) at the time the payment is made, the entities mentioned
17
in subparagraph (iv) have a total
*
MIT participation
18
interest in the trust of no more than 10%.
19
Trading unit trust or other trust carrying on trading business etc.
20
cannot be managed investment trust
21
(2) A trust is covered by this subsection in relation to an income year
22
if:
23
(a) in the case of a unit trust--the trust is a trading trust for the
24
purposes of Division 6C in Part III of the Income Tax
25
Assessment Act 1936 in relation to the income year; or
26
(b) in any other case--the trust at any time in the income year:
27
(i) carried on a trading business (within the meaning of that
28
Division); or
29
(ii) controlled, or was able to control, directly or indirectly,
30
the affairs or operations of another person in respect of
31
the carrying on by that other person of a trading
32
business (within the meaning of that Division).
33
Crown entities, etc.
34
(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(e) and (f), treat an entity as
35
registered under section 601EB of the Corporations Act 2001 at the
36
time the payment is made if at that time the trust is operated by:
37
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16 Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 No. , 2010
(a) an entity that would, but for subsection 5A(4) of that Act
1
(about the Crown not being bound by Chapter 6CA or 7 of
2
that Act), be required under that Act to be a financial services
3
licensee (within the meaning of section 761A of that Act)
4
whose licence would cover operating such a managed
5
investment scheme; or
6
(b) an entity that:
7
(i)
is
a
*
wholly-owned subsidiary of an entity of a kind
8
mentioned in paragraph (a); and
9
(ii) would, but for any instrument issued by ASIC under
10
that Act that has effect in relation to the entity and
11
operation of the scheme mentioned in paragraph
12
12-400(1)(d), be required under that Act to be a
13
financial services licensee (within the meaning of
14
section 761A of that Act) whose licence would cover
15
operating such a managed investment scheme.
16
Start-up and wind-down phases
17
(4) Treat the requirements in paragraph (1)(e) and
18
subparagraph (1)(f)(i) as being satisfied if:
19
(a) the trust is created during the income year; or
20
(b) the trust ceases to exist during the income year, and was a
21
*
managed investment trust (disregarding paragraph (a)) in
22
relation to the previous income year.
23
12-401 Widely-held requirements for registered MIS
24
(1) The trust satisfies the requirements in this section in relation to the
25
income year if:
26
(a) at the time the payment mentioned in paragraph 12-400(1)(a)
27
is made:
28
(i) units in the trust are listed for quotation in the official
29
list of an
*
approved stock exchange in Australia; or
30
(ii) the trust has at least 50
*
members (ignoring objects of a
31
trust); and
32
(b) at no time in the income year do any of the following
33
situations exist:
34
(i) 20 or fewer persons have a total
*
MIT participation
35
interest in the trust of 75% or more;
36
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(ii) one foreign resident individual has a MIT participation
1
interest in the trust of 10% or more.
2
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) and subparagraph (1)(b)(i),
3
apply these rules:
4
(a) treat the following entities as together being one entity:
5
(i)
an
individual;
6
(ii) each of his or her relatives;
7
(iii) each entity acting in the capacity of nominee of an
8
individual mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii);
9
(b) treat the following entities as together being one entity:
10
(i) an entity that is not an individual;
11
(ii) each entity acting in the capacity of nominee of the
12
entity mentioned in subparagraph (i).
13
12-402 Widely-held requirements for unregistered MIS
14
(1) The trust satisfies the requirements in this section in relation to the
15
income year if:
16
(a) at the time the payment mentioned in paragraph 12-400(1)(a)
17
is made the trust has at least 30
*
members; and
18
(b) at no time in the income year do any of the following
19
situations exist:
20
(i) 12 or fewer persons (not including entities covered by
21
subsection (3)) have a total
*
MIT participation interest
22
in the trust of 75% or more;
23
(ii) one foreign resident individual has a MIT participation
24
interest in the trust of 10% or more.
25
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), determine the number of
26
*
members of the trust as follows:
27
(a) first, by applying the rules in subsection (4), identify:
28
(i) the members of the trust that are not entities covered by
29
subsection (3); and
30
(ii) the members of the trust that are entities covered by
31
subsection (3);
32
(b) next, work out the number of members mentioned in
33
subparagraph (a)(i);
34
(c)
next:
35
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18 Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010 No. , 2010
(i)
work
out
the
*
MIT participation interest of each entity
1
mentioned in subparagraph (a)(ii); and
2
(ii) multiply the total of those interests by 50 and round the
3
result upwards to the nearest whole number;
4
(d) next, work out the total of the results of paragraphs (b) and
5
(c).
6
(3) This section covers the following kinds of entity:
7
(a)
a
*
life insurance company;
8
(b)
a
*
complying superannuation fund, a
*
complying approved
9
deposit fund or a
*
foreign superannuation fund, being a fund
10
that has at least 50
*
members;
11
(c)
a
*
pooled superannuation trust that has at least one member
12
that is a complying superannuation fund that has at least 50
13
members;
14
(d)
a
*
managed investment trust in relation to the income year;
15
(e) an entity that is recognised, under a
*
foreign law relating to
16
corporate regulation, as an entity with a similar status to a
17
managed investment scheme and that has at least 50
18
members.
19
(4) The rules are as follows:
20
(a) if an entity that is not a trust holds interests in the trust
21
indirectly, through a
*
chain of trusts:
22
(i) treat the entity as a member of the trust; and
23
(ii) do not treat a trust in the chain of trusts as a member of
24
the trust;
25
(b) do not treat as a member of the trust any of the following:
26
(i) an object of the trust;
27
(ii) an individual (other than an individual who became a
28
member of the trust because a financial product or a
29
financial service was provided to, or acquired by, the
30
individual as a wholesale client (within the meaning of
31
section 761G of the Corporations Act 2001));
32
(c) the rules in subsection (6).
33
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(a), treat an entity covered by
34
subsection (3) as an entity that is not a trust.
35
(6) For the purposes of subparagraph (1)(b)(i) and subsection (4),
36
apply these rules:
37
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(a) treat the following entities as together being one entity:
1
(i)
an
individual;
2
(ii) each of his or her relatives;
3
(iii) each entity acting in the capacity of nominee of an
4
individual mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii);
5
(b) treat the following entities as together being one entity (the
6
notional entity):
7
(i) an entity that is not an individual;
8
(ii) each entity acting in the capacity of nominee of the
9
entity mentioned in subparagraph (i).
10
(7) For the purposes of subsection (4), if the entity mentioned in
11
subparagraph (6)(b)(i) is an entity covered by subsection (3), treat
12
the notional entity as an entity covered by subsection (3).
13
12-403 Licensing requirements for unregistered MIS
14
(1) The trust satisfies the requirements in this section in relation to the
15
income year if, at the time the payment mentioned in paragraph
16
12-400(1)(a) is made (the time of the first fund payment for the
17
income year):
18
(a) the trust is operated or managed by:
19
(i) a financial services licensee (within the meaning of
20
section 761A of the Corporations Act 2001) holding an
21
Australian financial services licence whose licence
22
covers it providing financial services (within the
23
meaning of section 766A of that Act) to wholesale
24
clients (within the meaning of section 761G of that
25
Act); or
26
(ii) an authorised representative (within the meaning of
27
section 761A of that Act) of such a financial services
28
licensee; or
29
(b) the trust is operated or managed by an entity covered by
30
subsection (2); or
31
(c) the trust is operated or managed by an entity that:
32
(i)
is
a
*
wholly-owned subsidiary of an entity covered by
33
subsection (2); and
34
(ii) is an entity covered by subsection (3).
35
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(2) An entity is covered by this subsection if it would, but for
1
subsection 5A(4) of that Act (about the Crown not being bound by
2
Chapter 6CA or 7 of that Act), be required under the Corporations
3
Act 2001 to be a financial services licensee (within the meaning of
4
section 761A of that Act).
5
(3) An entity is covered by this subsection if it would, but for any
6
instrument issued by ASIC under that Act that has effect in relation
7
to the entity and the operation of the scheme mentioned in
8
paragraph 12-400(1)(d), be required under the Corporations Act
9
2001 to be a financial services licensee (within the meaning of
10
section 761A of that Act).
11
12-404 MIT participation interest
12
(1) An entity has a MIT participation interest in a trust if the entity,
13
directly or indirectly:
14
(a) holds, or has the right to
*
acquire, interests representing a
15
percentage of the value of the interests in the trust; or
16
(b) has the control of, or the ability to control, a percentage of
17
the rights attaching to
*
membership interests in the trust; or
18
(c) has the right to receive a percentage of any distribution of
19
income that the trust may make.
20
(2)
The
MIT participation interest of the entity in the trust is the
21
greatest of the percentages mentioned in paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and
22
(c).
23
5 Paragraph 45-286(b) in Schedule 1
24
Omit "the condition in item 1 of the table in subsection 12-400(1)",
25
substitute "the condition in paragraph 12-400(1)(a)".
26
6 Application provision
27
(1)
Subject to this item, the amendments made by this Schedule apply to
28
fund payments made in relation to the first income year starting on or
29
after the first 1 July after the day on which this Act receives the Royal
30
Assent and later income years.
31
(2)
Subject to subitems (3) and (4), the amendments made by this Schedule
32
do not apply to fund payments made by a trustee of a trust made in
33
relation to an income year if:
34
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(a) the income year is the 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14
1
or 2014-15 income year; and
2
(b) before the day on which the Bill that became this Act was
3
introduced into the House of Representatives, the trustee of
4
the trust made a fund payment in relation to an income year.
5
(3)
The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to
6
Division 275 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 in the same way
7
as the amendments made by Schedule 3 to the Tax Laws Amendment
8
(2010 Measures No. 1) Act 2010 apply in relation to that Division.
9
(4)
The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to
10
Subdivision 126-G of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 in relation
11
to CGT events happening on or after 1 November 2008.
12

 


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