Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1936 - SECT 177Q

    If an amount of diverted profits tax or shortfall interest charge that an entity is liable to pay remains unpaid after the time by which it is due to be paid, the entity is liable to pay the general interest charge on the unpaid amount for each day in the period that:

  (a)   starts at the beginning of the day by which the amount was due to be paid; and

  (b)   finishes at the end of the last day on which, at the end of the day, any of the following remains unpaid:

  (i)   the diverted profits tax or shortfall interest charge;

  (ii)   general interest charge on any of the diverted profits tax or shortfall interest charge.

Note:   The general interest charge is worked out under Part   IIA of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 .