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INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 67.25

Refundable tax offsets--franked distributions

  (1)   * Tax offsets available under Division   207 (which sets out the effects of receiving a * franked distribution) or Subdivision   210 - H (which sets out the effects of receiving a * distribution * franked with a venture capital credit) are subject to the refundable tax offset rules, unless otherwise stated in this section.

  (1A)   Where the trustee of a * non - complying superannuation fund or a * non - complying approved deposit fund is entitled to a * tax offset under Division   207 because a * franked distribution is made to, or * flows indirectly to, the trustee, the tax offset is not subject to the refundable tax offset rules.

  (1B)   If:

  (a)   the trustee of a trust to whom a * franked distribution * flows indirectly under subsection   207 - 50(4) is entitled to a * tax offset under Division   207 for an income year because of the distribution; and

  (b)   the trustee is liable to be assessed under section   98 or 99A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 on a share of, or all or a part of, the trust's * net income for that income year;

the tax offset is not subject to the refundable tax offset rules.

  (1C)   Where a * corporate tax entity is entitled to a * tax offset under Division   207 because a * franked distribution is made to the entity, the tax offset is not subject to the refundable tax offset rules unless:

  (a)   the entity is an * exempt institution that is eligible for a refund; or

  (b)   the entity is a * life insurance company and the * membership interest on which the distribution was made was not held by the company on behalf of its shareholders at any time during the period:

  (i)   starting at the beginning of the income year of the company in which the distribution is made; and

  (ii)   ending when the distribution is made.

  (1D)   Where a * corporate tax entity is entitled to a * tax offset under Division   207 because a * franked distribution * flows indirectly to the entity, the tax offset is not subject to the refundable tax offset rules unless:

  (a)   the entity is an * exempt institution that is eligible for a refund; or

  (b)   the entity is a * life insurance company and the company's interest in the * membership interest on which the distribution was made was not held by the company on behalf of its shareholders at any time during the period:

  (i)   starting at the beginning of the income year of the company in which the distribution is made; and

  (ii)   ending when the distribution is made.

  (1DA)   A * tax offset is not subject to the refundable tax offset rules if:

  (a)   an entity is entitled to the tax offset under Division   207 because a * franked distribution is made, or * flows indirectly, to the entity; and

  (b)   the entity is a foreign resident and carries on business in Australia at or through a permanent establishment of the entity in Australia, being a permanent establishment within the meaning of:

  (i)   a double tax agreement (as defined in Part   X of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ) that relates to a foreign country and affects the entity; or

  (ii)   subsection   6(1) of that Act, if there is no such agreement; and

  (c)   the distribution is attributable to the permanent establishment.

  (1E)   Where a * corporate tax entity is entitled to a * tax offset under Subdivision   210 - H because a * distribution * franked with a venture capital credit is made to the entity, the tax offset is not subject to the refundable tax offset rules unless:

  (a)   the entity is a * life insurance company; and

  (b)   the * membership interest on which the distribution was made was not held by the company on behalf of its shareholders at any time during the period:

  (i)   starting at the beginning of the income year of the company in which the distribution is made; and

  (ii)   ending when the distribution is made.


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