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INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 768.520

Market value method--choice made under subsection 768 - 515(1)

  (1)   The active foreign business asset percentage of the foreign company in relation to the holding company, at the time of the CGT event, is worked out under this section in this way.

Method statement

Step 1.   Work out the * market value at that time of all * assets included in the total assets of the foreign company at that time.

Step 2.   Work out the * market value (see subsection   (2)) at that time of all * active foreign business assets of the foreign company at that time.

Step 3.   Divide the result of step 2 by the result of step 1.

Step 4.   Express the result of step 3 as a percentage, and round that percentage to the nearest whole percentage point (rounding a number ending in .5 upwards).

Step 5.   The active foreign business asset percentage is:

  (a)   if the result of step 4 is less than 10%--zero; or

  (b)   if the result of step 4 is 10% or more, but less than 90%--that result; or

  (c)   if the result of step 4 is 90% or more--100%.

Note 1:   If the foreign company is a foreign life insurance company or a foreign general insurance company, the result of step 2 is modified under section   768 - 530.

Note 2:   If the foreign company is a member of a wholly - owned group, section   768 - 535   may modify the way in which this section operates.

  (2)   If, at the time of the CGT event:

  (a)   an * active foreign business asset of the foreign company is a * share in another company (the subsidiary company ); and

  (b)   the subsidiary company is a foreign resident;

then, in working out the * market value of all * active foreign business assets of the foreign company at that time for the purposes of step 2 of the method statement in subsection   (1), treat the * market value of the share at that time according to the following table.

 

Market value of a share in subsidiary company

Item

If:

treat the market value of the share as:

1

(a) the foreign company has a * direct voting percentage of 10% or more in the subsidiary company at that time; and

(b) the holding company has a * total voting percentage of 10% or more in the subsidiary company at that time

the * share's * market value at that time, multiplied by the * active foreign business asset percentage of the subsidiary company in relation to the holding company at that time

2

item   1 does not apply

zero

Note:   For the purposes of item   1 of the table, it is necessary to work out the active foreign business asset percentage of the subsidiary company before working out the active foreign business asset percentage of the foreign company.


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