1 Application
The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to an income year that begins on or after 1 July 2001.
Part 2Exemption of certain special purpose entities
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
2 After section 820-37Insert:
820-39 Exemption of certain special purpose entities
(a) the entity is one established for the purposes of managing some or all of
the economic risk associated with assets, liabilities or investments (whether
the entity assumes the risk from another entity or creates the risk itself);
and
(b) the total value of * debt interests in the entity is at least 50% of
the total value of the entity's assets; and
(c) the entity is an insolvency-remote special purpose entity according to
criteria of an internationally recognised rating agency that are
applicable to the entity's circumstances.
* in a resident TC group (see section 820-552); or
* a member of a consolidated group or MEC group (see section 820-584).
Multi-tier special purpose entities
(a) each of the entities had been a division or part of the same entity (the
notional entity ), rather than a separate entity, throughout that period; and
(b) the notional entity had consisted only of those divisions and parts
throughout that period;
the notional entity would meet the conditions in subsection (3) throughout that period.
3 After subsection 820-550Insert:
820-552 Treatment of exempt special purpose entities
Insert:
820-584 Exempt special purpose entities treated as not being member of group
Add:
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
6 After Subdivision 820-EInsert:
Table of sections
820-430 When choice can be made, and what effect it has
820-435 Conditions
820-440 Revocation of choice
820-445 How this Subdivision
interacts with Subdivisions 820-F, 820-FA and 820-FB
Choice by financial entity to be treated as an ADI | ||
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Column 1 | Column 2 | |
Item | For a period that the choice covers, and for which the entity would, apart from this Subdivision, have been: | The entity is treated as if it had instead been: |
1 | an * outward investor (financial) | an * outward investing entity (ADI) |
2 | an * inward investor (financial) | an * inward investing entity (ADI) |
3 | an * inward investment vehicle (financial) | an * outward investing entity (ADI) |
(a) has effect
accordingly, except as provided in subsection (4); and
(b) ceases to have effect only as provided in this Subdivision; and
(c) covers each period:
(i) that started on or after a day specified in the choice (or on the day
the choice is made if no day is specified); and
(ii) that is all or part of an income year.
Conditions for making the choice
(a) subsection 820-435(1); or
(b) subsections 820-435(2) and (3).
Also, the entity must not have made a previous choice under this section that has ceased to have effect.
Conditions are retested every 3 years
(a) satisfies subsection 820-435(1) for that income year; or
(b) satisfies subsections 820-435(2) and (3) for that income year.
(a) a period throughout which the entity is a * financial entity because of
paragraph (d) of the definition of financial entity in subsection
995-1(1) (which covers licensed (or exempt) dealers in derivatives);
(b) a period throughout which:
(i) the entity is the * head company of a * consolidated group or * MEC
group; and
(ii) at least one * member of the group is a financial entity because of
that paragraph.
where:
"total assets" means the average value, for that income year, of all the entity's assets.
"UG on derivatives" means the average value, for that income year, of the entity's assets consisting of unrealised gains on trading derivatives within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 .
"UL on derivatives" means the lesser of:
(a) the average value, for that income year, of the entity's liabilities
consisting of unrealised losses on trading derivatives within the meaning of
the Corporations Act 2001 ; and
(b) the average value, for that income year, of the entity's assets
consisting of unrealised gains on trading derivatives within the
meaning of that Act.
On-lent amount increased for financial entity whose assets include precious metals
(a) a period throughout which the entity is a * financial entity;
(b) a period throughout which:
(i) the entity is the * head company of a * consolidated group or * MEC
group; and
(ii) at least one * member of the group is a financial entity.
Subdivision 820-F
(a) the group had been a company throughout the income year; and
(b) each entity in the group had been a division or part of that company,
rather than a separate entity, at all times during the income year
when the entity was in the group.
Subdivision 820-FA
Subdivision 820-FB
Add:
Add:
Add:
Add:
* allows an outward investor (financial) to be treated as an outward investing
entity (ADI) in certain cases; and
* allows an inward investment vehicle (financial) to be treated as an outward
investing entity (ADI) in certain cases.
Add:
Insert:
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
13 At the end of subsection 820-680(2)Add:
Insert:
Revaluation reflected in statutory financial statements for the same period
(a) the revaluation is for the purpose of the entity calculating the value of
its assets for the purposes of this Division as applying to the entity for a
particular period; and
(b) the entity is required by an Australian law to prepare financial
statements for a period that is or includes all or part of that
period; and
(c) those financial statements reflect the revaluation.
External validation of a revaluation made internally
(a) apart from this subsection, paragraph (2)(b) would prevent the
internal expert from making the revaluation, but only because, in making it,
he or she would be:
(i) performing duties as an employee of the entity; or
(ii) providing services under an * arrangement with the entity that is
substantially similar to a contract of employment; and
(b) another person (the external expert ):
(i) is not prevented by subsection (2) from making the revaluation;
and
(ii) has reviewed the methodology for making it (including the validity of
any assumptions to be made, and the accuracy and reliability of the
data and other information to be used); and
(iii) has agreed that that methodology is suitable for making it; and
(c) the internal expert makes the revaluation in accordance with that
methodology.
Revaluation of individual assets
When further revaluation of assets required
(a) the entity revalues one or more assets (whether constituting a class of
assets or not) for the purpose of calculating the value of its assets for the
purposes of this Division as applying to the entity for a particular period
(the first period ); and
(b) the revaluation is not required by the * accounting standards; and
(c) if the revaluation had been required by the accounting standards, the
entity could have relied on it in preparing financial statements that
the entity is required by an Australian law to prepare for a period
(the later period ) that ends after the first period;
the entity may also rely on the revaluation in calculating the value of its assets for the purposes of this Division as applying to the entity for a period that is or includes all or part of the later period.
Accounting standards need not otherwise apply to the entity
15 After section 820-980Insert:
(a) the methodology used in making the revaluation (including any assumptions
made); and
(b) how that methodology was applied (including the data and other
information used); and
(c) who made the revaluation; and
(d) that person's qualifications and experience as an expert in valuing
assets of the relevant kind; and
(e) the remuneration and expenses paid to that person.
(a) who was the external expert referred to in that subsection; and
(b) his or her qualifications and experience as an expert in valuing
assets of the relevant kind; and
(c) the remuneration and expenses paid to him or her; and
(d) his or her review of the methodology for making the revaluation (as
required by subparagraph 820-680(2B)(b)(ii)); and
(e) his or her agreement that the methodology is suitable for making it
(as required by subparagraph 820-680(2B)(b)(iii)).
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
16 Subsection 262A(2AA)Omit "or 820-980", substitute ", 820-980 or 820-985".
17 At the end of subsection 262A(3)Add:
; and (e) for records required to be kept under section 820-985 of that Actcomply with subsections (2) and (3) of that section.
Part 5Arrangements for borrowing securities
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
18 Subsection 820-85(3) (step 4 of the method statement)Repeal the step, substitute:
Step 4. If the entity is a * financial entity throughout the relevant year, add to the result of step 3 the average value, for the relevant year, of the entity's * borrowed securities amount.
19 Subsection 820-120(2) (step 4 of the method statement)Repeal the step, substitute:
Step 4. If the entity is a * financial entity throughout that period, add to the result of step 3 the average value, for that period, of the entity's * borrowed securities amount.
20 Subsection 820-185(3) (step 3 of the method statement)Repeal the step, substitute:
Step 3. If the entity is a * financial entity throughout the relevant year, add to the result of step 2 the average value, for the relevant year, of the entity's * borrowed securities amount.
21 Subsection 820-225(2) (step 3 of the method statement)Repeal the step, substitute:
Step 3. If the entity is a * financial entity throughout that period, add to the result of step 2 the average value, for that period, of the entity's * borrowed securities amount.
22 Subsection 820-942(1) (step 1 of the method statement)Repeal the step, substitute:
Step 1. Work out the total value, as at that particular time, of all the assets of the entity that represent * debt interests that:
(a) are of a kind commonly dealt in by entities that carry on
a * business of dealing in securities; and
(b) the entity has sold under a reciprocal purchase agreement (otherwise
known as a repurchase agreement), sell-buyback arrangement or
securities loan arrangement; and
(c) the entity has not yet repurchased under the agreement or arrangement.
Insert:
Step 3A. Add to the result of step 3 the total value, as at that time, of all the assets of the entity, to the extent that they:
(a) consist
of rights to the return of assets covered by subsection (2A); and
(b) are covered by none of steps 1, 2 and 3.
Omit "step 3", substitute "step 3A".
25 After subsection 820-942(1)Insert:
(a) the entity provided as security for the performance of its obligations in
relation to securities it acquired under a reciprocal purchase agreement
(otherwise known as a repurchase agreement), sell-buyback arrangement or
securities loan arrangement; and
(b) does not consist of * shares.
Insert:
(a) the value of the liability at that time is worked out by reference to the
value at that time of securities that the entity has short sold;
(b) as at that time, the entity has settled the sale using securities it
acquired under one or more of these * arrangements:
(i) a reciprocal purchase agreement (otherwise known as a repurchase
agreement);
(ii) a sell-buyback arrangement;
(iii) a securities loan arrangement.
Add:
; or (e) a liability of the entity, to the extent that it meets the conditions for being taken into account in working out the * borrowed securities amount of the entity as at that time.
28 Subsection 995-1(1) (at the end of the definition of on-lent amount )Add:
; and (d) if the entity:
(i) carries on a * business of dealing in securities; and
(ii) does not carry on that business predominantly for the purposes of
dealing in securities with, or on behalf of, the entity's *
associates;
all * shares that:
(iii) the entity holds at that time; and
(iv) are listed at that time for quotation in the official list of an *
approved stock exchange; and
(v) are not shares in an * associate entity at that time of the entity.
Part 6Definition of financial entity
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
29 Subsection 995-1(1) (paragraph (c) of the definition of financial entity )Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(c) an entity that:
(i) is a financial services licensee within the meaning of the
Corporations Act 2001 whose licence covers dealings in at least one
of the financial products mentioned in paragraphs 764A(1)(a), (b) and
(j) of that Act; or
(ii) under paragraph 911A(2)(h) or (l) of the Corporations Act 2001 , is
exempt from the requirement to hold an Australian financial services
licence for dealings in at least one of those financial products;
and carries on a * business of dealing in securities, but not predominantly
for the purposes of dealing in securities with, or on behalf of, the entity's
* associates;
Note 1: Paragraphs 764A(1)(a), (b) and (j) of the
Corporations Act 2001 deal respectively with securities, managed investment
products and government debentures, stocks and bonds.
Note 2: Paragraph
911A(2)(h) of that Act exempts financial services provided to wholesale
clients in the course of a business that is regulated by an overseas
regulatory authority approved by the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission (ASIC).
Note 3: Paragraph 911A(2)(l) of that Act empowers ASIC to
exempt financial services.
(d) an entity that:
(i) is a financial services licensee within the meaning of the
Corporations Act 2001 whose licence covers dealings in derivatives
within the meaning of that Act; or
(ii) under paragraph 911A(2)(h) or (l) of the Corporations Act 2001 , is
exempt from the requirement to hold an Australian financial services
licence for dealings in such derivatives;
and carries on a business of dealing in such derivatives, but not
predominantly for the purposes of dealing in such derivatives with, or on
behalf of, the entity's associates.
Part 7Cost-free debt capital
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
30 Paragraph 820-946(1)(c)Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(c) neither section 820-35 ($250,000
debt deductions threshold) nor section 820-37 (exemption for entity with
90% Australian assets) prevents Subdivision 820-B, 820-C, 820-D or 820-E
from disallowing any * debt deduction of the entity for the income year;
(da) for some or all of that period, the entity does not meet the
conditions in subsection 820-39(3) (about exemption of certain special
purpose entities);
Add:
However, if the total period for which the interest remains on issue is 180 days or more, this subsection is taken not to have covered the interest at that time.
Part 8Associate entity debt
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
32 Subsection 820-910(2)Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(a) either:
(i) the associate entity is an * outward investing entity (non-ADI), an *
inward investment vehicle (general), or an * inward investment vehicle
(financial), for the relevant period; or
(ii) the associate entity is an * inward investor (general) or an * inward
investor (financial) for the relevant period, and the condition in
subsection (2A) of this section is satisfied; and
(b) neither section 820-35 ($250,000 debt deductions threshold) nor
section 820-37 (exemption for entity with 90% Australian assets)
prevents Subdivision 820-B, 820-C, 820-D or 820-E from
disallowing any * debt deduction of the relevant associate entity for
the income year; and
(c) for some or all of the relevant period, the relevant associate entity
does not meet the conditions in subsection 820-39(3) (about exemption
of certain special purpose entities); and
(d) the relevant associate entity is not an * exempt entity for the income
year.
(a) a period throughout which the * associate entity carries on its * business
in Australia at or through one or more of its * Australian permanent
establishments;
(b) a period throughout which the associate entity holds any of the
following assets:
(i) assets that are attributable to the associate entity's Australian
permanent establishments;
(ii) other assets that are held for the purposes of producing the associate
entity's assessable income.
Part 9Debt deductions for borrowing expenses
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
33 Paragraph 820-40(1)(c)Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(c) the cost is not incurred before 1 July 2001 if the entity can deduct it under section 25-25 of this Act or section 67 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 .
Note: The sections referred to in paragraph (c) spread deductions for borrowing expenses over up to 5 years in most cases.
Part 10Foreign controlled Australian partnerships
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
34 Paragraph 820-795(2)(a)Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(a) at least one of the partners is an * Australian entity; and
Part 11Arm's length debt amount
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
35 Paragraph 820-105(2)(d)Omit "paragraph (e)", substitute "paragraphs (e), (f) and (g)".
36 At the end of subsection 820-105(2)Add:
; (f) the entity's only activities during that year were the Australian
business;
(g) the entity's only assets and liabilities during that year were those
referred to in paragraph (c) of this subsection.
However, the assumptions set out in paragraphs (f) and (g) of this subsection are not to be made in taking into account the relevant factors mentioned in subsection (3).
37 Paragraph 820-215(2)(d)Omit "paragraph (e)", substitute "paragraphs (e), (f) and (g)".
38 At the end of subsection 820-215(2)Add:
; (f) the entity's only activities during that year were the Australian
business;
(g) the entity's only assets and liabilities during that year were those
referred to in paragraph (c) of this subsection.
However, the assumptions set out in paragraphs (f) and (g) of this subsection are not to be made in taking into account the relevant factors mentioned in subsection (3).
Part 12Maximum allowable debt
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
39 Paragraph 820-90(1)(c)Before "the", insert "unless the entity has * worldwide equity of a negative amount".
Part 13Non-debt liabilities
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
40 Subsection 995-1(1) (paragraph (c) of the definition of non-debt liabilities )Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(c) if the entity is a * corporate tax
entitya provision for a * distribution of profit; or
(ca) if paragraph (c) does not applya provision for a
distribution to the entity's * members; or