(1) An assessment is a
determination —
(a) of
the amount of tax payable under a taxation Act or of a portion of such an
amount; or
(b) that
no tax is payable; or
(c) that
a person is liable to pay tax or is exempt from liability to pay tax; or
(d) that
an instrument, event or transaction is liable to tax or is exempt from tax.
(2) An assessment may
be made in relation to any one or more, or all, of the components of the tax
payable by a taxpayer.
(3) The receipt by the
Commissioner of an amount as payment of tax does not constitute an assessment
of tax liability.
[Section 13 amended: No. 10 of 2013 s. 11.]