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Foreign investment funds guide 2008-09

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What is a foreign investment fund (FIF)?

A FIF is any foreign company or foreign trust. [subsection 481(1)]

A foreign company is a company that is not resident in Australia, according to the definition of a ‘resident of Australia’ in subsection 6(1) of the ITAA 1936 and the residency provisions of any relevant double taxation agreement. [subsection 481(2)]

A trust estate is a foreign trust if it:

  • is not an Australian trust, an Australian superannuation fund, a complying approved deposit fund or a pooled superannuation trust, and
  • did not result from
    • a will, a codicil or a court order that varied or modified a will or a codicil, or
    • intestacy or a court order that varied or modified the application of the law relating to the distribution of the estates of persons who die without leaving a will. [subsection 481(3)]

Sections within Chapter 2: Key concepts of the FIF measures

Last Modified: Monday, 7 September 2009

Table of contents
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Foreign investment funds guide 2009
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Key concepts of the FIF measures
Chapter 3: Exemptions
Chapter 4: Methods of FIF taxation
Calculation method using the CFC rules
Chapter 5: Foreign life assurance policies
Chapter 6: Avoiding double taxation
Chapter 7: Record keeping
Chapter 8: Taxation of non-resident trusts
Chapter 9: Consolidation (consolidated income tax treatment for groups of entities)
Appendices
Worksheets
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