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Foreign investment funds guide 2008-09

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What is a foreign life assurance policy (FLP)?

A FLP is a life assurance policy issued by an entity that was not a resident of Australia at any time in the income year.

The FIF measures apply only to certain life policies, and do not include:

  • a policy issued in Australia, provided that the entity that issued the policy was authorised under the Life Insurance Act 1995 to carry on life insurance business in Australia when it issued the policy
     
  • policies that provide for payment of benefits only on death, or on death or permanent disability, and for which the premiums or premium instalments are calculated solely by reference to the period for which the life concerned is expected to continue, or within which the life concerned is expected to terminate
     
  • policies issued before 1 July 1992 that cannot, after that date, be cancelled, surrendered or redeemed, and for which the terms have not been materially altered
     
  • a contract of reinsurance of pure life cover between a resident insurer and a non-resident reinsurer. [section 482]

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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