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Guide to foreign income tax offset rules 2010-11

 
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Transitional rules

Any excess amount of foreign tax that cannot be recouped as an offset in an income year cannot be carried forward (unlike the previous system of foreign tax credits). However, transitional rules enable a taxpayer with pre-existing excess foreign tax credits to use some of these amounts in certain circumstances.

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Last Modified: Friday, 4 May 2012
 
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