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What is an investment body?

Investment bodies are required to report to us on their investors' TFNs/ABNs and investment income.

Last updated 4 September 2016

Investment bodies are required to report to us on their investors' investment income.

Investment bodies include:

  • approved deposit taking institutions
  • financial institutions, including: 
    • banks
    • credit unions
    • building societies
     
  • public companies (including cooperative companies)
  • solicitors
  • government bodies
  • bodies corporate
  • trustee companies
  • betting investment bodies
  • unit trusts, including:
    • cash management trusts
    • pooled superannuation trusts
    • mortgage trusts
    • property trusts
    • share trusts
    • equity trusts
    • growth trusts
    • imputation trusts
    • balanced trusts
    • money market trusts
    • equities trusts
    • managed investment schemes
    • managed funds
    • bond funds
    • growth funds
    • income funds
    • share funds.
     

The following are not unit trusts:

  • testamentary trusts
  • discretionary trusts
  • service trusts
  • family trusts.

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If you make investments with an investment body on behalf of another investor or group of investors you may be acting in the role of an interposed entity. Interposed entities don't need to provide an Annual investment income report to the ATO if certain conditions are met.

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