Under section 108 of the Act, the Tax Office may treat as a dividend:
- an amount paid by a private company to a shareholder - or a shareholder's associate - by way of an advance or loan, or
- an amount paid or credited on behalf of, or for the individual benefit of, a shareholder or a shareholder's associate.
To deem these payments to be dividends, the Tax Office must be of the opinion that the payments and credits represent a distribution of profits.
Section 108 will not apply to an amount paid or credited after 2 June 1990 by an unlisted country CFC if that amount is deemed, under section 47A, to be a dividend.