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Part 2 - Taxation of branch profits

Last updated 4 December 2006

Foreign branch income of a resident company that is not assessable

Which resident companies qualify?

Two broad groups qualify to have certain branch profits treated as non-assessable non-exempt income. These are resident companies that either:

  • carry on business through a permanent establishment - for example, a branch, or
  • are partners of a partnership - or are presently entitled beneficiaries of a trust - and that partnership or trust carries on business through a permanent establishment.

Non-assessable non-exempt income treatment does not apply to resident taxpayers, other than companies, with foreign permanent establishments.

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