If an Australian company pays or credits you a dividend or a non-share dividend, the company should also send you a statement advising:
- the amount of the dividend that is unfranked
- the amount of the dividend that is franked
- the amount of franking credit, and
- the amount of tax file number (TFN) withholding tax withheld if you have not quoted your TFN to the company.
On 15 February 2006, an Australian resident company, Coals Tyer Ltd, paid John Citizen, a resident individual, a fully franked dividend of $700 and an unfranked dividend of $200. John received the dividend statement from Coals Tyer Ltd.
End of exampleWe will follow the Coals Tyer example through the next few sections of this guide to see what John needs to do with the information.
Example
John's assessable income for 2005-06 in respect of the dividend is:
Unfranked dividend received |
$200 |
Amount of franked dividend received |
$700 |
Franking credit |
$300 |
Total assessable dividend income |
$1,200 |
If these were the only dividends John was paid or credited with for the income year, he can transfer these amounts directly to item 11 on his 2006 tax return.
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