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Chapter 5: Foreign life assurance policies (FLPs)

Last updated 1 April 2020

This chapter explains the application of the foreign investment fund (FIF) measures to taxpayers that have an interest in an FLP. It explains:

  • what an FLP is
  • when a taxpayer is considered to have an interest in an FLP
  • the period where the interest in the FLP is taxable
  • what an FLP's notional accounting period is, and
  • the two methods of taxation that are used to determine FIF income in relation to an interest in an FLP.

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