Taxation Administration Act 1953

SCHEDULE 1 - COLLECTION AND RECOVERY OF INCOME TAX AND OTHER LIABILITIES  

Note: See section 3AA .

Chapter 2 - Collection, recovery and administration of income tax  

PART 2-5 - PAY AS YOU GO (PAYG) WITHHOLDING  

Division 16 - Payer ' s obligations and rights  

Subdivision 16-BA - To be registered  

Branch registration

SECTION 16-143   SEPARATE AMOUNTS FOR ENTITIES AND BRANCHES  

16-143(1)    
If an entity has a *PAYG withholding branch, this Part applies to the entity as if the amounts that it must pay to the Commissioner under this Part were separated into the following classes:


(a) for each such branch of the entity, a class of amounts that relate to the branch; and


(b) a class of amounts that do not relate to any of the entity ' s branches.

Note:

This section does not impose any legal obligations on the branches. The entity remains legally responsible under this Part for all amounts that relate to its branches.


16-143(2)    
Those amounts are worked out as if the branch were a separate entity and as if:


(a) all payments made through the branch, from which amounts are required to be withheld under Division 12 , were made by that separate entity; and


(aa) all *alienated personal services payments received through the branch, in respect of which Division 13 requires an amount to be paid to the Commissioner, were received by that separate entity; and


(b) all *non-cash benefits or *capital proceeds provided through the branch, in respect of which Division 14 requires an amount to be paid to the Commissioner, were provided by that separate entity.





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