Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 1993 (118 of 1993)
Part 4 AMENDMENT OF THE INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1936
Division 9 Amendments relating to dividend imputation
Subdivision B Amendments of the Principal Act
103 Penalty for over-franking
Section 160ARX of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by inserting "class A" before "franking deficit" (wherever occurring);
(b) by inserting "class A" before "franking credits";
(c) by inserting "class A" before "franked amount of";
(d) by inserting "class A" before "required franking amount";
(e) by adding at the end the following subsection:
"(2) If:
(a) the class B franking deficit of a company at the end of a franking year is more than 10% of the total of the class B franking credits arising during the franking year; and
(b) the class B franked amount of a dividend paid during the franking year to a shareholder in the company exceeded the class B required franking amount for that dividend;
the company is liable to pay, by way of penalty, additional tax equal to 30% of the class B franking deficit tax payable by the company for the franking year.".