CHAPTER 3
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SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES
PART 3-5
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CORPORATE TAXPAYERS AND CORPORATE DISTRIBUTIONS
Division 165
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Income tax consequences of changing ownership or control of a company
Subdivision 165-D
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Tests for finding out whether the company has maintained the same owners
Rules affecting the operation of the tests
SECTION 165-202
Shares held by government entities and charities etc.
165-202(1)
For the purposes of a test,
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shares that are beneficially owned by each of the following entities are taken to be beneficially owned instead by a person (who is not a company):
(a)
the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory;
(b)
a municipal corporation;
(c)
a
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local governing body;
(d)
the government of a foreign country, or of part of a foreign country;
(e)
a company, established under a law, in which no person has a
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membership interest;
(f)
a
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non-profit company;
(g)
a charity that is not a trust;
(h)
a
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complying superannuation fund;
(i)
a superannuation fund that is established in a foreign country and is regulated under a
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foreign law;
(j)
a
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complying approved deposit fund;
(k)
a
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special company;
(l)
a
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managed investment scheme.
History
S 165-202(1) amended by No 15 of 2017, s 3 and Sch 4 item 58, by substituting
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local governing body
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for
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local governing body
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in para (c), effective 1 April 2017.
S 165-202(1) amended by No 130 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 4 item 56, by inserting para (h), (i), (j), (k) and (l), applicable in relation to:
(a) deducting a tax loss in the 2011-12 income year or a later income year; or
(b) applying a net capital loss in the 2011-12 income year or a later income year; or
(c) a deduction in respect of a bad debt claimed in the 2011-12 income year or a later income year; or
(d) determining whether any changeover time or alteration time occurred during the 2011-12 income year or a later income year.
No 130 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 4 item 58, contains the following transitional provision:
58 Transitional
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FHSA trusts
58(1)
An FHSA trust (within the meaning of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
on 1 January 2015) is taken to be one of the kinds of entities listed in the paragraphs of subsection
165-202(1)
of that Act.
58(2)
Subitem (1) applies in relation to:
(a)
deducting a tax loss in an applicable income year; or
(b)
applying a net capital loss in an applicable income year; or
(c)
a deduction in respect of a bad debt claimed in an applicable income year; or
(d)
determining whether any changeover time or alteration time occurred during an applicable income year.
58(3)
In this item:
applicable income year
means the 2011-12 income year, the 2012-13 income year, the 2013-14 income year or the 2014-15 income year.
S 165-202(1) amended by No 169 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 item 187, by substituting para (g), effective 3 December 2012. Para (g) formerly read:
(g)
a charitable institution, a charitable fund or any other kind of charitable body (other than such an institution, fund or body that is a trust).
165-202(2)
For the purposes of a test,
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shares that are beneficially owned through a charity that is a trust are taken to be beneficially owned instead by a person (who is neither a company nor a trustee).
History
S 165-202(2) amended by No 169 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 item 188, by substituting
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charity
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for
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charitable institution, a charitable fund, or any other kind of charitable body,
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, effective 3 December 2012.
S 165-202 inserted by No 147 of 2005 , s 3 and Sch 1 item 71, effective 14 December 2005. For application provision, see note under Div
166
heading.