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  • Tax Laws Amendment (Tax Incentives for Innovation) Act 2016 (54 of 2016)

  • Front Matter
  • 1 Short title
  • 2 Commencement
  • 3 Schedules
  • Schedule 1 Tax incentives for early stage investors
  • Part 1 Main amendments
  • Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
  • 1 After Division 355
  • Part 2 Other amendments
  • Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
  • 2 Subsection 177A(1)
  • 3 After paragraph 177C(1)(bb)
  • 4 After paragraph 177C(1)(f)
  • 5 At the end of subsection 177C(2)
  • 6 Subsection 177C(3)
  • 7 After paragraph 177C(3)(ca)
  • 8 After paragraph 177C(3)(g)
  • 9 After paragraph 177CB(1)(d)
  • 10 After paragraph 177F(1)(d)
  • 11 After paragraph 177F(3)(d)
  • Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
  • 12 Section 13-1 (before table item headed "inter-corporate dividends")
  • 13 Subsection 63-10(1) (before table item 35)
  • 14 Section 112-97 (at the end of the table)
  • Taxation Administration Act 1953
  • 15 Section 45-340 in Schedule 1 (method statement, step 1, after paragraph (g))
  • 16 Section 45-375 in Schedule 1 (method statement, step 1, after paragraph (f))
  • 17 Section 396-55 in Schedule 1 (at the end of the table)
  • 18 Paragraph 396-60(1)(a) in Schedule 1
  • Part 3 Application of amendments
  • 19 Application of amendments
  • Schedule 2 Venture capital investment
  • Part 1 Tax offset for ESVCLP investments
  • Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
  • 1 Section 13-1 (after table item headed "dividends")
  • 2 At the end of Division 61
  • 3 Subsection 63-10(1) (after table item 30)
  • 4 Application of amendments
  • 5 Contributions made to ESVCLPs in previous income years
  • Part 2 ESVCLP fund size cap
  • Venture Capital Act 2002
  • 6 Subparagraph 9-3(1)(d)(ii)
  • 7 Application of amendment
  • Part 3 Removing the ESVCLP divestiture registration requirement
  • Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
  • 8 After subsection 51-54(1)
  • 9 Subparagraph 118-407(1)(d)(iv)
  • 10 Subsection 118-407(1) (note)
  • 11 At the end of subsection 118-407(1)
  • 12 Subsection 118-407(5)
  • 13 After section 118-407
  • 14 Subsection 995-1(1) (definition of divestiture registration requirement)
  • Venture Capital Act 2002
  • 15 Paragraph 9-3(1)(i)
  • 16 Subsections 9-3(3) and (6)
  • 17 Section 17-3
  • 18 Paragraph 17-5(1)(ab)
  • 19 Section 17-15
  • 20 Application of amendments
  • Part 4 CGT exemption for fixed and unit trust beneficiaries of partners in ESVCLPs
  • Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
  • 21 After paragraph 104-71(3)(a)
  • 22 At the end of subsection 104-71(3)
  • 23 Application of amendments
  • Part 5 Requirements for entities in which VCLPs, ESVCLPs and AFOFs invest
  • Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
  • 24 Paragraphs 118-425(3)(a) to (c)
  • 25 Subsection 118-425(3) (note 3)
  • 26 Subsection 118-425(4)
  • 27 Subsection 118-425(11)
  • 28 After subsection 118-425(14)
  • 29 Subsection 118-425(16)
  • 30 Paragraphs 118-427(4)(a) to (c)
  • 31 At the end of subsection 118-427(4)
  • 32 Subsection 118-427(5)
  • 33 After subsection 118-427(15)
  • 34 Subsection 118-435(1)
  • Venture Capital Act 2002
  • 35 Paragraph 15-1(ga)
  • 36 Paragraph 15-1(gb)
  • 37 Paragraphs 15-10(c) and (d)
  • 38 Paragraph 15-10(e)
  • 39 Paragraphs 21-20(1)(g) to (i)
  • 40 Paragraph 21-20(1)(j)
  • 41 Section 25-15 (heading)
  • 42 Subsections 25-15(1) and (1A)
  • 43 After paragraph 29-1(i)
  • 44 Application of amendments
  • 45 Pending applications under section 25-15 of the Venture Capital Act 2002
  • Part 6 Foreign venture capital funds of funds
  • Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
  • 46 After paragraph 118-420(1)(b)
  • 47 After subsection 118-420(5)
  • 48 Before paragraph 842-230(1)(a)
  • 49 Subsection 842-230(2)
  • 50 Paragraph 842-235(6)(a)
  • 51 Subsection 995-1(1)
  • Venture Capital Act 2002
  • 52 At the end of subsection 9-3(5)
  • 53 Application of amendments
  • Part 7 Rulings that activities are not ineligible activities
  • Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
  • 54 At the end of subsections 118-425(13) and 118-427(14)
  • 55 Subsection 995-1(1) (definition of private ruling)
  • 56 Subsection 995-1(1) (definition of public ruling)
  • Taxation Administration Act 1953
  • 57 Section 357-1 in Schedule 1
  • 58 At the end of section 357-1 in Schedule 1
  • 59 At the end of section 357-5 in Schedule 1
  • 60 At the end of section 357-50 in Schedule 1
  • 61 At the end of Part 5-5 in Schedule 1
  • Venture Capital Act 2002
  • 62 At the end of section 29-1
  • 63 Application of amendments
  • Part 8 Auditing requirements
  • Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
  • 64 Subsection 118-425(5)
  • 65 After subsection 118-425(10)
  • 66 Subsection 118-427(6)
  • 67 Subsection 118-427(11)
  • 68 At the end of section 118-428
  • 69 After subsection 118-440(2)
  • 70 At the end of Subdivision 118-F
  • 71 Subsection 995-1(1)
  • 72 Application of amendments
  • Part 9 Managed investment trusts
  • Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
  • 73 After subsection 275-10(4)
  • 74 After subsection 275-100(1)
  • Taxation Administration Act 1953
  • 75 After subsection 12-400(2) in Schedule 1
  • 76 Application of amendments
  • Part 10 Conditional registration
  • Venture Capital Act 2002
  • 77 Paragraph 13-5(1)(b)
  • 78 Paragraph 13-5(1)(c)
  • 79 Paragraph 13-5(1A)(b)
  • 80 Paragraph 13-5(1A)(c)
  • 81 Paragraph 13-5(2)(b)
  • 82 Paragraph 13-5(2)(c)

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