Taxation Administration Act 1953
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Chapter 2 - Collection, recovery and administration of income taxNote: A Commissioner ' s Remedial Power modification is relevant to this part of the tax law.
Taxation Administration (Remedial Power - Seasonal Labour Mobility Program) Determination 2020 (F2020L01474) modifies the operation of s 840-905(b)(ii) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA 1997) and s 12-319A(b)(ii) of Sch 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (TAA 1953) to include foreign resident employees of Approved Employers under the Seasonal Labour Mobility Program ( " employees under the Program " ) who previously held a Temporary Work (International Relations) Visa (subclass 403) and have extended their stay in Australia using a different temporary visa (including a bridging visa) granted under the Migration Act 1958 .
The operation of the relevant provisions is modified as follows:
For the purposes of s 370-5 in Sch 1 to TAA 1953, s 840-905(b)(ii) of ITAA 1997 operates with the following modification:
For the purposes of s 370-5 in Sch 1 to TAA 1953, s 12-319A(b)(ii) of Sch 1 to TAA 1953 operates with the following modification:
The modification applies to salary, wages, commissions, bonuses or allowances paid on and after 24 March 2020. The modification ensures that employees under the Program continue to be taxed by application of a final withholding tax rate of 15%. It also ensures that this income is otherwise treated as non-assessable non-exempt income. As is currently the case for those holding a Temporary Work (International Relations) Visa (subclass 403), these employees under the Program will not have to lodge an income tax return unless they earn other Australian sourced income.
An entity must treat a modification as not applying to it or any other entity if the modification would produce a less favourable result for it. The Commissioner is empowered by s 370-5 of Sch 1 to TAA 1953 to make modifications, by legislative instrument, to ensure the law is administered to achieve its intended purpose or object.
An entity must withhold an amount from a payment it makes to an individual if:
(a) the payment is made under an *arrangement the performance of which, in whole or in part, involves the performance of work or services (whether or not by the individual); and
(b) no other provision of this Division requires the entity to withhold an amount from the payment; and
(c) the entity and the individual are parties to an agreement (the voluntary agreement ) that is in the *approved form and states that this section covers payments under the arrangement mentioned in paragraph (a), or under a series of such arrangements that includes that arrangement; and
(d) the individual has an *ABN that is in force and is *quoted in that agreement.
For exceptions, see section 12-1 .
12-55(2)Each party must keep a copy of the voluntary agreement from when it is made until 5 years after the making of the last payment covered by the agreement.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
Note:
See section 4AA of the Crimes Act 1914 for the current value of a penalty unit.
12-55(2A)An offence under subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note:
For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
A party to the voluntary agreement may terminate it at any time by notifying the other party in writing.
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