Taxation Administration Act 1953
Note: See section 3AA .
Chapter 2 - Collection, recovery and administration of income taxSECTION 45-140 CHOOSING TO PAY ANNUAL INSTALMENTS 45-140(1)
You may choose to pay instalments annually instead of quarterly if, at the end of the * starting instalment quarter, you satisfy the following conditions:
(a) you are neither registered, nor * required to be registered, under Part 2-5 of the * GST Act; and
(b) you are not a partner in a partnership that is registered, or required to be registered, under that Part; and
(c) your most recent * notional tax notified by the Commissioner is less than $ 8,000; and
(d) in the case of a company - the company is not a * participant in a * GST joint venture under Division 51 of that Act; and
(e) in the case of a company - the company is not part of an * instalment group.
Note:
You cannot choose to be an annual payer while you are the head company of a consolidated group to which Subdivision 45-Q applies: see section 45-720 .
45-140(1A)
You may also choose at a time (subject to subsection (2)) to pay instalments annually instead of quarterly if at that time either:
(a) an * annual tax period election of yours has effect and, if you are a partner in one or more partnerships that are registered under Part 2-5 of the * GST Act, an annual tax period election of each of those partnerships has effect; or
(b) all of the following subparagraphs apply:
(i) you are neither registered, nor * required to be registered, under Part 2-5 of the GST Act;
(ii) you are a partner in one or more partnerships that are registered under that Part;
(iii) an annual tax period election of each of those partnerships has effect;
and at the end of the * starting instalment quarter, you satisfy the following conditions:
(c) you are not a partner in a partnership that is required to be registered under Part 2-5 of the GST Act;
(d) your most recent * notional tax notified by the Commissioner is less than $ 8,000;
(e) in the case of a company - the company is not a * participant in a * GST joint venture under Division 51 of that Act;
(f) in the case of a company - the company is not part of an * instalment group.
Note:
You cannot choose to be an annual payer while you are the head company of a consolidated group to which Subdivision 45-Q applies: see section 45-720 .
45-140(2)
You must make the choice under subsection (1) or (1A) by notifying the Commissioner, in the * approved form, on or before the day on which that instalment would otherwise be due.
45-140(3)
You become an annual payer just before the end of the * starting instalment quarter if:
(a) you satisfy the conditions in subsection (1) or (1A); and
(b) you choose to pay instalment annually.
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