Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
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Hide history noteNote: 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.
* Seasonal Labour Mobility Program withholding tax is due and payable by you at the end of 21 days after the end of the income year in which you * derived the income to which the tax relates. 840-910(2)
If any of the * Seasonal Labour Mobility Program withholding tax that you are liable to pay remains unpaid after the time by which it is due to be paid, you are liable to pay the * general interest charge on the unpaid amount for each day in the period that:
(a) starts at the beginning of the day by which the withholding tax was due to be paid; and
(b) ends at the end of the last day on which, at the end of the day, any of the following remains unpaid:
(i) the withholding tax;
(ii) general interest charge on any of the withholding tax.
Note:
The general interest charge is worked out under Part IIA of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 .
840-910(3)The Commissioner may give you a notice specifying:
(a) the amount of any * Seasonal Labour Mobility Program withholding tax that the Commissioner has ascertained is payable by you; and
(b) the day on which that tax became due and payable. 840-910(4)
The ascertainment of an amount of * Seasonal Labour Mobility Program withholding tax is not an assessment for the purposes of this Act. 840-910(5)
The production of a notice given under subsection (3), or of a copy of it certified by or on behalf of the Commissioner, is, except in proceedings under Part IVC of this Act on a review or appeal relating to the notice, conclusive evidence that the notice was given and of the particulars in it. 840-910(6)
You may object, in the manner set out in Part IVC of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 , against a notice given to you under subsection (3) of this section, if you are dissatisfied with the notice.
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