Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 5) Act 2011 (62 of 2011)

Schedule 2   Interim changes to the taxation of trust income

Part 1   Main amendments

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

13   Subsection 115-230(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

Purpose

(1) The purpose of this section is to allow a trustee of a resident trust to make a choice that has the effect that the trustee will be assessed on a *capital gain of the trust if no trust property representing the capital gain has been paid to or applied for the benefit of a beneficiary of the trust.