Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 1999 (11 of 1999)

Schedule 1   Running balance accounts, general interest charge and related matters

Part 1   Amendments

Superannuation Contributions Tax (Members of Constitutionally Protected Superannuation Funds) Assessment and Collection Act 1997

332   Subsections 21(1) to (4)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

Liability to pay general interest charge

(1) If an amount of surcharge that a person is liable to pay remains unpaid after the time by which it is due to be paid, the person is liable to pay the general interest charge on the unpaid amount.

Note: The general interest charge is worked out under Division 1 of Part IIA of theTaxation Administration Act 1953.

General interest charge period

(2) The person is liable to pay the general interest charge on the unpaid amount for each day in the period that:

(a) started at the beginning of the day by which the surcharge was due to be paid; and

(b) finishes at the end of the last day on which, at the end of the day, any of the following remains unpaid:

(i) the surcharge;

(ii) general interest charge on any of the surcharge.