Taxation Administration Act 1953

SCHEDULE 1 - COLLECTION AND RECOVERY OF INCOME TAX AND OTHER LIABILITIES  

Note: See section 3AA .

Chapter 5 - Administration  

PART 5-30 - PAYMENT, ABN AND IDENTIFICATION VERIFICATION SYSTEM  

Division 415 - Verification of suppliers ' ABNs by purchasers  

SECTION 415-20   VERIFICATION APPLIES TO LATER PAYMENTS  

415-20(1)  
Verification of a supplier ' s ABN applies to all later *Division 415 payments by the purchaser to the supplier unless there is a period of 2 years during which no *Division 415 payment is made by the purchaser to the supplier. If this occurs, the verification continues to apply to any purchases before 1 July first occurring after the end of the 2 year period.

415-20(2)  
However, verification of a supplier ' s *ABN does not apply to a *Division 415 payment if the purchaser has reasonable grounds to believe that the *ABN *quoted by the supplier is no longer the ABN entered in the *Australian Business Register with the name given by the supplier.