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BOOSTING CASH FLOW FOR EMPLOYERS (CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC RESPONSE PACKAGE) ACT 2020 - SECT 6

Entitlement to cash flow boost--second boosts

  ( 1 )   An entity is entitled to a payment (also known as a cash flow boost ) for a period covered by subsection   ( 2 ) if:

  (a)   the period covered by subsection   ( 2 ) applies to the entity under subsection   ( 3 ); and

  (b)   the entity is entitled to one or more cash flow boosts for periods covered by subsection   5 (2); and

  (c)   the entity notifies the Commissioner, in the approved form lodged with the Commissioner, in respect of the entitlement; and

  (d)   either:

  ( i )   the entity is an ACNC - registered charity at any time in the period; or

  ( ii )   the entity had an ABN on 12   March 2020 (or a later time allowed by the Commissioner) , and the requirement in subsection   ( 5) or (6) is satisfied; and

  (e)   neither the entity nor any associate or agent of the entity has entered into or carried out a scheme or part of a scheme for the sole or dominant purpose of achieving any of the following:

  (i)   making the entity entitled to the cash flow boost for the period;

  (ii)   increasing the amount of the cash flow boost to which the entity is entitled (disregarding this paragraph) for the period .

  ( 2 )   The following periods are covered by this subsection:

  (a)   the months of June 2020, July 2020, August 2020 and September 2020;

  (b)   the quarters ending on 30   June 2020 and 30   September 2020 .

Note:   An entity may be entitled to a cash flow boost under subsection   ( 1) for the month of June 2020 or the quarter ending on 30   June 2020, and also be entitled to a cash flow boost under subsection   5 (1) for the same month or quarter .

  ( 3 )   A period applies to an entity if:

  (a)   for a period that is a month--the entity is a large withholder or a medium withholder for the month; or

  (b)   for a period that is a quarter:

  (i)   the entity is a small withholder for a month that starts in the quarter; or

  (ii)   the entity is not a large withholder, a medium withholder or a small withholder for a month that starts in the quarter .

  ( 4 )   For the purposes of subsection   ( 3 ):

  (a)   treat an entity that is a large withholder or a medium withholder for the first month in a quarter as being a large withholder or a medium withholder for each month in the quarter; and

  (b)   treat an entity that is a small withholder for the first month in a quarter as being a small withholder for each month in the quarter .

  (5)   For the purposes of paragraph   ( 1)(d), the requirement in this subsection is satisfied if:

  (a)   an amount was included in the entity's assessable income for the 2018 - 19 income year in relation to it carrying on a business; and

  (b)   the Commission er had notice on or before 12   March 2020 (or a later time allowed by the Commissioner) that the amount should be so included.

  (6)   For the purposes of paragraph   ( 1)(d), the requirement in this subsection is satisfied if:

  (a)   the entity made a taxable supply in a tax period that applied to it that:

  (i)   started on or after 1   July 2018; and

  (ii)   ended before 12   March 2020; and

  (b)   the Commission er had notice on or before 12   March 2020 (or a later time allowed by the Commissioner) that the entity had made the taxable supply.

  (7)   For the purposes of subsection   ( 6), in determining whether the entity made a supply (within the meaning of the A   New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 ) that is a taxable supply:

  (a)   assume that the entity is registered (within the meaning of that Act); and

  (b)   assume that the supply is neither GST - free (within the meaning of that Act) nor input taxed (within the meaning of that Act ); and

  (c)   for an entity carrying on business solely in the external Territories--assume that the external Territories are part of the indirect tax zone (within the meaning of that Act).



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