(1) While recognising that an entity may anticipate * venture capital credits when * franking * distributions, the object of this section is to prevent those credits from being anticipated indefinitely by requiring the entity to reconcile its * venture capital sub - account at certain times and levying tax if the account is in * deficit.
(2) An entity is liable to pay * venture capital deficit tax imposed by the New Business Tax System (Venture Capital Deficit Tax) Act 2003 if its * venture capital sub - account is in * deficit at the end of an income year.
(3) An entity is liable to pay * venture capital deficit tax imposed by the New Business Tax System (Venture Capital Deficit Tax) Act 2003 if:
(a) it ceases to be a * PDF; and
(b) immediately before it ceases to be a PDF, its * venture capital sub - account is in * deficit.