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INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 820.930

Equity interest in a trust or partnership

Application of provisions

  (1)   For the purposes of this Division and Division   230, an equity interest in an entity that is a trust or partnership has the meaning given by the provisions in Division   974 that are applied with the following modifications:

 

Modifications of Division   974

Item

Provisions

Modifications

1

Subdivisions   974 - C and 974 - D

A reference in those provisions to a company is taken to be a reference to an entity that is a trust or a partnership

2

Subdivisions   974 - C and 974 - D

A reference in those provisions to the equity test in subsection   974 - 75(1) is taken to be a reference to the equity test in subsection   (2) of this section

3

Section   974 - 75

The section does not apply and subsections   (2) to (4) of this section apply instead

4

Section   974 - 80

The example does not apply

5

Section   974 - 95

A reference in those provisions to the table in subsection   974 - 75(1) is taken to be a reference to the table in subsection   (2) of this section

6

Subsection   974 - 95(4)

The subsection does not apply

7

Subdivision   974 - F

The Subdivision applies for the purposes of this section

8

Subdivisions   974 - C, 974 - D and 974 - F

A reference in those provisions to the regulations is taken to be a reference to the regulations made under the provisions applied by this subsection

Note:   An interest that satisfies both the equity test and the debt test set out in Subdivision   974 - B is treated as a debt interest and not an equity interest (see that Subdivision in conjunction with the provisions applied by subsection   (1)).

Equity tests

  (2)   A * scheme satisfies the equity test in this subsection in relation to an entity that is a trust or partnership if the scheme gives rise to an interest set out in the following table:

 

Equity interests

Item

Interest

1

In the case of a trust, an interest as a beneficiary of the trust

In the case of a partnership, an interest as a partner in the partnership

2

An interest that carries a right to a variable or fixed return from the entity if either the right itself, or the amount of the return, is in substance or effect * contingent on aspects of the economic performance (whether past, current or future) of:

(a) the entity; or

(b) a part of the entity's activities; or

(c) an * associate of the entity or a part of the activities of an associate of the entity

The return may be a return of an amount invested in the interest

3

An interest that carries a right to a variable or fixed return from the entity if either the right itself, or the amount of the return, is at the discretion of:

(a) the entity; or

(b) an * associate of the entity

The return may be a return of an amount invested in the interest

4

An * interest issued by the entity that:

(a) gives its holder (or an * associate of the holder) a right to be issued with an * equity interest in the entity or an associate of the entity; or

(b) is an interest that will, or may, convert into an equity interest in the entity or an associate of the entity

    This subsection has effect subject to subsection   (3) (requirement for financing arrangement).

Note:   Section   974 - 90 as applied by subsection   (1) allows regulations to be made clarifying when a right or return is taken to be at the discretion of an entity or an associate.

Financing arrangement

  (3)   A * scheme that would otherwise give rise to an * equity interest in an entity that is a trust or partnership because of an item in the table in subsection   (2) (other than item   1) does not give rise to an equity interest in the entity unless the scheme is a * financing arrangement (see section   974 - 130 as applied by this section) for the trust or partnership.

Form interest may take

  (4)   The interest referred to in item   2, 3 or 4 in the table in subsection   (2) may take the form of a proprietary right, a chose in action or any other form.

Regulations

  (5)   Subject to regulations made under subsection   (6), the regulations made under Subdivisions   974 - C, 974 - D and 974 - F are applied for the purposes of this section as if they were regulations made under the provisions applied by subsection   (1).

  (6)   Regulations may be made under the provisions applied by subsection   (1) specifically in relation to:

  (a)   an * equity interest in a trust; or

  (b)   an equity interest in a partnership.



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