Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PETROLEUM RESOURCE RENT TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1987 - SECT 100

  (1)   If, on the date on which tax becomes due and payable by a person in respect of a year of tax in relation to a petroleum project, the whole or a part of an amount payable as an instalment of tax in respect of that year of tax in relation to the project (including in the case of a combined project any pre - combination project in relation to the project) has not been paid and there is no other instalment in respect of that year of tax in relation to the project the whole or a part of which has not been paid:

  (a)   where no part of the tax in respect of that year of tax has been paid--so much (if any) of the amount unpaid in respect of that instalment as exceeds the amount of that tax ceases on that date to be payable;

  (b)   where part only of the tax in respect of that year of tax has been paid--so much (if any) of the amount unpaid in respect of that instalment as exceeds the amount of that tax that has not been paid ceases on that date to be payable; or

  (c)   where the whole of the tax in respect of that year of tax has been paid--the amount unpaid in respect of that instalment ceases on that date to be payable.

  (2)   If, on the date on which tax becomes due and payable by a person in respect of a year of tax in relation to a petroleum project, there are 2 or more instalments of tax in respect of that year of tax in relation to the project (including in the case of a combined project any pre - combination project in relation to the project) the whole or a part of each of which has not been paid:

  (a)   where no part of the tax in respect of that year of tax has been paid or part only of that tax has been paid--the Commissioner may determine that the whole or any part of all or any of the amounts unpaid in respect of those instalments shall cease on that date to be payable; or

  (b)   where the whole of the tax in respect of that year of tax has been paid--each of the amounts unpaid in respect of those instalments ceases on that date to be payable.

  (3)   In making a determination for the purposes of subsection   (2), the Commissioner shall have regard to:

  (a)   the extent (if any) to which the sum of the amounts unpaid in respect of the instalments of tax referred to in that subsection exceeds the amount of the tax referred to in that subsection that has not been paid; and

  (b)   any other relevant matters.

  (4)   Where, by reason of the making of a determination by the Commissioner under subsection   (2), the amount payable by a person as an instalment has been reduced or an instalment is not payable, the Commissioner shall cause to be served on the person a notice in writing specifying the reduced amount as the amount that is payable as the instalment or stating that the instalment is not payable, as the case may be.