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TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (NEW TAX SYSTEM FOR MANAGED INVESTMENT TRUSTS) ACT 2016 - SCHEDULE 3

Withholding MITs and fund payments

 

Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

1   After subsection   128AF(1)

Insert:

  (1A)   However, this section does not apply if one or more of the interposed entities is an AMI T for the year of income i n which the payment is received .

Note:   See Division   12A in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 for provisions about withholding tax that apply specifically to AMITs .

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

2   After subsection   840 - 805(4C)

Insert:

Modification--AMITs

  (4D)   If the * managed investment trust mentioned in paragraph   ( 2)(a), (3)(b) or (4)(b) is an * AMIT for the income year mentioned in that paragraph:

  (a)   if paragraph   ( 2)(a) applies--disregard the phrase "(but not a beneficiary in the capacity of a trustee of another trust)" in paragraph   ( 2)(c); or

  (b)   if paragraph   ( 3)(b) applies--disregard the phrase "(but not a beneficiary in the capacity of a trustee of another trust)" in paragraph   ( 3)(c); or

  (c)   if paragraph   ( 4)(b) applies--disregard paragraph   ( 4)(c) .

  (4E)   If:

  (a)   a trustee of a trust is liable to pay income tax on a fund payment part (a taxed part ) because of the operation of subsection   ( 4D); and

  (b)   you are a beneficiary of the trust and are presently entitled to a share of the income or capital of the trust;

then, in working out for the purposes of paragraph   ( 4)(b) whether all or part of that share is reasonably attributable to a payment that is a * fund payment, disregard the taxed part.

3   Section   840 - 815

Before "An amount on", insert "(1)" .

4   At the end of section   840 - 815

Add :

  (2)   Subsection   ( 1) does not apply to an Australian resident to the extent that :

  (a)   * managed investment trust withholding tax is payable on the amount because of subsection   840 - 805(4D) ; and

  (b)   the Australian resident is entitled, directly or indirectly, to the amount .

Taxation Administration Act 1953

5   Before section   12 - 385 in Schedule   1

Insert:

12 - 383   Meaning of withholding MIT

    A trust is a withholding MIT in relation to an income year if:

  (a)   it is a * managed investment trust in relation to that income year because of paragraph   275 - 10 (1)(a) or (2)(b) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 ; and

  ( b )   a substantial proportion of the investment management activities carried out in relation to the trust in respect of all of the following assets of the trust are carried out in Australia throughout the income year:

  (i)   assets that are situated in Australia at any time in the income year;

  (ii)   assets that are * taxable Australian property at any time in the income year;

  (iii)   assets that are * shares, units or interests listed for quotation in the official list of an * approved stock exchange in Australia at any time in the income year .

6   Subsection   12 - 390(1) in Schedule   1 (note 1)

Repeal the note, substitute:

Note 1:   The covered part referred to in paragraph   ( 1)(a) is attributable to a fund payment made by a managed investment trust, or 2 or more fund payments made by one or more managed investment trusts . One or more of those managed investment trusts may be AMITs .

7   Subsection   12 - 390(4) in Schedule   1 (before the note)

Insert:

Note 1:   The covered part referred to in paragraph   ( 4)(a) is attributable to a fund payment made by a managed investment trust, or 2 or more fund payments made by one or more managed investment trusts . One or more of those managed investment trusts may be AMITs .

8   Subsection   12 - 390(4) in Schedule   1 (note)

Omit "Note", substitute "Note 2" .

9   Section   12 - 405 in Schedule   1 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

12 - 405   Meaning of fund payment --general case

10   After subsection   12 - 405(1) in Schedule   1

Insert:

  (1A)   This section applies to a trust that is not an * AMIT for an income year .

Note:   For the definition of fund payment in respect of a trust that is an AMIT for an income year, see section   12A - 110 .

11   After Division   12 in Schedule   1

Insert:

Division   12A -- Distributions by AMITs (including deemed payments)

Table of Subdivisions

  Guide to Division   12A

12A - A   Distributions by AMITs relating to dividend, interest and royalties

12A - B   Distributions by AMITs relating to Subdivision   12 - H fund payments

12A - C   Deemed payments by AMITs etc.

Guide to D ivision   12A

12A - 1   What this Division is about

When a withholding MIT that is an AMIT gives a member an AMMA statement, the trustee is deemed to have made a payment to the member .

The deemed payment can flow through one or more custodians, giving rise to subsequent deemed payments .

Withholding liabilities under Subdivisions   12 - F and 12 - H do not apply in relation to deemed payments (although analogous liabilities may arise under Subdivision   12A - C) .

AMIT trustees, custodians and other entities may be required to give notices etc . to recipients of such deemed payments .

Subdivision   12A - A -- Distributions by AMITs relating to dividend, interest and royalties

Guide to Subdivision   12A - A

12A - 5   What this Subdivision is about

Withholding liabilities under Subdivision   12 - F do not apply in relation to deemed payments arising under Subdivision   12A - C relating to dividends, interest or royalties (although analogous liabilities may arise under Subdivision   12A - C ) .

AMIT trustees, custodians and other entities may be required to give notices etc . to recipients of such deemed payments .

Table of sections

Operative provisions

12A - 10   Deemed payments--no obligation to withhold under Subdivision   12 - F (dividend, interest and royalty payments)

12A - 15   Dividend, interest or royalty payments relating to AMIT--requirement to give notice or make information available

12A - 20   Failure to give notice or make information available under section   12A - 15: administrative penalty

12A - 25   Meaning of AMIT DIR payment

12A - 30   Meaning of AMIT dividend payment

12A - 35   Meaning of AMIT interest payment

12A - 40   Meaning of AMIT royalty payment

Operative provisions

12A - 10   Deemed payments--no obligation to withhold under Subdivision   12 - F (dividend, interest and royalty payments)

  (1)   If the entity that receives a payment as mentioned in subsection   12 - 215(1), 12 - 250(1) or 12 - 285(1) is the trustee of an * AMIT, the entity need not withhold an amount under that subsection from the payment i f the payment arises because of the operation of section   12A - 205 (deemed payments) .

Note:   The trustee may have to pay the Commissioner an amount in respect of the deemed payment (see Subdivision   12A - C) .

  (2)   Subsection   ( 3) applies if:

  (a)   the entity that receives a payment as mentioned in subsection   12 - 215(1), 12 - 250(1) or 12 - 285(1) is a * custodian; and

  (b)   it received the payment from an * AMIT .

  (3)   The entity need not withhold an amount under that subsection from the payment mentioned in that subsection if:

  (a)   the payment arises because of the operation of section   12A - 205 (deemed payments); or

  (b)   the payment is a * post - AMMA actual payment in respect of a payment that so arises .

Note:   Either or both of the tr ustee of the AMIT concerned and the custodian may have to pay the Commissioner an amount in respect of the deemed payment (see Subdivision   12A - C) .

  (4)   Disregard this section for the purposes of section   12A - 15 .

12A - 15   Dividend, interest or royalty payments relating to AMIT--requirement to give notice or make information available

AMITs and custodians

  (1)   An entity that is an * AMIT or a * custodian must comply with subsection   ( 2) if:

  (a)   the entity makes a payment to another entity (the recipient ) from which an amount would have been required to be withheld under Subdivision   12 - F if:

  (i)   the entity were a company; and

  (ii)   the payment had been made to a foreign resident; and

  (iii)   the condition in either or both of paragraphs 12 - 210(a) or (b), of paragraphs 12 - 245(a) or (b) or of paragraphs 12 - 280(a) or (b) (as the case requires) were satisfied; and

  (b)   an amount is not required to be withheld from the payment because :

  (i)   the recip ient is not a foreign resident; or

  (ii)   the recipient is a foreign resident carrying on business in Australia at or through a permanent establishment (within the meaning of subsection   128B(3F) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ) of the recipient in Australia, and the payment is attributable to the permanent establishment; and

  (c)   the payment is any of the following:

  (i)   a payment that arises because of the operation of section   12A - 205 (deemed payments);

  (ii)   a * pre - AMMA actual payment in respect of a payment that so arises .

  (2)   The entity must:

  (a)   give to the recipient a written notice containing the details specified in subsection   ( 3); or

  (b)   make those details available on a website in a way that the details are readily accessible to the recipient for not less than 5 continuous years .

  (3)   The notice must be given, or the details must be made available on a website, before or at the time when the payment is made and:

  (a)   must specify the part of the payment from which an amount would have been so required to have been withheld; and

  (b)   must specify the income year of the * AMIT to which that part relates .

Note:   Failure to give the notice or make the details available as required by this section incurs an administrative penalty: see section   12A - 20 .

Other entities

  (4)   An entity that is not an * AMIT or a * custodian must comply with subsection   ( 5) if:

  (a)   the entity receives a payment; and

  (b)   another entity (the subsequent recipient ) is or becomes entitled:

  (i)   to receive from the entity; or

  (ii)   to have the entity credit to the subsequent recipient, or otherwise deal with on the subsequent recipient's behalf or as the subsequent recipient directs;

    an amount attributable to the payment; and

  (c)   the entity would have been required to withhold an amount from the payment under subsection   12 - 215(1), 12 - 250(1) or 12 - 285(1) if the subsequent recipient had been a foreign resident; and

  (d)   an amount is not required to be withheld from the payment because:

  (i)   the subsequent recipient is not a foreign resident; or

  (ii)   the subsequent recipient is a foreign resident carrying on business in Australia at or through a permanent establishment (within the meaning of subsection   128B(3F) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ) of the subsequent recipient in Australia, and the payment is attributable to the permanent establishment; and

  (e)   the payment is any of the following:

  (i)   a payment that arises because of the operation of section   12A - 205 (deemed payments);

  (ii)   a * pre - AMMA actual payment in respect of a payment that so arises .

  (5)   The entity must:

  (a)   give to the subsequent recipient a written notice containing the details specified in subsection   ( 6); or

  (b)   make those details available on a website in a way that the details are readily accessible to the subsequent recipient for not less than 5 continuous years .

  (6)   The notice must be given, or the details must be made available on a website, before or at the time when the amount is paid or credited to the subsequent recipient, or is dealt with on the subsequent recipient's behalf or as the subsequent recipient directs, and:

  (a)   must specify the part of the payment referred to in paragraph   ( 4)(a) from which an amount would have been so required to have been withheld; and

  (b)   must specify the income year of the * AMIT to which that part relates .

Note:   Failure to give the notice or make the details available as required by this section incurs an administrative penalty: see section   12A - 20 .

12A - 20   Failure to give notice or make information available under section   12A - 15 : administrative penalty

    An entity that:

  (a)   is required to give a notice, or make details available on a website, under section   12A - 15 in relation to:

  (i)   a payment made to another entity; or

  (ii)   an amount paid or credited to, or dealt with on behalf of or as d irected by, another entity; and

  (b)   fails to comply with that section;

is liable to pay to the Commissioner a penalty equal to the amount that would have been required to be withheld under this Subdivision (disregarding section   12 - 300) in relation to amounts attributable to the payment or amount if the notice had been given or the details had been made available .

Note:   Division   298 in this Schedule contains machinery provisions for administrative penalties .

12A - 25   Meaning of AMIT DIR payment

    An AMIT DIR payment means any of the following:

  (a)   an * AMIT dividend payment;

  (b)   an * AMIT interest payment;

  (c)   an * AMIT royalty payment .

12A - 30   Meaning of AMIT dividend payment

  (1)   This section applies to a trust that is an * AMIT for an income year .

  (2)   The object of this section is to ensure that the total of the * AMIT dividend payments that the trustee of the * AMIT makes in relation to the income year equals, as nearly as practicable, the amount mentioned in subsection   ( 3) .

  (3)   The amount is the total of the * determined member component s for the * AMIT for the income year of the character of a dividend (as defined in Division   11A of Part   III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ) that is subject to a requirement to withhold under Subdivision   12 - F .

  (4)   A payment (the actual or deemed payment ) that the trustee of a trust makes in relation to an income year is an AMIT dividend payment in relation to that year . However, the amount of the AMIT dividend payment is worked out under the following method statement, and may be:

  (a)   the amount of the actual or deemed payment; or

  (b)   the amount of the actual or deemed payment, increased or reduced as a result of the method statement .

Note:   The payment by the trustee may be an actual payment, or a deemed payment under section   12A - 20 5 .

Method statement

Step 1 .   Work out what it is reasonable to expect will be the amount mentioned in subsection   ( 3) .

Step 2 .   The AMIT dividend payment is so much of the step 1 amount as is reasonable having regard to:

  (a)   the object of this section; and

  (b)   the amounts of any earlier AMIT dividend payments made by the trustee in relation to the income year; and

  (c)   the expected amounts of any later AMIT dividend payments the trustee expects to make in relation to the income year .

  (5)   The amount mentioned in subsection   ( 3) and the expected amounts of any later * AMIT dividend payments are to be worked out on the basis of the trustee's knowledge when the payment is made .

  (6)   Subsection   ( 5) does not apply if the payment is a payment arising because of the operation of section   12A - 205 (deemed payments) .

  (7)   However, the payment is not an AMIT dividend payment in relation to the income year if:

  (a)   the payment is a * post - AMMA actual payment in respect of another payment; and

  (b)   the other payment arises because of the operation of section   12A - 205 ; and

  (c)   the other payment is an AMIT dividend payment .

12A - 35   Meaning of AMIT interest payment

  (1)   This section applies to a trust that is an * AMIT for an income year .

  (2)   The object of this section is to ensure that the total of the * AMIT interest payments that the trustee of the * AMIT makes in relation to the income year equals, as nearly as practicable, the amount mentioned in subsection   ( 3) .

  (3)   The amount is the total of the * determined member component s for the * AMIT for the income year of the character of interest (as defined in Division   11A of Part   III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ) that is subject to a requirement to withhold under Subdivision   12 - F .

  (4)   To work out the amount of an AMIT interest payment , apply subsections   12A - 30 (4), (5), (6) and (7) . For this purpose:

  (a)   treat references in those subsections to AMIT dividend payments as instead being references to AMIT interest payments; and

  (b)   treat the reference in subsection   12A - 30 (4) to "the amount mentioned in subsection   ( 3)" as instead being a reference to "the amount mentioned in subsection   12A - 35(3)".

12A - 40   Meaning of AMIT royalty payment

  (1)   This section applies to a trust that is an * AMIT for an income year .

  (2)   The object of this section is to ensure that the total of the * AMIT royalty payments that the trustee of the * AMIT makes in relation to the income year equals, as nearly as practicable, the amount mentioned in subsection   ( 3) .

  (3)   The amount is the total of the * determined member component s for the * AMIT for the income year of the character of a * royalty that is subject to a requirement to withhold under Subdivision   12 - F .

  (4)   To work out the amount of an AMIT royalty payment , apply subsections   12A - 30 (4), (5), (6) and (7) . For this purpose:

  (a)   treat references in those subsections to AMIT dividend payments as instead being references to AMIT royalty payments; and

  (b)   treat the reference in subsection   12A - 30 (4) to "the amount mentioned in subsection   ( 3)" as instead being a reference to "the amount mentioned in subsection   12A - 40(3)" .

Subdivision   12A - B -- Distributions by AMITs relating to Subdivision   12 - H fund payments

Guide to Subdivision   12A - B

12A - 100   What this Subdivision is about

Withholding liabilities under Subdivision   12 - H do not apply in relation to deemed payments arising under Subdivision   12A - C analogous to fund payments under Subdivision   12 - H (although analogous liabilities may arise under Subdivision   12A - C ) .

AMIT trustees, custodians and other entities may be required to give notices etc . to recipients of such deemed payments .

Table of sections

Operative provisions

12A - 105   Deemed payments--no obligation to withhold under Subdivision   12 - H

12A - 110   Meaning of fund payment --AMITs

Operative provisions

12A - 105   Deemed payments--no obligation to withhold under Subdivision   12 - H

  (1)   The trustee mentioned in subsection   12 - 385(1) need not withhold an amount under that subsection from the payment mentioned in that subsection if the payment arises because of the operation of section   12A - 205 (deemed payments) .

Note:   The trustee may have to pay the Commissioner an amount in respect of the deemed payment (see Subdivision   12A - C) .

  (2)   The * custodian mentioned in subsection   12 - 390(1) need not withhold an amount under that subsection from the later payment mentioned in that subsection if:

  (a)   the later payment arises because of the operation of section   12A - 205 (deemed payments); or

  (b)   the later payment is a * post - AMMA actual payment in respect of a payment of a kind mentioned in paragraph   ( a) .

Note:   Either or both of the trustee of the AMIT concerned and the custodian may have to pay the Commissioner an amount in respect of the deemed payment (see Subdivision   12A - C) .

  (3)   The entity mentioned in subsection   12 - 390(4) need not withhold an amount under that subsection from the payment mentioned in that subsection if:

  (a)   the payment arises because of the operation of section   12A - 205 (deemed payments); or

  (b)   the payment is a * post - AMMA actual payment in respect of a payment of a kind mentioned in paragraph   ( a) .

Note:   The entity may have to pay the Commissioner an amount in respect of the deemed payment (see Subdivision   12A - C) .

  (4)   Disregard this section for the purposes of section   12 - 395 .

12A - 110   Meaning of fund payment --AMITs

  (1)   This section applies to a trust that is an * AMIT for an income year .

  (2)   The object of this section is to ensure that the total of the * fund payments that the trustee of the * AMIT makes in relation to the income year equals, as nearly as practicable, the amount mentioned in subsection   ( 3) .

  (3)   The amount is the sum of the following amounts:

  (a)   total of the * determined member component s for the * AMIT for the income year of a character relating to assessable income , disregarding determined member component s (the excluded components ) of any of the following character s:

  ( i )   the character of a * discount capital gain from a * CGT asset that is not * taxable Australian property;

  ( ii )   the character of a * capital gain (other than a discount capital gain) from a CGT asset that is not taxable Australian property;

  (iii)   the character of a dividend (as defined in Division   11A of Part   III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ) that is subject to, or exempted from, a requirement to withhold under Subdivision   12 - F;

  (iv)   the character of interest (as defined in Division   11A of Part   III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ) that is subject to, or exempted from, a requirement to withhold under Subdivision   12 - F;

  (v)   the character of a * royalty that is subject to, or exempted from, a requirement to withhold under Subdivision   12 - F;

  ( vi )   the character of * ordinary income , or * statutory income , from a source other than an * Australian source ;

  ( vii )   if a legislative instrument under subsection   ( 4) specifies a character--that character ;

  (b)   the total of each * capital loss of the AMIT from a * CGT event that happened in the income year to a CGT asset that is not taxable Australian property .

  (4)   The Commissioner may, by legislative instrument, specify one or more character s for the purposes of subparagraph   ( 3) (a)(vii ) .

  (5)   A payment (the actual or deemed payment ) that the trustee of a trust makes in relation to an income year is a fund payment in relation to that year . However, the amount of the fund payment is worked out under the following method statement, and may be:

  (a)   the amount of the actual or deemed payment; or

  (b)   the amount of the actual or deemed payment, increased or reduced as a result of the method statement .

Note:   The payment by the trustee may be an actual payment, or a deemed payment under section   12A - 20 5 .

Method statement

Step 1 .   Reduce the actual or deemed payment by so much of it that is attributable to the excluded components .

Step 2 .   Work out what it is reasonable to expect will be the amount mentioned in subsection   ( 3) .

  Do so on the basis that a * capital gain from * taxable Australian property of the trust that was or would be reduced under step 3 of the method statement in subsection   102 - 5(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 were double the amount it actually is .

Step 3 .   The fund payment is so much of the step 2 amount as is reasonable having regard to:

  (a)   the object of this section; and

  (b)   the step 1 amount; and

  (c)   the amounts of any earlier fund payments made by the trustee in relation to the income year; and

  (d)   the expected amounts of any later fund payments the trustee expects to make in relation to the income year .

  (6)   The amount mentioned in subsection   ( 3) and the expected amounts of any later * fund payments are to be worked out on the basis of the trustee's knowledge when the payment is made .

  (7)   Subsection   ( 6) does not apply if the payment is a payment arising because of the operation of section   12A - 205 (deemed payments) .

  (8)   However, the payment is not a fund payment in relation to the income year if:

  (a)   the payment (the actual payment ) is a * post - AMMA actual payment in respect of another payment; and

  (b)   the other payment arises because of the operation of section   12A - 205 ; and

  (c)   the other payment is a fund payment .

  (9)   An amount is also not a fund payment in relation to the income year unless it is paid:

  (a)   during the income year; or

  (b)   within 3 months after the end of the income year; or

  (c)   within a longer period (starting at the end of the period referred to in paragraph   ( b) and not exceeding 3 years ) allowed by the Commissioner .

  (10)   The Commissioner may allow a longer period as mentioned in paragraph   ( 9)(c) only if the Commissioner is of the opinion that:

  (a)   if the other payment arises at a time because of the operation of section   12A - 205 (deemed payments)--the * AMIT complied with subsection   276 - 455 (1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 in respect of the income year (requirement to give AMMA statements within 3 months); or

  (b)   otherwise--the trustee was unable to make the payment during the income year, or within 3 months after the end of the income year, because of circumstances beyond the influence or control of the trustee .

Subdivision   12A - C -- Deemed payments by AMITs etc .

Guide to Subdivision   12A - C

12A - 200   What this Subdivision is about

When a withholding MIT that is an AMIT gives a member an AMMA statement, the trustee is deemed to have made a payment to the member .

The payment is generally the sum of the determined member components reflected in the statement that are of a character relating to assessable income, reduced by any previous actual payments related to those components .

The deemed payment can flow through one or more custodians, giving rise to subsequent deemed payments .

Table of sections

Operative provisions

12A - 205   Issue of AMMA statement etc. deemed to be payment

12A - 210   Post - AMMA actual payment and pre - AMMA actual payment in respect of deemed payment

12A - 215   AMIT payment to the Commissioner in respect of deemed payments to offshore entities etc.

12A - 220   Custodian payment to the Commissioner in respect of deemed payments to offshore entities etc.

Operative provisions

12A - 205   Issue of AMMA statement etc . deemed to be payment

  (1)   This section applies if:

  (a)   an entity (the first recipient ) is or was a * member of a * withholding MIT in respect of an income year; and

  (b)   the withholding MIT is an * AMIT for the income year; and

  (c)   the AMIT gives the first recipient an * AMMA statement for the income year .

  (2)   For the purposes of this Part, Subdivision   840 - M of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and Division   11A of Part   III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 :

  (a)   treat the trustee of the * AMIT as having made a payment (the first deemed payment ) of an amount to the first recipient at the time the AMIT gave the first recipient the * AMMA statement; and

  (b)   treat the amount of the first deemed payment as being the amount worked out as follows:

  (i)   first, work out the total of all the * determined member component s of all the * members of the AMIT of a character relating to assessable income for the income year;

  (ii)   next, identify each of the * pre - AMMA actual payment s (if any) made to those members in respect of all payment s by the trustee to those members that arise from the operation of paragraph   ( a);

  (iii)   next, identify every * AMIT DIR payment (if any) and each * fund payment (if any) that arises from each such pre - AMMA actual payment;

  (iv)   next, reduce the result of subparagraph   ( i) by the sum of each such AMIT DIR payment and fund payment ;

  (v)   next, work out how much of the result of subparagraph   ( iv) is referable to the first recipient .

  (3)   Also, for the purposes of Division   11A of Part   III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 , treat the first recipient as having derived the first deemed payment just before the end of the income year to which the * AMMA statement relates .

  (4)   Subsection   ( 5) applies if:

  (a)   the first recipient is a * custodian; and

  (b)   another entity (the subsequent recipient ):

  ( i)   starts to have, at a time, an entitlement to an amount that is reasonably attributable to all or part of the first deemed payment; or

  (ii)   would start to have, at a time, such a n entitlement if the first deemed payment were an actual payment of an amount .

  (5)   For the purposes of this Part, Subdivision   840 - M of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and Division   11A of Part   III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 :

  (a)   treat the first recipient as having made a payment (the subsequent deemed payment ) of an amount to the subsequent recipient at that time; and

  (b)   treat the amount of the subsequent deemed payment as being the amount of the entitlement mentioned in subparagraph   ( 4)(b)(i) or (ii); and

  (c)   treat the amount of the subsequent deemed payment as being attributable to the first deemed payment .

  (6)   Also, for the purposes of Division   11A of Part   III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 , treat the subsequent recipient as having derived the subsequent deemed payment at the time the subsequent deemed payment arises .

  (7)   If:

  (a)   an entity is a subsequent recipient mentioned in subsection   ( 4) (including as a result of a previous operation of this subsection); and

  (b)   subsection   ( 5) applies with the result that a payment is treated as having been made to the entity; and

  (c)   the entity is a * custodian;

apply subsections   ( 4), (5) and (6) again as if the entity were the first recipient mentioned in subsection   ( 4) .

Note:   This means that the entity is treated under subsection   ( 5) as having made a payment to another entity if the other entity has (or would have) a n entitlement as mentioned in paragraph   ( 4)(b) .

12A - 210   Post - AMMA actual payment and pre - AMMA actual payment in respect of deemed payment

  (1)   A payment that does not arise because of the operation of section   12A - 205 is a post - AMMA actual payment in respect of a payment (the deemed payment ) that does arise because of the operation of that section if:

  (a)   the payment and the deemed payment are both attributable to the same * member component for the * AMIT mentioned in that section; and

  (b)   the actual payment is made at or after the time the deemed payment arises .

  (2)   A payment that does not arise because of the operation of section   12A - 205 is a pre - AMMA actual payment in respect of a payment (the deemed payment ) that does arise because of the operation of that section if:

  (a)   the payment and the deemed payment are both attributable to the same * member component for the * AMIT mentioned in that section; and

  (b)   the actual payment is made before the time the deemed payment arises .

12A - 215   AMIT payment to the Commissioner in respect of deemed payments to offshore entities etc .

  (1)   A trustee of a trust that is an * AMIT for an income year must pay an amount to the Commissioner if:

  (a)   the trust is a * withholding MIT in relation to the income year; and

  (b)   the trustee makes a payment (the deemed payment ) that arises because of the operation of section   12A - 205 ; and

  (c)   the payment is made to an entity (the recipient ) that is :

  (i)   if the payment is a * fund payment--an entity covered by section   12 - 410; or

  (ii)   if the payment is an * AMIT DIR payment-- an entity tha t is not an Australian resident .

Note 1:   An entity may be covered by section   12 - 410 if the entity has an address outside Australia or payment is authorised to be made to a place outside Australia .

Note 2:   If the payment is made to a recipient not covered by subparagraph   ( c)(i) or (ii) , the trustee is required to give a notice to the recipient or publish information on a website setting out certain details about the payment: see sections   12 - 395 and 12A - 15 .

  (2)   The amount that the trustee must pay is equal to the amount that the trustee would, if the assumptions in subsection   ( 3) were made, have had to withhold under:

  (a)   if the deemed payment is a * fund payment--section   12 - 385; or

  (b)   if the deemed payment is an * AMIT DIR payment--section   12 - 210, 12 - 245 or 12 - 280 .

  (3)   The assumptions are that:

  (a)   the deemed payment had not arisen because of the operation of section   12A - 205 ; and

  (b)   the deemed payment had instead been an actual payment; and

  (c)   if the deemed payment is an * AMIT DIR payment:

  (i)   where it corresponds to the character of a dividend (as defined in Division   11A of Part   III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ) that is subject to a requirement to withhold under Subdivision   12 - F --the trust had been a company, and it had paid it as a dividend; or

  (ii)   where it corresponds to the character of interest (as defined in Division   11A of Part   III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ) that is subject to a requirement to withhold under Subdivision   12 - F --it were the payment of interest; or

  (iii)   where it corresponds to the character of a * royalty that is subject to a requirement to withhold under Subdivision   12 - F --it were the payment of a royalty; and

  (d)   if the deemed payment is an AMIT DIR payment--the condition in either or both of paragraphs 12 - 210(a) or (b), of paragraphs 12 - 245(a) or (b) or of paragraphs 12 - 280(a) or (b) (as the case requires) were satisfied .

  (4)   The trustee may recover from the recipient as a debt an amount that the trustee has paid to the Commissioner under subsection   ( 1) .

  (5)   The trustee is entitled to set off an amount that the trustee can recover from the recipient under subsection   ( 4) against debts due by the trustee to the recipient .

12A - 220   Custodian payment to the Commissioner in respect of deemed payments to offshore entities etc .

  (1)   A * custodian must pay an amount to the Commissioner if:

  (a)   the trustee of a trust that was an * AMIT for an income year and was a * withholding MIT in relation to the income year made a payment (the first deemed payment ) that:

  (i)   arose because of the operation of section   12A - 205 ; and

  (ii)   was a * fund payment or an * AMIT DIR payment; and

  (b)   the custodian makes a payment (the subsequent deemed payment ) that arises because of the operation of section   12A - 205 ; and

  ( c )   the first deemed payment gave rise to the subsequent deemed payment, because of one or more operations of section   12A - 205 ; and

  ( d )   the subsequent deemed payment or part of it (the covered part ) was covered by a notice or information under:

  (i)   if the first deemed payment was a fund payment--section   12 - 395; or

  (ii)   if the first deemed payment was an AMIT DIR payment--section   12A - 15 ; and

  ( e )   the subsequent deemed payment is made to an entity (the recipient ) that is :

  (i )   if the first deemed payment was a fund payment--covered by section   12 - 410; or

  (ii)   if the first deemed p ayment was an AMIT DIR payment-- not an Australian resident .

Note 1:   An entity may be covered by section   12 - 410 if the entity has an address outside Australia or payment is authorised to be made to a place outside Australia .

Note 2:   If the payment is made to a recipient not covered by subparagraph   ( e)(i) or (ii), the trustee is required to give a notice to the recipient or publish information on a website setting out certain details about the payment: see sections   12 - 395 and 12A - 15.

  (2)   The amount that the * custodian must pay is the amount that the custodian would, if the assumptions in subsection   ( 3) were made, have had to withhold under:

  (a)   if the first deemed payment was a * fund payment--subsection   12 - 390(1); or

  (b)   if the first deemed payment was an * AMIT DIR payment--section   12 - 210, 12 - 245 or 12 - 280 .

  (3)   The assumptions are that:

  (a)   the subsequent deemed payment had not arisen because of the operation of section   12A - 205 ; and

  (b)   the subsequent deemed payment had instead been an actual payment; and

  (c)   if the first deemed payment was an * AMIT DIR payment:

  (i)   where the first deemed payment corresponded to the character of a dividend (as defined in Division   11A of Part   III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ) that is subject to a requirement to withhold under Subdivision   12 - F --the * custodian had been a company, and it had paid the subsequent deemed payment as a dividend; or

  (ii)   where the first deemed payment corresponded to the character of interest (as defined in Division   11A of Part   III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ) that is subject to a requirement to withhold under Subdivision   12 - F --the subsequent deemed payment were the payment of interest; or

  (iii)   where the first deemed payment corresponded to the character of a * royalty that is subject to a requirement to withhold under Subdivision   12 - F --the subsequent deemed payment were the payment of a royalty; and

  (d)   if the first deemed payment was an AMIT DIR payment--the condition in either or both of paragraphs 12 - 210(a) or (b), of paragraphs 12 - 245(a) or (b) or of paragraphs 12 - 280(a) or (b) (as the case requires) were satisfied .

  (4)   The * custodian may recover from the recipient as a debt an amount that the custodian has paid to the Commissioner under subsection   ( 1) .

  (5)   The * custodian is entitled to set off an amount that the custodian can recover from the recipient under subsection   ( 4) against debts due by the custodian to the recipient .

12   Section   16 - 1 in Schedule   1

Omit "Division   13 or 14", substitute "Division   12A, 13 or 14" .

13   After section   16 - 5 in Schedule   1

Insert:

16 - 7   Treat entity obliged to pay under Subdivision   12A - C as having withheld amount under Division   12

    For the purposes of this Division:

  (a)   if an entity must pay an amount to the Commissioner under Subdivision   12A - C, treat the entity as being obliged to withhold the amount under Division   12; and

  (b)   if an entity has paid an amount to the Commissioner under Subdivision   12A - C, treat the entity as having withheld the amount under Division   12 .

14   Paragraph 16 - 20(1)(b) in Schedule   1

Omit "Division   13 or 14", substitute "Division   12A, 13 or 14" .

15   Subsection   16 - 25(2) in Schedule   1

Omit "Division   13 or 14", substitute "Division   12A, 13 or 14" .

16   Paragraph 16 - 25(4)(b) in Schedule   1

Omit "Division   13 or 14", substitute "Division   12A, 13 or 14" .

17   Paragraph 16 - 30(b) in Schedule   1

Omit "Division   13 or 14", substitute "Division   12A, 13 or 14" .

18   After paragraph   16 - 140(1)(a) in Schedule   1

Insert:

  (aaa)   Division   12A (about deemed payments by AMITs); or

19   Paragraph 16 - 140(2)(b) in Schedule   1

Omit "Division   13 or 14", substitute "Division   12A, 13 or 14" .

20   Subsection   18 - 30 (1) in Schedule   1

Repeal the subsection , substitute:

  (1)   An entity is entitled to a credit if:

  (a)   the entity's * ordinary income , or * statutory income , includes any of the following:

  (i)   a * dividend (or a part of it), interest (within the meaning of Division   11A of Part   III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ) or a * royalty;

  (ii)   an amount that is represented by or reasonably attributable to an * AMIT DIR payment; and

  (b)   if subparagraph   ( a)(i) applies--if the entity has borne all or part of an * amount withheld from th e dividend, interest or royalty; and

  (c)   if subparagraph   ( a)(ii) applies--if the ent ity has borne all or part of an amount paid under Division   12A in respect of the AMIT DIR payment .

21   Paragraph 18 - 32(1)(b) in Schedule   1

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (b)   the entity has borne all or part of:

  (i)   an * amount withheld from the payment under Subdivision   12 - H; or

  (ii)   an amount paid under Division   12A in respect of the fund payment .

22   After subsection   18 - 65(1) in Schedule   1

Insert:

  (1A)   For the purposes of this section, if an entity has paid an amount to the Commissioner purportedly under Subdivision   12A - C (about deemed payments by AMITs), treat the entity as having withheld the amount purportedly under Division   12 .

23   After subsection   18 - 70(1) in Schedule   1

Insert:

  (1A)   For the purposes of this section, if an entity has paid an amount to the Commissioner purportedly under Subdivision   12A - C (about deemed payments by AMITs), treat the entity as having withheld the amount purportedly under Division   12 .



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