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INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1936 - SECT 204 Disclosure of tax file numbers to certain registrars

INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1936 - SECT 204

Disclosure of tax file numbers to certain registrars

  (1)   If:

  (a)   the Commissioner is appointed as the Commonwealth Registrar (within the meaning of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 ); and

  (b)   no other person or body is appointed as that registrar;

the Commissioner may disclose the tax file number of a person to that registrar if the disclosure is made for the purposes of facilitating the administration of Part   6 - 7A of that Act.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   the Commissioner is appointed as the Registrar (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 ); and

  (b)   no other person or body is appointed as that registrar;

the Commissioner may disclose the tax file number of a person to that registrar if the disclosure is made for the purposes of facilitating the administration of Part   9.1A of that Act.

  (2A)   The Commissioner may disclose the tax file number of a person to a registrar specified in subsection   355 - 67(2) in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 if:

  (a)   the Commissioner is appointed as that registrar; and

  (b)   no other person or body is appointed as that registrar; and

  (c)   the disclosure is made through use of a computer application or system that is used for the performance of functions, or the exercise of powers, of both the Commissioner and that registrar; and

  (d)   use of the application or system by that registrar is on the condition that tax file numbers disclosed through use of the application or system are only to be recorded, used, divulged, disclosed or communicated to the extent reasonably necessary for the application or system to be used for the performance of that registrar's functions, or the exercise of that registrar's powers.

  (3)   To avoid doubt, subsection   (1), (2) or (2A) applies to the disclosure of the person's tax file number whether or not that registrar has requested the person, or the Commissioner, to give the tax file number to that registrar.

 

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Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

No.   27, 1936

Compilation No.   183

Compilation date:   1 January 2024

Includes amendments:   Act No. 61, 2023, Act No. 69, 2023 and Act No. 101, 2023

Registered:   11 January 2024

This compilation is in 7 volumes

Volume 1:   sections   1- 78A

Volume 2:   sections   79A- 121L

Volume 3:   sections   124ZM- 204

Volume 4:   sections   251R- 468

Volume 5:   Schedules

Volume 6:   Endnotes 1-4

Volume 7:   Endnote 5

Each volume has its own contents

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 January 2024 (the compilation date ).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes ) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

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Contents

Part   VIIB--Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge

251R   Interpretation

251S   Medicare levy

251T   Medicare levy (other than Medicare levy surcharge) not payable by prescribed persons or by certain trustees

251U   Prescribed persons

251V   Subsections   251R(4), (5), (6B), (6C) and (6D) not to apply to Medicare levy surcharge

251VA   Subsection   251U(3) not to apply for Medicare levy surcharge

251W   Regulations

251X   Notice of assessment to set out Medicare levy and surcharge

251Z   Administration of Medicare levy (fringe benefits) surcharge Act

Part   VIII--Miscellaneous

252   Public officer of company

252A   Public officer of trust estate

253   Notifying and serving companies

254   Agents and trustees

255   Person in receipt or control of money from non - resident

257   Payment of tax by banker

260   Contracts to evade tax void

262   Periodical payments in the nature of income

262A   Keeping of records

264BB   Commissioner may require private health insurers to provide information

265A   Release of liability of members of the Defence Force on death

265B   Notices in relation to certain securities

266   Regulations

Part   X--Attribution of income in respect of controlled foreign companies

Division   1--Preliminary

316   Object of Part

317   Interpretation

318   Associates

319   Statutory accounting period of a company

320   Listed countries and unlisted countries

321   Each listed country and each unlisted country to be treated as a separate foreign country

322   Meaning of entitled to acquire

323   State foreign taxes may be treated as federal foreign taxes

324   When income or profits subject to tax in a listed country

325   When dividends etc. taxed in a country at normal company tax rate

326   AFI subsidiary

327   Eligible finance shares

327A   Widely distributed finance shares

327B   Transitional finance shares

328   Non - resident family trusts

329   Public unit trusts

330   Tax detriment

331   Company deemed to be treated as a resident of a listed country or an unlisted country for the purposes of the tax law of that country

332   Companies that are residents of listed countries

333   Companies that are residents of unlisted countries

334A   Voting interests in companies

335   References extend to pre - commencement matters and things

Division   2--Types of entity

Subdivision   A--Australian entities

336   Australian entity

337   Australian partnership

338   Australian trust

Subdivision   B--Controlled foreign entities (CFEs)

339   Controlled foreign entity (CFE)

340   Controlled foreign company (CFC)

341   Controlled foreign partnership (CFP)

342   Controlled foreign trust (CFT)

Subdivision   C--Eligible transferors in relation to trusts

343   Interpretation

344   References to transfer of property or services

345   Deemed transfers of property or services

346   Circumstances in which a transfer of property or services is an eligible business transaction

347   Eligible transferor in relation to a discretionary trust

348   Eligible transferor in relation to a non - discretionary trust or a public unit trust

Division   3--Control interests, attribution interests, attributable taxpayers and attribution percentages

Subdivision   A--Control interests

349   Associate - inclusive control interest in a company or trust

350   Direct control interest in a company

351   Direct control interest in a trust

352   Indirect control interest in a company or trust

353   Control tracing interest in a company

354   Control tracing interest in a CFP

355   Control tracing interest in a CFT

Subdivision   B--Attribution interests

356   Direct attribution interest in a CFC or CFT

357   Indirect attribution interest in a CFC or CFT

358   Attribution tracing interest in a CFC

359   Attribution tracing interest in a CFP

360   Attribution tracing interest in a CFT

Subdivision   C--Attributable taxpayers and attribution percentages

361   Attributable taxpayer in relation to a CFC or a CFT

362   Attribution percentage of an attributable taxpayer

Division   4--Attribution accounts

363   Attribution account entity

364   Attribution account percentage

365   Attribution account payment

366   Direct attribution account interest in a company

367   Direct attribution account interest in a partnership

368   Direct attribution account interest in a trust

369   Indirect attribution account interest in an entity

370   Attribution surplus

371   Attribution credit

372   Attribution debit

373   Grossed - up amount of an attribution debit

Division   7--Calculation of attributable income of CFC

Subdivision   A--Basic principles

381   Separate attributable income for each attributable taxpayer

382   Attributable income is taxable income calculated on certain assumptions

383   Basic assumptions

384   Additional assumption for unlisted country CFC

385   Additional assumption for listed country CFC

386   Adjusted tainted income

387   Reduction of attributable income because of interim dividends

Subdivision   B--General modifications of Australian tax law

388   Double tax agreements to be disregarded

389   Certain provisions to be disregarded in calculating attributable income

389A   Other provisions to be disregarded in calculating attributable income

390   Elections to be made by eligible taxpayer

392   Notional assessable amounts are to be pre - tax

393   Notional allowable deduction for taxes paid

394   Notional allowable deduction for eligible finance share dividends, widely distributed finance share dividends and transitional finance share dividends

395   Expenditure incurred to produce income or profits in later statutory accounting periods

396   Modified application of sections   25A and 52

397   Modified application of trading stock provisions

398   Modified application of depreciation provisions

398A   Application of Division   3A of Part   III

399   Modifications of net income of partnerships and trusts

399A   Modified application of bad debt etc. provisions

400   Modified cross - border requirement for transfer pricing

401   Reduction of disposal consideration or capital proceeds if attributed income not distributed

402   Additional notional exempt income--unlisted or listed country CFC

403   Additional notional exempt income--unlisted country CFC

404   Application of Subdivision   768 - A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

Subdivision   C--Modifications relating to Australian capital gains tax

405   Interpretation

406   Meaning of c ommencing day and commencing day asset

408   Certain capital gains and losses disregarded

408A   Certain events before commencing day ignored

409   Losses before 30   June 1990 to be disregarded

410   General modifications--CGT

411   Commencing day assets taken to have been acquired on commencing day

412   Cost base of commencing day asset

413   Adjustment of cost base as at commencing day--return of capital

414   Exercise of rights

418   Options

418A   Effect of change of residence from Australia to listed or unlisted country

419   Modified application of Subdivision   126 - B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

421   Elections under CGT roll - over provisions

422   Adjustment of capital proceeds where change of residence by eligible CFC from unlisted to listed country

423   Adjustment of capital proceeds where section   47A applies to rolled - over assets

Subdivision   D--Modifications relating to losses

425   Sometimes - exempt income etc.

426   Creation of loss

427   Certain provisions to be disregarded

428   Subdivision   to apply as if there were always a requirement to calculate attributable income

429   Notional allowable deduction for (sometimes - exempt income) loss

431   Deduction etc. for previous period loss

Division   8--Active income test

Subdivision   A--Basic conditions for passing the active income test

432   Active income test

Subdivision   B--Tainted income ratio

433   Tainted income ratio

434   Gross turnover

435   Gross tainted turnover

436   Amounts excluded from active income test

Subdivision   C--Treatment of partnership income

437   Treatment of partnership income

Subdivision   D--General interpretive provisions

438   Roll - overs--asset disposals

439   When currency exchange gains or losses relate to active income transactions

440   Asset disposals--revaluations and arm's length amounts

441   Hire - purchase and other property financing transactions

442   Assumption of rights of lender under a loan

443   Net tainted commodity gains

444   Net tainted currency exchange gains

445   Net gains--disposal of tainted assets

Subdivision   E--Passive income, tainted sales income and tainted services income

446   Passive income

447   Tainted sales income

448   Tainted services income

Subdivision   F--Special rules relating to AFI subsidiaries carrying on financial intermediary business

449   AFI subsidiaries--interest income

450   AFI subsidiaries--asset disposals and currency transactions

Subdivision   G--Substantiation requirements

451   Active income test--substantiation requirements for company

452   Active income test--substantiation requirements for partnership

453   Active income test--substantiation requirements for attributable taxpayer

454   Assessment on assumption--retention of accounts etc. and compliance with information notices

455   Amendment of assessments

Division   9--Attribution of attributable income and other amounts

456   Assessability in respect of CFC's attributable income

456A   Reduction of section   456 assessability where item subject to foreign accruals tax

457   Assessability where CFC changes residence from unlisted country to listed country or to Australia

459A   Assessability where CFC or CFT has interest in certain attributable taxpayers

460   Only resident partners, beneficiaries etc. liable to be assessed as a result of attribution

460A   Effect of reducing section CGT event J1 amount

Division   10--Post - attribution asset disposals

461   Reduction of disposal consideration or capital proceeds if attributed income not distributed

Division   11--Keeping of records

462   Keeping of records--section   456

462A   Keeping of records--section   457

464A   Keeping of records--section   459A

465   Offence of failing to keep records

466   Manner in which records required to be kept

467   Circumstances where records not required to be kept--reasonable excuse etc.

468   Treatment of partnerships