Legislative Instrument

 

PAYG Withholding variation for foreign resident capital gains withholding payments –income tax exempt entities

 

I, Emma Rosenzweig, Deputy Commissioner of Taxation, make this variation under subsection 14-235(5) of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953.

 

 

 

Deputy Commissioner of Taxation

Dated: 9 March 2017

 

 

  1. Name of instrument

This determination is the PAYG Withholding variation for foreign resident capital gains withholding payments – income tax exempt entities.

2.                  Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after its registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3.                  Application

This instrument applies to payments covered by section 14-200 of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953, where the entity provides to the purchaser:

(i)      evidence of a private binding ruling issued by the Australian Taxation Office confirming that the entity is income tax exempt that is valid for the year in which the transaction is occurring; or

(ii)    documentation showing that the entity is endorsed for income tax exemption as a registered charity under item 1.1 of section 50-5 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

4.                  Determination

The amount to be paid to the Commissioner in relation to transactions covered by this instrument is varied to nil.

5.                  Definitions

 

 

Other terms used in this legislative instrument have the same meaning as defined in the:

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, or

Taxation Administration Act 1953