Reform of the foreign source income anti-tax-deferral (attribution) rules |
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Date: |
Tuesday, 12 May 2009 | ||
Content ID: |
1526 | ||
Abstract: |
On 12 May 2009, the Government announced its intention to reform the foreign source income attribution rules. The reforms will better balance the integrity objective of the rules with other objectives such as efficiency, equity, simplicity and low compliance costs. The reforms implement all but one of the Board of Taxation's recommendations that were contained in its report on the review of the foreign source income attribution rules. The announced reforms maintain the controlled foreign company rules as the primary set of rules designed to counter tax deferral arrangements. Further, the Foreign Investment Fund and deemed present entitlement rules will be repealed. The Treasury discussion paper outlines the framework for the redesign of the foreign source income attribution rules consistent with the Government’s announcement. Interested parties are invited to comment on the paper. While submissions may be lodged electronically or by post, electronic lodgement is preferred. For accessibility reasons, please submit responses sent via email in a Word or RTF format. An additional PDF version may also be submitted. All information (including name and address details) contained in submissions will be made available to the public on the Treasury website unless you indicate that you would like all or part of your submission to remain in confidence. Automatically generated confidentiality statements in emails do not suffice for this purpose. Respondents who would like part of their submission to remain in confidence, should provide this information marked as such in a separate attachment. A request made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Commonwealth) for a submission marked 'confidential' to be made available will be determined in accordance with that Act. Closing date for submissions: Tuesday, 9 June 2009 Address written submissions to: For inquiries, please call Haydn Daw (02) 6263 2789 |
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 Acrobat (PDF)Reform of the foreign source Income anti-tax-deferral (attribution) rules 179.57kb Microsoft Word (RTF)Reform of the foreign source Income anti-tax-deferral (attribution) rules 354.40kb |
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