Second Reading Speeches

Tax Laws Amendment (New Tax System for Managed Investment Trusts) Bill 2015

Type
Government
Portfolio
Treasury
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Part of a package of four bills to establish a new tax system for certain managed investment trusts, the bill amends the:

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
and
Taxation Administration Act 1953
to establish the new class of attribution managed investment trusts (AMIT); and enable the Commissioner of Taxation to determine an amount of non-arm’s length income in relation to a managed investment trust (MIT);
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to provide that a member of an AMIT will make a capital gain or capital loss when a capital gains tax event happens to their membership interests;
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
,
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
and
Taxation Administration Act 1953
to provide that fund payment withholding provisions apply when a withholding MIT makes a fund payment to another entity that has a place of payment or address outside Australia;
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
and
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to exclude certain superannuation funds and exempt entities from the application of the 20 per cent tracing rule for public trading trusts;
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
to repeal the corporate unit trust rules; and
Taxation Administration Act 1953
to extend the list of entities qualifying as eligible investors for the purpose of the widely held requirements. Also amends 13 Acts to make consequential amendments.

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