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A NEW TAX SYSTEM (GOODS AND SERVICES TAX) ACT 1999 - SECT 195.1

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    In this Act, except so far as the contrary intention appears:

"90% owned group" has the meaning given by section   190 - 1.

"100% subsidiary" has the meaning given by section   975 - 505 of the * ITAA 1997.

"ABN" has the meaning given by section   41 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 .

"account on a cash basis" : you account on a cash basis while a choice you make under section   29 - 40, or a permission of the Commissioner under section   29 - 45 in relation to you, has effect.

"account on the same basis" : 2 or more * companies account on the same basis if:

  (a)   each company * accounts on a cash basis; or

  (b)   none of the companies account on a cash basis.

"ACNC-registered charity" means an entity that is registered under the Australian Charities and Not - for - profits Commission Act 2012 as the type of entity mentioned in column 1 of item   1 of the table in subsection   25 - 5(5) of that Act.

"ACNC-registered religious institution" means an institution that is:

  (a)   an * ACNC - registered charity; and

  (b)   registered under the Australian Charities and Not - for - profits Commission Act 2012 as the subtype of entity mentioned in column 2 of item   4 of the table in subsection   25 - 5(5) of that Act.

"acquisition" has the meaning given by section   11 - 10.

"actual application of a thing" has the meaning given by section   129 - 40.

"additional consideration" includes the meaning given by subsection   133 - 5(3).

"adjustment" means an * increasing adjustment or a * decreasing adjustment.

"adjustment event" has the meaning given by sections   19 - 10 and 69 - 50.

"adjustment note" means a document that complies with the requirements of subsection   29 - 75(1) and (if applicable) section   54 - 50.

"adjustment period" has the meaning given by Subdivision   129 - B.

"adult and community education course" means a course of study or instruction that is likely to add to the employment related skills of people undertaking the course and:

  (a)   is of a kind determined by the * Student Assistance Minister to be an adult and community education course and is provided by, or on behalf of, a body:

  (i)   that is a * higher education institution; or

  (ii)   that is recognised, by a State or Territory authority, as a provider of courses of a kind described in the determination; or

  (iii)   that is funded by a State or Territory on the basis that it is a provider of courses of a kind described in the determination; or

  (b)   is determined by the Student Assistance Minister to be an adult and community education course.

"Aged Care Minister" means the Minister administering the Aged Care Act 1997 .

"Aged Care Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department that administers the Aged Care Act 1997 .

"aircraft's stores" has the meaning given by section   130C of the Customs Act 1901 .

"airport shop goods" has the same meaning as in the Customs Act 1901 .

"amalgamated company" , in relation to an * amalgamation, means the single * company that is, or will be, the result of the amalgamation, and that continues, or will continue, after the amalgamation. It may be one of the * amalgamating companies or a new company.

"amalgamating company" , in relation to an * amalgamation, means any * company that amalgamates with one or more other companies under the amalgamation.

"amalgamation" means any procedure, under an * Australian law or a * foreign law, by which 2 or more * companies amalgamate and continue as one company.

"amount" includes a nil amount.

"annual apportionment election" means an election made under section   131 - 10.

"annual apportionment turnover threshold" has the meaning given by subsection   131 - 5(2).

"annual GST liability" , for an * instalment tax period, has the meaning given by section   162 - 145.

"annual tax period" has the meaning given by section   151 - 40.

"annual tax period election" means an election made under section   151 - 10.

"apply" , in relation to a thing acquired or imported, has the meaning given by section   129 - 55.

"appropriate percentage" , for a * GST instalment quarter, has the meaning given by subsection   162 - 175(5).

"approved form" has the meaning given by section   388 - 50 in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 .

"approved pathology practitioner" means a person who is an approved pathology practitioner for the purposes of the Health Insurance Act 1973 .

"approved valuation" has the meaning given by subsection   75 - 35(2).

"assessable income" has the meaning given by subsection   995 - 1(1) of the * ITAA 1997.

"assessable professional income" has the meaning given by subsection   405 - 20(1) of the * ITAA 1997.

"assessed GST" , on:

  (a)   a * taxable supply under section   78 - 50 (settlements of insurance claim) or 105 - 5 (supplies by creditors in satisfaction of debts); or

  (b)   a * taxable importation;

means the GST * assessed on the taxable supply or taxable importation.

"assessed net amount" , for a * tax period, means the * net amount * assessed for the tax period.

"assessment" has the meaning given by the * ITAA 1997.

"associate" has the meaning given by section   318 of the * ITAA 1936.

"at least a 90% stake" in a * company has the meaning given by section   190 - 5.

"Australian-based business recipient" has the meaning given by subsection   9 - 26(2).

"Australian Business Register" means the register established under section   24 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 .

"Australian Business Registrar" means the Registrar of the * Australian Business Register.

"Australian consumer" has the meaning given by subsection   9 - 25(7) and affected by section   84 - 100.

"Australian fee or charge" means a fee or charge (however described), other than an * Australian tax, imposed under an * Australian law and payable to an * Australian government agency.

"Australian government agency" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997.

"Australian law" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997.

"Australian resident" means a person who is a resident of Australia for the purposes of the * ITAA 1936.

"Australian tax" means a tax (however described) imposed under an * Australian law.

"average income" has the meaning given by subsection   392 - 45(1) of the * ITAA 1997.

"average input tax credit fraction" has the meaning given by section   79 - 100.

"base year" has the meaning given by sections   45 - 320 and 45 - 470 in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 .

"batch repair process" has the meaning given by section   117 - 5.

"beverage" has the meaning given by subsection   38 - 4(2).

"borrowing" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997.

"business" includes any profession, trade, employment, vocation or calling, but does not include occupation as an employee.

"business day" has the meaning given by subsection   995 - 1(1) of the * ITAA 1997.

"car" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997.

"car limit" has the meaning given by section   40 - 230 of the * ITAA 1997.

"car parts" , in relation to * cars, includes:

  (a)   bodies for those cars (including insulated bodies, tank - bodies, and other bodies designed for the transport or delivery of goods or other property of particular kinds); and

  (b)   underbody hoists, and other equipment or apparatus of a kind ordinarily fitted to cars for use in connection with the transport or delivery of goods or other property by those road vehicles.

"carried on in the indirect tax zone" , in relation to an * enterprise, has the meaning given by section   9 - 27.

"carrying on" an * enterprise includes doing anything in the course of the commencement or termination of the enterprise.

"cash accounting turnover threshold" has the meaning given by subsection   29 - 40(3).

"Child Care Minister" means the Minister administering the Child Care Act 1972 and the family assistance law (within the meaning of section   3 of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 .

"commercial accommodation" has the meaning given by section   87 - 15.

"commercial residential premises" means:

  (a)   a hotel, motel, inn, hostel or boarding house; or

  (b)   premises used to provide accommodation in connection with a * school; or

  (c)   a * ship that is mainly let out on hire in the ordinary course of a * business of letting ships out on hire; or

  (d)   a ship that is mainly used for * entertainment or transport in the ordinary course of a * business of providing ships for entertainment or transport; or

  (da)   a marina at which one or more of the berths are occupied, or are to be occupied, by * ships used as residences; or

  (e)   a caravan park or a camping ground; or

  (f)   anything similar to * residential premises described in paragraphs   (a) to (e).

However, it does not include premises to the extent that they are used to provide accommodation to students in connection with an * education institution that is not a * school.

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Taxation.

"company" means:

  (a)   a body corporate; or

  (b)   any other unincorporated association or body of persons;

but does not include a * partnership or a * non - entity joint venture.

"complying superannuation fund" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997.

" Comptroller-General of Customs" has the same meaning as in the Customs Act 1901 .

"compulsory third party scheme" is a scheme or arrangement:

  (a)   that is established by an * Australian law; and

  (b)   that is specified in the regulations, or that is of a kind specified in the regulations, made for the purposes of this definition.

"connected with the indirect tax zone" , in relation to a supply, has the meaning given by sections   9 - 25, 84 - 75, 85 - 5 and 126 - 27.

Note:   This meaning is also affected by sections   9 - 26, 84 - 83 and 96 - 5.

"consideration" , for a supply or acquisition, means any consideration, within the meaning given by sections   9 - 15 and 9 - 17, in connection with the supply or acquisition.

Note:   This meaning is affected by sections   75 - 12, 75 - 13, 75 - 14, 78 - 20, 78 - 35, 78 - 45, 78 - 50, 78 - 65, 78 - 70, 79 - 60, 79 - 65, 79 - 80, 80 - 15, 80 - 55, 81 - 5, 81 - 10, 81 - 15, 82 - 5, 82 - 10, 99 - 5, 100 - 5, 100 - 12 and 102 - 5.

"consolidated group" has the meaning given by section   703 - 5 of the * ITAA 1997.

"consumer" has the meaning given by section   84 - 75.

"contributing operator" has the meaning given by subparagraph   80 - 5(1)(c)(ii), 80 - 40(1)(c)(ii) or 80 - 80(1)(c)(ii).

"contributing operator's payment" has the meaning given by subsection   80 - 5(3), 80 - 40(3) or 80 - 80(3).

"contribution amount" has the meaning given by paragraph   721 - 25(1)(b) of the * ITAA 1997.

"corrected GST amount" has the meaning given by paragraph   19 - 40(c).

"corrected input tax credit amount" has the meaning given by paragraph   19 - 70(c).

"course materials" , in relation to an * education course, means materials provided by the entity supplying the course that are necessarily consumed or transformed by the students undertaking the course for the purposes of the course.

"creditable acquisition" has the meaning given by section   11 - 5.

Note:   This meaning is affected by sections   49 - 35, 60 - 10, 69 - 5, 72 - 40, 75 - 20, 78 - 30, 84 - 145, 90 - 15, 93 - 5, 93 - 15 and 111 - 5.

"creditable at less than" 1/ 11 of the consideration has the meaning given by subsection   136 - 50(2).

"creditable importation" has the meaning given by section   15 - 5.

Note:   This meaning is affected by sections   60 - 10 and 69 - 5.

"creditable purpose" :

  (a)   in relation to the acquisition of a thing--has the meaning given by sections   11 - 15 and 60 - 20; and

  (b)   in relation to the importation of a thing--has the meaning given by sections   15 - 10 and 60 - 20; and

  (c)   in relation to the * application of a thing acquired or imported--has the meaning given by section   129 - 50.

Note:   This meaning is affected by section   70 - 10.

"CTP ancillary payment or supply" has the meaning given by subsection   79 - 35(3).

Note:   Section   79 - 90 also treats certain payments or supplies as CTP ancillary payments or supplies.

"CTP compensation or ancillary payment or supply" has the meaning given by subsection   79 - 35(1).

"CTP compensation payment or supply" has the meaning given by subsection   79 - 35(2).

Note:   Section   79 - 90 also treats certain payments or supplies as CTP compensation payments or supplies.

"CTP dual premium or election payment or supply" means a payment or supply to which section   79 - 5 or 79 - 15 applies.

"CTP hybrid payment or supply" has the meaning given by section   79 - 25.

"CTP premium" , in relation to a * compulsory third party scheme, means:

  (a)   a payment of a premium, contribution or similar payment under the scheme; or

  (b)   a payment of levy in connection with the scheme.

"current GST lodgment record" has the meaning given by section   162 - 10.

"current GST turnover" has the meaning given by section   188 - 15.

Note:   This meaning is affected by section   188 - 22.

"customs clearance area" means a place identified under section   234AA of the Customs Act 1901 .

"customs duty" means any duty of customs imposed by that name under a law of the Commonwealth, other than:

  (a)   the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Imposition--Customs) Act 1999 ; or

  (aa)   the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Imposition (Recipients)--Customs) Act 2005 ; or

  (b)   the A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax Imposition--Customs) Act 1999 ; or

  (c)   the A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition--Customs) Act 1999 .

"customs value" , in relation to goods, means the customs value of the goods for the purposes of Division   2 of Part   VIII of the Customs Act 1901 .

"dealer in precious metal" means an entity that satisfies the Commissioner that a principal part of * carrying on its * enterprise is the regular supply and acquisition of * precious metal.

"decreasing adjustment" means an amount arising under one of the following provisions:

 

Decreasing adjustments

Item

Provision

Subject matter

1

Section   19 - 55

Adjustment events (supplies)

2

Section   19 - 85

Adjustment events (acquisitions)

3

Section   21 - 5

Writing off bad debts (taxable supplies)

4

Section   21 - 20

Recovering amounts previously written off (creditable acquisitions)

4AA

Section   75 - 27

Payments of further consideration for supplies relating to supplies of real property under the margin scheme

4A

Section   78 - 10 (including as it applies in accordance with Subdivision
79 - A or 79 - B or Division   80)

Payments or supplies in settlement of insurance claims or under compulsory third party schemes

4B

Subsection
79 - 10(1) (including as it applies in accordance with Division   80)

Decreasing adjustments under compulsory third party schemes

4C

Section   79 - 50 (including as it applies in accordance with Division   80)

Decreasing adjustments under compulsory third party schemes

5

Section   129 - 40

Changes in the extent of creditable purpose

6

Section   132 - 5

Supplies of things acquired or imported to make supplies

6A

Section   133 - 5

Decreasing adjustments for additional consideration provided under gross - up clauses

6B

Section   134 - 5

Third party payments

7

Section   137 - 5

Stock on hand on becoming registered etc.

Note:   Decreasing adjustments decrease your net amounts.

"dental practitioner" has the meaning given by subsection   3(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 .

"deposit account" : an account is a deposit account if:

  (a)   the account is made available by an Australian ADI (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 ) in the course of carrying on a banking business (within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959 ); and

  (b)   amounts credited to the account represent money taken by the ADI on deposit (other than as part - payment for identified goods or services); and

  (c)   amounts credited to the account do not relate to a debenture (as defined in section   9 of the Corporations Act 2001 ) of the ADI.

"derived" has a meaning affected by subsection   6 - 5(4) of the * ITAA 1997.

"digital currency" means digital units of value that:

  (a)   are designed to be fungible; and

  (b)   can be provided as * consideration for a supply; and

  (c)   are generally available to members of the public without any substantial restrictions on their use as consideration; and

  (d)   either:

  (i)   are not denominated in any country's currency; or

  (ii)   are denominated in a currency that is not issued by, or under the authority of, an * Australian government agency or a foreign government agency (within the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997) ; and

  (e)   do not have a value that depends on, or is derived from, the value of anything else; and

  (f)   do not give an entitlement to receive, or to direct the supply of, a particular thing or things, unless the entitlement is incidental to:

  (i)   holding the digital units of value; or

  (ii)   using the digital units of value as consideration;

but does not include a thing that, if supplied, would be a * financial supply for a reason other than being a supply of:

  (g)   one or more digital units of value to which paragraphs   (a) to (f) apply; or

  (h)   * money.

"Disability Services Minister" means the Minister administering the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 .

"dividend" has the meaning given by subsections   6(1), (4) and (5) of the * ITAA 1936.

"early net amount" has the meaning given by subsection   162 - 145(3).

"education course" means:

  (a)   a * pre - school course; or

  (b)   a * primary course; or

  (c)   a * secondary course; or

  (d)   a * tertiary course; or

  (f)   a * special education course; or

  (g)   an * adult and community education course; or

  (h)   an * English language course for overseas students; or

  (i)   a * first aid or life saving course; or

  (j)   a * professional or trade course; or

  (k)   a * tertiary residential college course.

"education institution" has the meaning given by subsection   3(1) of the Student Assistance Act 1973 .

"electronic communication" has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 .

"electronic distribution platform" has the meaning given by section   84 - 70.

"electronic lodgment turnover threshold" has the meaning given by subsection   31 - 25(4).

"electronic payment" means a payment by way of electronic transmission, in an electronic format approved by the Commissioner.

"eligible Australian carbon credit unit" means:

  (a)   a Kyoto Australian carbon credit unit (within the meaning of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 ); or

  (b)   a non - Kyoto Australian carbon credit unit (within the meaning of that Act) issued in relation to an eligible offsets project (within the meaning of that Act) for a reporting period (within the meaning of that Act), where:

  (i)   if it were assumed that the reporting period had ended before the Kyoto abatement deadline (within the meaning of that Act), a Kyoto Australian carbon credit unit would have been issued in relation to the project for the reporting period instead of the non - Kyoto Australian carbon credit unit; and

  (ii)   the non - Kyoto Australian carbon credit unit is not of a kind specified in the regulations; or

  (c)   an Australian carbon credit unit (within the meaning of that Act) of a kind specified in the regulations.

Subparagraph   (b)(ii) and paragraph   (c) do not, by implication, limit the application of subsection   13(3) of the Legislation Act 2003 to other instruments under this Act.

"eligible emissions unit" means:

  (a)   an * eligible international emissions unit; or

  (b)   an * eligible Australian carbon credit unit.

"eligible international emissions unit" has the same meaning as in the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011 .

"employee share scheme" has the meaning given by the * ITAA 1997.

"endorsed charity" means an entity that is endorsed as a charity under subsection   176 - 1(1).

"English language course for overseas students" means a course of study or education supplied to overseas students that:

  (a)   includes study or education in the English language; and

  (b)   is supplied by an entity that is accredited to provide such courses by a State or Territory authority responsible for their accreditation.

"enterprise" has the meaning given by section   9 - 20.

"entertainment" has the meaning given by section   32 - 10 of the * ITAA 1997.

"entity" has the meaning given by section   184 - 1.

"essential prerequisite" : a qualification is an essential prerequisite in relation to the entry to, or the commencement of the practice of, a particular profession or trade if the qualification is imposed:

  (a)   by or under an * industrial instrument; or

  (b)   if there is no industrial instrument for that profession or trade but there is a professional or trade association that has uniform national requirements relating to the entry to, or the commencement of the practice of, the profession or trade concerned--by that association; or

  (c)   if neither paragraph   (a) nor (b) applies but there is a professional or trade association in a State or Territory that has requirements relating to the entry to, or the commencement of the practice of, the profession or trade concerned--by that association.

"estimated annual GST amount" has the meaning given by section   162 - 140.

"exceed the financial acquisitions threshold" has the meaning given by Division   189.

"excisable goods" has the meaning given by subsection   4(1) of the Excise Act 1901 .

"excise duty" means any duty of excise imposed by that name under a law of the Commonwealth.

"exempt entity" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997.

"expense payment benefit" means a * fringe benefit that is a benefit of a kind referred to in section   20 of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 .

"explanatory section" has the meaning given by section   182 - 10.

"family member" has the meaning given by subsection   48 - 15(2).

"farming business" has the meaning given by subsection   38 - 475(2).

"FBT year" means a year beginning on 1   April.

"Finance Minister" means the Minister administering the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .

"financial acquisition" has the meaning given by section   189 - 15.

"financial supply" has the meaning given by the regulations made for the purposes of subsection   40 - 5(2).

"financial year" means a period of 12 months beginning on 1   July.

"first aid or life saving course" means a course of study or instruction that:

  (a)   principally involves training individuals in one or more of the following:

  (i)   first aid, resuscitation or other similar life saving skills including personal aquatic survival skills but not including swimming lessons;

  (ii)   surf life saving;

  (iii)   aero - medical rescue; and

  (b)   is provided by an entity:

  (i)   that is registered (or otherwise approved) by a State or Territory authority that has responsibility for registering (or otherwise approving) entities that provide such courses; or

  (ii)   that is approved to provide such courses by a State or Territory body that has responsibility for approving the provision of such courses; or

  (iii)   that uses, as the instructor for the course, a person who holds a training qualification for that course that was issued by Austswim Limited (ACN 097   784   122); or

  (iv)   that uses, as the instructor for the course, a person who holds a training qualification for that course that was issued by Surf Life Saving Australia Limited (ACN 003   147   180); or

  (v)   that uses, as the instructor for the course, a person who holds a training qualification for that course that was issued by The Royal Life Saving Society--Australia (ACN 008   594   616); or

  (vi)   that uses, as the instructor for the course, a person who holds a training qualification for that course that is a qualification (in life saving) specified in, or of a kind specified in, the regulations.

"floating home" means a structure that is composed of a floating platform and a building designed to be occupied (regardless of the term of occupation) as a residence that is permanently affixed to the platform, but does not include any structure that has means of, or is capable of being readily adapted for, self - propulsion.

"food" has the meaning given by section   38 - 4.

"foreign law" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997.

"Foreign Minister" means the Minister administering the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967 .

"formation" , in relation to a * GST joint venture, means 2 or more entities becoming * participants in the joint venture as mentioned in subsection   51 - 7(1).

"freight container" means a container within the meaning of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972, signed in Geneva on 2   December 1972, as affected by any amendment of the Convention that has come into force.

"fringe benefit" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997 but includes a benefit within the meaning of subsection   136(1) of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 that is an exempt benefit for the purposes of that Act.

"fringe benefits tax" means tax imposed by the Fringe Benefits Tax Act 1986 .

"fund-raising event" has the meaning given by section   40 - 165.

"futures exchange" means:

  (a)   a body corporate in relation to which an approval under section   1126 of the Corporations Act 2001 is in force, or is taken to be in force because of subsection   1126(3) of that Act; or

  (b)   a body corporate that is recognised as a futures exchange in a foreign country and operates as a futures exchange under the laws of that country.

"gambling event" has the meaning given by subsection   126 - 35(2).

"gambling supply" has the meaning given by subsection   126 - 35(1).

"general interest charge" means the charge worked out under Part   IIA of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 .

"gift-deductible entity" : an entity is a gift - deductible entity if gifts or contributions made to it can be deductible under Division   30 of the * ITAA 1997.

"gift-deductible purpose" , of an entity, means a purpose that is the principal purpose of:

  (a)   if the entity legally owns a fund for the operation of which the entity is entitled, under subsection   30 - 125(2) of the * ITAA 1997, to be so endorsed--that fund; or

  (b)   if the entity includes an authority or institution for the operation of which the entity is entitled, under subsection   30 - 125(2) of the ITAA 1997, to be so endorsed--that authority or institution.

"global GST amount" has the meaning given by sections   126 - 10, 126 - 15 and 126 - 20.

"goods" means any form of tangible personal property.

"government entity" has the meaning given by section   41 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 .

"government related entity" is:

  (a)   a * government entity; or

  (b)   an entity that would be a government entity but for subparagraph   (e)(i) of the definition of government entity in the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 ; or

  (c)   a local governing body established by or under a * State law or * Territory law.

"government school" means a * school that:

  (a)   supplies any of these kinds of * education courses:

  (i)   * pre - school courses;

  (ii)   full - time * primary courses;

  (iii)   full - time * secondary courses;

    (whether or not the school supplies any other education courses); and

  (b)   is conducted by or on behalf of an * Australian government agency;

and includes a proposed school that will meet the requirements of paragraphs   (a) and (b) once it starts operation.

"group liability" of a * head company of a * consolidated group or a * MEC group has the meaning given by paragraph   721 - 10(1)(a) of the * ITAA 1997.

"GST" means tax that is payable under the * GST law and imposed as goods and services tax by any of these:

  (a)   the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Imposition--General) Act 1999 ; or

  (b)   the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Imposition--Customs) Act 1999 ; or

  (c)   the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Imposition--Excise) Act 1999 ; or

  (d)   the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Imposition (Recipients)--General) Act 2005 ; or

  (e)   the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Imposition (Recipients)--Customs) Act 2005 ; or

  (f)   the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Imposition (Recipients)--Excise) Act 2005 .

"GST benefit" has the meaning given by subsection   165 - 10(1).

"GST branch" has the meaning given by section   54 - 5.

"GST branch registration number" , of a branch, means the branch's GST branch registration number notified under section   54 - 15.

"GST disadvantage" has the meaning given by subsection   165 - 45(2).

"GST exclusive market value" , in relation to a supply or acquisition:

  (a)   other than of a * luxury car--is 10 / 11 of the * GST inclusive market value of the supply or acquisition; or

  (b)   of a * luxury car--is 10 / 11 of the * GST inclusive market value of the luxury car (excluding any * luxury car tax that is, or would be, payable on the supply of that car).

"GST exclusive value" :

  (a)   in relation to an acquisition:

  (i)   other than of a * luxury car--means 10 / 11 of the * price of the supply of the thing being acquired; or

  (ii)   of a * luxury car--means 10 / 11 of the * price of the supply of the luxury car (excluding any * luxury car tax payable on the supply); and

  (b)   in relation to an importation that is a * taxable importation, means the * value of the importation; and

  (c)   in relation to an importation that is not a taxable importation, means the amount that would be the value of the importation if it were a taxable importation.

"GST-free" has the meaning given by subsection   9 - 30(1) and Division   38.

"GST group" has the meaning given by section   48 - 5.

"GST inclusive market value" of:

  (a)   * consideration in connection with a supply; or

  (b)   a thing, or a supply or acquisition of a thing;

means the market value of the consideration or thing, without any discount for any amount of GST or * luxury car tax payable on the supply.

"GST instalment" has the meaning given by subsection   162 - 70(1).

"GST instalment payer" has the meaning given by section   162 - 50.

"GST instalment quarter" has the meaning given by subsections   162 - 70(2) and (3).

"GST instalment shortfall" , for a * GST instalment quarter in relation to which you are liable to pay a penalty under Subdivision   162 - D, means:

  (a)   if the penalty is payable under section   162 - 175--the amount worked out under subsection   162 - 175(3) or paragraph   162 - 175(4)(c) (whichever is applicable); or

  (b)   if the penalty is payable under section   162 - 180--the amount worked out under subsection   162 - 180(3) or paragraph   162 - 180(4)(c) (whichever is applicable); or

  (c)   if the penalty is payable under section   162 - 185--the amount worked out under subsection   162 - 185(3).

Note:   The amount of a GST instalment shortfall can be reduced under section   162 - 195 or 162 - 200 (or both).

"GST joint venture" has the meaning given by section   51 - 5.

"GST law" means:

  (a)   this Act; and

  (b)   any Act that imposes GST; and

  (c)   the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Transition) Act 1999 ; and

  (d)   the Taxation Administration Act 1953 , so far as it relates to any Act covered by paragraphs   (a) to (c); and

  (e)   any other Act, so far as it relates to any Act covered by paragraphs   (a) to (d) (or to so much of that Act as is covered); and

  (f)   regulations under any Act, so far as they relate to any Act covered by paragraphs   (a) to (e) (or to so much of that Act as is covered).

"GST religious group" has the meaning given by section   49 - 5.

"GST return" means a return of the kind referred to in Division   31, that complies with all the requirements of sections   31 - 15 and 31 - 25 of this Act and section   388 - 75 in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 , and includes a return given in accordance with section   58 - 50 of this Act.

"GST turnover" :

  (a)   in relation to meeting a * turnover threshold--has the meaning given by subsection   188 - 10(1); and

  (b)   in relation to not exceeding a * turnover threshold--has the meaning given by subsection   188 - 10(2).

"head company" of a * consolidated group or a * MEC group has the meaning given by subsection   995 - 1(1) of the * ITAA 1997.

"Health Minister" means the Minister administering the National Health Act 1953 .

"higher education institution" means an entity that is a higher education provider as defined in section   16 - 1 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 .

"HIH company" has the meaning given by section   322 - 5 of the * ITAA 1997.

"HIH rescue entity" means:

  (a)   the HIH Claims Support Trust (established on 6   July 2001); or

  (b)   the Commonwealth; or

  (c)   an entity prescribed for the purposes of subsection   322 - 5(1) of the * ITAA 1997.

"hire purchase agreement" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997.

"home care" has the meaning given by section   45 - 3 of the Aged Care Act 1997 .

"hospital treatment" has the same meaning as in the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 .

"hybrid settlement sharing arrangement" has the meaning given by subsection   80 - 80(1).

"import" means import goods into the indirect tax zone.

"inbound intangible consumer supply" has the meaning given by section   84 - 65.

"incapacitated entity" means:

  (a)   an individual who is a bankrupt; or

  (b)   an entity that is in liquidation or receivership; or

  (c)   an entity that has a * representative.

"incidental valuable metal goods" means goods:

  (a)   acquired for the purposes of sale or exchange (but not for manufacture) in the ordinary course of * business; and

  (b)   that consist wholly or partly of * valuable metal; and

  (c)   in relation to which any of the following applies:

  (i)   the goods are collectables or antiques, and the goods are not * precious metals;

  (ii)   at the time of the acquisition, the market value of the goods exceeds the * valuable metal threshold;

  (iii)   the goods are in a class determined by the inister, by legislative instrument, for the purposes of this subparagraph.

"income year" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997.

"increasing adjustment" means an amount arising under one of the following provisions:

 

Increasing adjustments

Item

Provision

Subject matter

1

Section   19 - 50

Adjustment events (supplies)

2

Section   19 - 80

Adjustment events (acquisitions)

3

Section   21 - 10

Recovering amounts previously written off (taxable supplies)

4

Section   21 - 15

Bad debts written off (creditable acquisitions)

4AAA

Section   75 - 22

Input tax credit entitlements for acquisitions relating to supplies of real property under the margin scheme

4AA

Section   78 - 18 (including as it applies in accordance with Subdivision   79 - B or Division   80)

Payments of excess etc. under insurance policies or compulsory third party schemes

4AB

Subsection  
79 - 10(2) (including as it applies in accordance with Division   80)

Increasing adjustments under compulsory third party schemes

4AC

Section   79 - 55 (including as it applies in accordance with Division   80)

Increasing adjustments under compulsory third party schemes

4AD

Section   80 - 30

Increasing adjustments under insurance policy settlement sharing arrangements

4AE

Section   80 - 70

Increasing adjustments under nominal defendant settlement sharing arrangements

4A

Section   100 - 15

Unredeemed vouchers

5

Section   129 - 40

Changes in the extent of creditable purpose

5A

Section   130 - 5

Goods applied solely to private or domestic use

5B

Section   131 - 55

Annually apportioned acquisitions and importations

6

Section   134 - 10

Third party payments

7

Section   135 - 5

Supplies of going concerns

8

Section   138 - 5

Cessation of registration

8A

Section   139 - 5

Distributions from deceased estates

9

Section   141 - 50

Tradex scheme goods

Note:   Increasing adjustments increase your net amounts.

"indirect tax zone" means Australia (within the meaning of the * ITAA 1997), but does not include any of the following:

  (a)   the external Territories;

  (b)   an offshore area for the purpose of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 ;

other than an installation (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ) that is deemed by section   5C of the Customs Act 1901 to be part of Australia and that is located in an offshore area.

"individual" means a natural person.

"industrial instrument" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997.

"ineligible for the margin scheme" has the meaning given by subsections   75 - 5(3) and (4).

"inherit" : you inherit a freehold interest in land, a stratum unit or a long - term lease if you become an owner of the interest, unit or lease:

  (a)   under the will of a deceased person, or that will as varied by a court order; or

  (b)   by operation of an intestacy law, or such a law as varied by a court order; or

  (c)   because it is appropriated to you by the legal personal representative of a deceased person in satisfaction of a pecuniary legacy or some other interest or share in the deceased person's estate; or

  (d)   under a deed of arrangement if:

  (i)   you entered into the deed to settle a claim to participate in the distribution of the deceased person's estate; and

  (ii)   any * consideration given by you for the interest, unit or lease consisted only of the variation or waiver of a claim to one or more other assets that formed part of the estate.

"input tax credit" means an entitlement arising under section   11 - 20 or 15 - 15.

"input taxed" has the meaning given by subsection   9 - 30(2) and Division   40.

"instalment tax period" has the meaning given by subsection   162 - 55(3).

"instalment turnover threshold" has the meaning given by subsection   162 - 5(2).

"insurance broker" has the meaning given by section   11 of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 .

"insurance policy" means a policy of insurance (or of reinsurance) against loss, damage, injury or risk of any kind, whether under a contract or a law. However, it does not include such a policy to the extent that it does not relate to insurance (or reinsurance) against loss, damage, injury or risk of any kind.

"insurance policy settlement sharing arrangement" has the meaning given by subsection   80 - 5(1).

"intended or former application of a thing" has the meaning given by section   129 - 40.

"international transport" means:

  (a)   in relation to the export of goods--the transport of the goods from their * place of export in the indirect tax zone to a destination outside the indirect tax zone; or

  (b)   in relation to the import of goods--the transport of the goods from a place outside the indirect tax zone to their * place of consignment in the indirect tax zone.

"invoice" means a document notifying an obligation to make a payment.

"inwards duty free shop" has the same meaning as in section   96B of the Customs Act 1901 .

"ITAA 1936" means the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 .

"ITAA 1997" means the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 .

"joint venture operator" , of a * GST joint venture, is the entity last nominated in relation to the joint venture as mentioned in paragraph   51 - 5(1)(ea) or 51 - 70(1)(c), but does not include an entity that does not satisfy the requirements of paragraphs 51 - 10(c) and (f).

"legal practitioner" means a person who is enrolled as a barrister, a solicitor or a barrister and solicitor of:

  (a)   a federal court; or

  (b)   a court of a State or Territory.

"life insurance policy" means a policy of insurance on the life of an individual.

"limited registration entity" has the meaning given by section   146 - 5.

"liquidator" has the meaning given by subsection   6(1) of the * ITAA 1936.

"local entry" has the meaning given by section   5 - 30 of the * Wine Tax Act.

"lodged electronically" has the meaning given by subsection   31 - 25(3).

"long-term accommodation" has the meaning given by subsection   87 - 20(1).

"long-term lease" means a supply by way of lease, hire or licence (including a renewal or extension of a lease, hire or licence) for at least 50 years if:

  (a)   at the time of the lease, hire or licence, or the renewal or extension of the lease, hire or licence, it was reasonable to expect that it would continue for at least 50 years; and

  (b)   unless the supplier is an * Australian government agency--the terms of the lease, hire or licence, or the renewal or extension of the lease, hire or licence, as they apply to the * recipient are substantially the same as those under which the supplier held the premises.

"luxury car" has the same meaning as in section   25 - 1 of the A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999 .

"luxury car tax" has the meaning given by section   27 - 1 of the A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999 .

"luxury car tax law" has the meaning given in section   27 - 1 of the A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999 .

"managing operator" has the meaning given by subparagraph   80 - 5(1)(c)(i), 80 - 40(1)(c)(i) or 80 - 80(1)(c)(i).

"managing operator's payment or supply" has the meaning given by subsection   80 - 5(2), 80 - 40(2) or 80 - 80(2).

"margin" , in relation to a * taxable supply of * real property, has the meaning given by sections   75 - 10, 75 - 11 and 75 - 16.

Note:   This meaning is affected by sections   75 - 12 to 75 - 15.

"margin scheme" : a * taxable supply of * real property is under the margin scheme if subsection   75 - 5(1) applies.

"MEC group" has the meaning given by section   719 - 5 of the * ITAA 1997.

"medical practitioner" means a person who is a medical practitioner for the purposes of the Health Insurance Act 1973 .

"medical service" means:

  (a)   a service for which medicare benefit is payable under Part   II of the Health Insurance Act 1973 ; or

  (b)   any other service supplied by or on behalf of a * medical practitioner or * approved pathology practitioner that is generally accepted in the medical profession as being necessary for the appropriate treatment of the * recipient of the supply.

"member" :

  (a)   in relation to a * GST group--has the meaning given by section   48 - 7; or

  (b)   in relation to a * GST religious group--means an entity currently approved as one of the members of the group under section   49 - 5 or paragraph   49 - 70(1)(a); or

  (c)   in relation to a * consolidated group--has the meaning given by section   703 - 15 of the * ITAA 1997.

"mineral" deposit means a deposit of * minerals, and includes a deposit of sand or gravel.

"minerals" has the meaning given by section   40 - 730 of the * ITAA 1997.

"monetary prize" means:

  (a)   any prize, or part of a prize, in the form of * money or * digital currency; or

  (b)   if the prize is given at a casino--any prize, or part of a prize, in the form of:

  (i)   money or digital currency; or

  (ii)   gambling chips that may be redeemed for money or digital currency.

"money" includes:

  (a)   currency (whether of Australia or of any other country); and

  (b)   promissory notes and bills of exchange; and

  (c)   any negotiable instrument used or circulated, or intended for use or circulation, as currency (whether of Australia or of any other country); and

  (d)   postal notes and money orders; and

  (e)   whatever is supplied as payment by way of:

  (i)   credit card or debit card; or

  (ii)   crediting or debiting an account; or

  (iii)   creation or transfer of a debt.

However, it does not include:

  (f)   a collector's piece; or

  (g)   an investment article; or

  (h)   an item of numismatic interest; or

  (i)   currency the market value of which exceeds its stated value as legal tender in the country of issue; or

  (j)   one or more digital units of value to which paragraphs   (a) to (f) of the definition of digital currency apply.

"net amount" , for a tax period, has the meaning given by section   17 - 5. However:

  (a)   it has the meaning given by section   162 - 105 if the tax period is an * instalment tax period; or

  (b)   it has the meaning given by section   123 - 15 if a choice under Division   123 to apply a * simplified accounting method has effect during the tax period, and paragraph   (a) does not apply; or

  (c)   it has the meaning given by section   126 - 5 if you are liable for GST on a * gambling supply that is attributable to the tax period, and paragraphs   (a) and (b) do not apply.

Note:   Subdivision   21 - A of the Wine Tax Act and Subdivision   13 - A of the A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999 can affect the net amount.

"net capital loss" has the meaning given by subsection   995 - 1(1) of the * ITAA 1997.

"net GST" : the net GST that is or would be payable by an entity for a supply is:

  (a)   the GST that is or would be payable by the entity on the supply; plus

  (b)   the sum of any * increasing adjustments that the entity has or would have relating to the supply; minus

  (c)   the sum of any * decreasing adjustments that the entity has or would have relating to the supply.

"net refund position" has the meaning given by subsection   162 - 5(3).

"new recreational boat" has the meaning given by subsection   38 - 185(5).

"new residential premises" has the meaning given by section   40 - 75.

"nominal defendant settlement sharing arrangement" has the meaning given by subsection   80 - 40(1).

"non-cash benefit" has the meaning given by subsection   995 - 1(1) of the * ITAA 1997.

"non-creditable insurance event" has the meaning given by subsection   78 - 10(3).

"non-deductible expense" has the meaning given by subsections   69 - 5(3) and (3A).

"non-entity joint venture" has the meaning given by subsection   995 - 1(1) of the * ITAA 1997.

"non-government higher education institution" means an institution that is not a * higher education institution and that:

  (a)   is established as a non - government higher education institution under the law of a State or Territory; or

  (b)   is registered by a State or Territory higher education recognition authority.

"non-profit association" means an entity all the members of which are non - profit bodies.

"Non-profit sub-entity" has the meaning given by subsection   63 - 15(3).

"non-resident" means an entity that is not an * Australian resident.

"non-taxable importation" has the meaning given by section   13 - 10 and Division   42.

"notified instalment amount" has the meaning given by subsection   162 - 135(1).

"officer" has the meaning given by the Corporations Act 2001 .

"offshore supply of low value goods" has the meaning given by section   84 - 77.

"operator" of a * compulsory third party scheme means an entity that is required to make payments or supplies in settlement of claims under the scheme.

"outwards duty free shop" has the same meaning as in section   96A of the Customs Act 1901 .

"overdue" : a debt is overdue if there has been a failure to discharge the debt, and that failure is a breach of the debtor's obligations in relation to the debt.

"participant" , in relation to a * GST joint venture, has the meaning given by section   51 - 7.

"partly creditable" :

  (a)   in relation to an acquisition, has the meaning given by sections   11 - 30 and 70 - 20; or

  (b)   in relation to an importation, has the meaning given by section   15 - 25.

"partnership" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997.

"passed on" has a meaning affected by section   142 - 25.

"period of review" , for an * assessment, has the meaning given by section   155 - 35 in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 .

"person" includes a * company.

"place of consignment" of goods means:

  (a)   if the goods are posted to a place in the indirect tax zone--the place in the indirect tax zone to which the goods are addressed; or

  (aa)   if the supplier of the goods is to deliver the goods to a place in the indirect tax zone--the place in the indirect tax zone to which the goods are to be delivered under the contract for the supply of the goods; or

  (ab)   if:

  (i)   neither paragraph   (a) nor (aa) applies; and

  (ii)   the goods are to be transported into the indirect tax zone by an entity supplying a transport service to an entity that is to import the goods into the indirect tax zone;

    the place in the indirect tax zone to which the goods are to be delivered under the contract for the supply of the transport service; or

  (b)   in any other case--the port or airport of final destination as indicated on the * transportation document.

"place of export" of goods means:

  (a)   if the goods were posted from a place in the indirect tax zone--the place from which they were posted; or

  (b)   if paragraph   (a) does not apply and the goods were packed in a * freight container:

  (i)   the last place from which they were collected, or to which they were delivered, prior to being so packed; or

  (ii)   if subparagraph   (i) does not apply--the place where they were so packed; or

  (c)   if the goods are self transported goods--the place, or last place, from which the goods departed the indirect tax zone; or

  (d)   if paragraphs   (a), (b) and (c) do not apply--the place, or first place, where the goods were placed on board a ship or aircraft for export from the indirect tax zone.

"potential residential land" means land that it is permissible to use for residential purposes, but that does not contain any buildings that are * residential premises.

"precious metal" means:

  (a)   gold (in an investment form) of at least 99.5% fineness; or

  (b)   silver (in an investment form) of at least 99.9% fineness; or

  (c)   platinum (in an investment form) of at least 99% fineness; or

  (d)   any other substance (in an investment form) specified in the regulations of a particular fineness specified in the regulations.

"predominantly for long-term accommodation" has the meaning given by subsection   87 - 20(3).

"pre-establishment" acquisition has the meaning given by section   60 - 15.

"pre-establishment importation" has the meaning given by section   60 - 15.

"premises" , in relation to a supply of * food, has the meaning given by section   38 - 5.

"premium selection test is satisfied" has the meaning given by subsection   79 - 5(2).

"prepaid phone card or facility" has the meaning given by subsection   100 - 25(2).

"pre-school course" means a course that is delivered:

  (a)   in accordance with a pre - school curriculum recognised by:

  (i)   the education authority of the State or Territory in which the course is delivered; or

  (ii)   a State or Territory body that has the responsibility for recognising pre - school curricula for courses delivered in that State or Territory; and

  (b)   by a * school that is recognised as a pre - school under the law of the State or Territory.

"previously attributed GST amount" has the meaning given by section   19 - 45.

"previously attributed input tax credit amount" has the meaning given by section   19 - 75.

" price" , in relation to a supply, has the meaning given by sections   9 - 75 and 84 - 20.

"primary course" means:

  (a)   a course of study or instruction that is delivered:

  (i)   in accordance with a primary curriculum recognised by the education authority of the State or Territory in which the course is delivered; and

  (ii)   by a * school that is recognised as a primary school under the law of the State or Territory; or

  (b)   any other course of study or instruction that the * Student Assistance Minister has determined is a primary course for the purposes of this Act.

"primary production business" has the meaning given by subsection   995 - 1(1) of the * ITAA 1997.

"principal member" , for a * GST religious group, is the * member of the group nominated as mentioned in paragraph   49 - 5(c), or approved as a replacement principal member for the group under paragraph   49 - 70(1)(c).

"private health insurance" means insurance provided under a contract of insurance that was entered into by a private health insurer (within the meaning of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 ) in the course of carrying on health insurance business (within the meaning of Division   121 of that Act).

"professional or trade course" means a course leading to a qualification that is an * essential prerequisite:

  (a)   for entry to a particular profession or trade in Australia; or

  (b)   to commence the practice of (but not to maintain the practice of) a profession or trade in Australia.

"professional service" has the meaning given by subsection   3(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 .

"projected GST turnover" has the meaning given by section   188 - 20.

Note:   This meaning is affected by sections   188 - 22 and 188 - 25.

"property subdivision plan" means a plan:

  (a)   for the division of * real property; and

  (b)   that is registered (however described) under an * Australian law.

Note:   Examples are strata title plans and plans to subdivide land.

"Quality of Care Principles" means the principles made under section   96 - 1 of the Aged Care Act 1997 .

"quarterly tax period" has the meaning given by subsection   31 - 8(2).

"real property" includes:

  (a)   any interest in or right over land; or

  (b)   a personal right to call for or be granted any interest in or right over land; or

  (c)   a licence to occupy land or any other contractual right exercisable over or in relation to land.

"recipient" , in relation to a supply, means the entity to which the supply was made.

"recipient created tax invoice" has the meaning given by subsection   29 - 70(3).

"recipients contribution" has the meaning given by subsection   136(1) of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 but includes any consideration paid in respect of the provision of a benefit that is an exempt benefit for the purposes of that Act.

"recipient's payment" has the meaning given by paragraph   9(2)(e) or 10(3)(c) of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 .

"recognised professional" : a person is a recognised professional, in relation to the supply of a service of a kind specified in the table in subsection   38 - 10(1), if:

  (a)   the service is supplied in a State or Territory in which the person has a permission or approval, or is registered, under a * State law or a * Territory law prohibiting the supply of services of that kind without such permission, approval or registration; or

  (b)   the service is supplied in a State or Territory in which there is no State law or Territory law requiring such permission, approval or registration, and the person is a member of a professional association that has uniform national registration requirements relating to the supply of services of that kind; or

  (c)   in the case of services covered by item   3 in the table--the service is supplied by an accredited service provider within the meaning of section   4 of the Hearing Services Administration Act 1997 .

"recognised tax adviser" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997.

"redeliverer" , of a * supply of low value goods, has the meaning given by subsection   84 - 77(4).

"reduced credit acquisition" has the meaning given by section   70 - 5.

"refiner of precious metal" means an entity that satisfies the Commissioner that it regularly converts or refines * precious metal in * carrying on its * enterprise.

"registered" means:

  (a)   in relation to an entity--registered under Part   2 - 5; or

  (b)   in relation to a branch of an entity--registered under Division   54.

"registration turnover threshold" has the meaning given by sections   23 - 15 and 63 - 25.

"relates to business finance" has the meaning given by subsection   129 - 10(3).

"relevant traveller" :

  (a)   in relation to goods that are exported--has the same meaning as in section   96A of the Customs Act 1901 ; and

  (b)   in relation to goods that are * airport shop goods--has the same meaning as in section   96B of the Customs Act 1901 .

"religious practitioner" means:

  (a)   a minister of religion; or

  (b)   a student at an institution who is undertaking a course of instruction in the duties of a minister of religion; or

  (c)   a full - time member of a religious order; or

  (d)   a student at a college conducted solely for training persons to become members of religious orders.

"representative" means:

  (a)   a trustee in bankruptcy; or

  (b)   a * liquidator; or

  (c)   a receiver; or

  (ca)   a controller (within the meaning of section   9 of the Corporations Act 2001 ); or

  (d)   an administrator appointed to an entity under Division   2 of Part   5.3A of the Corporations Act 2001 ; or

  (e)   a person appointed, or authorised, under an * Australian law to manage the affairs of an entity because it is unable to pay all its debts as and when they become due and payable; or

  (f)   an administrator of a deed of company arrangement executed by the entity.

"representative member" , of a * GST group, is the * member of the group last nominated as mentioned in paragraph   48 - 5(1)(d) or 48 - 70(1)(c).

"required to be registered" has the meaning given by sections   23 - 5, 57 - 20, 58 - 20 and 144 - 5.

"resident agent" means an agent that is an * Australian resident.

"residential care service" has the meaning given by the Dictionary in Schedule   1 to the Aged Care Act 1997 .

"residential premises" means land or a building that:

  (a)   is occupied as a residence or for residential accommodation; or

  (b)   is intended to be occupied, and is capable of being occupied, as a residence or for residential accommodation;

(regardless of the term of the occupation or intended occupation) and includes a * floating home.

"retailer" means an entity that, in the course or furtherance of * carrying on its * enterprise, sells * goods to people who buy them for private or domestic use or consumption.

"retirement village" : premises are a retirement village if:

  (a)   the premises are * residential premises; and

  (b)   accommodation in the premises is intended to be for persons who are at least 55 years old, or who are a certain age that is more than 55 years; and

  (c)   the premises include communal facilities for use by the residents of the premises;

but the following are not retirement villages:

  (d)   premises used, or intended to be used, for the provision of residential care (within the meaning of the Aged Care Act 1997 ) by an approved provider (within the meaning of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018 );

  (e)   * commercial residential premises.

"reviewable GST decision" has the meaning given by Subdivision   110 - F in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 .

"satisfies the membership requirements" :

  (a)   in relation to a * GST group--has the meaning given by section   48 - 10, 63 - 50 or 149 - 25; or

  (b)   in relation to a * GST religious group--has the meaning given by section   49 - 10.

"satisfies the participation requirements" for a * GST joint venture has the meaning given by section   51 - 10.

"scheme" has the meaning given by subsection   165 - 10(2).

"school" means an institution that supplies * pre - school courses, * primary courses, * secondary courses or * special education courses but not any other * education course.

"secondary course" means:

  (a)   a course of study or instruction that is a secondary course determined by the * Student Assistance Minister under subsection   5D(1) of the Student Assistance Act 1973 for the purposes of that Act; or

  (b)   any other course of study or instruction that the Student Assistance Minister has determined is a secondary course for the purposes of this Act.

"second-hand goods" does not include:

  (a)   goods (except * incidental valuable metal goods) to the extent that they consist of * valuable metal; or

  (c)   animals or plants.

"serviced apartment" : an apartment (however described) is a serviced apartment in relation to a * retirement village if:

  (a)   the apartment is designed to be occupied by aged residents who require either or both of the following:

  (i)   the services set out in item   2.1 (daily living activities assistance) of Part   2 of Schedule   1 to the * Quality of Care Principles;

  (ii)   the services set out in item   3.8 (nursing services) of Part   3 of that Schedule; and

  (b)   at least one responsible person is continuously:

  (i)   on call to render emergency assistance to the residents of the apartment; and

  (ii)   in reasonable proximity to the apartment; and

  (c)   the apartment is part of a single complex of apartments to which paragraphs   (a) and (b) apply, and is accessible from a common corridor linking the apartment to the other apartments in the complex; and

  (d)   there is in the retirement village a communal dining facility that is available for use by the residents of apartments in the retirement village to which paragraphs   (a), (b) and (c) apply.

However, a detached house, row house, terrace house, town house or villa unit is not a serviced apartment.

"settlement amount" has the meaning given by subsection   78 - 15(4).

"share" in a * company means a share in the capital of the company, and includes stock.

"ship" means any vessel used in navigation, other than air navigation.

"ship's stores" has the meaning given by section   130C of the Customs Act 1901 .

"simplified accounting method" means an arrangement in respect of which a determination under section   123 - 5 is in force.

"small business entity" has the meaning given by subsection   995 - 1(1) of the * ITAA 1997.

"small enterprise entity" has the meaning given by subsection   123 - 7(1).

"small enterprise turnover threshold" has the meaning given by subsection   123 - 7(2).

"special education course" means a course of education that provides special programs designed specifically for children with disabilities or students with disabilities (or both).

"special professional" has the meaning given by subsection   405 - 25(1) of the * ITAA 1997.

"stated monetary value" has the meanings given by subsections   100 - 5(2A) and (2B).

"State law" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997.

"statutory compensation scheme" has the meaning given by section   78 - 105.

"stratum unit" has the meaning given by subsection   124 - 190(3) of the * ITAA 1997.

"student accommodation" has the meaning given by subsection   38 - 105(3).

"Student Assistance Minister" has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 .

"Subdivision 38-P period" , in relation to the supply of a * car to an individual, means the period starting when he or she acquires it and ending at the earliest of the following times:

  (a)   the end of 2 years after the acquisition;

  (b)   the time when the car is no longer reasonably capable of being used for the purpose for which cars of that kind are ordinarily used;

  (c)   a time that the Commissioner considers to be appropriate in special circumstances.

"substantial renovations" of a building are renovations in which all, or substantially all, of a building is removed or replaced. However, the renovations need not involve removal or replacement of foundations, external walls, interior supporting walls, floors, roof or staircases.

"superannuation fund" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997.

"supplier-taxed offshore supply of low value goods" has the meaning given by section   84 - 85.

"supply" has the meaning given by section   9 - 10.

"supply of a" going concern has the meaning given by subsection   38 - 325(2).

"supply of low value goods" has the meaning given by section   84 - 79.

"taxable at less than" 1/ 11 of the price has the meaning given by subsection   136 - 50(1).

"taxable dealing" , in relation to * wine, has the meaning given by section   33 - 1 of the * Wine Tax Act.

"taxable importation" has the meaning given by subsections   13 - 5(1) and 114 - 5(1).

"taxable importation of a luxury car" has the meaning given by section   27 - 1 of the A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999 .

"taxable supply" has the meaning given by sections   9 - 5, 78 - 50, 84 - 5 and 105 - 5.

Note:   This meaning is also affected by sections   49 - 30, 66 - 45, 72 - 5, 78 - 25, 78 - 60, 78 - 65, 78 - 70, 79 - 60, 79 - 85, 80 - 10, 80 - 50, 84 - 85, 90 - 5, 100 - 5, 100 - 18, 110 - 5, 110 - 15, 110 - 20, 110 - 25, 110 - 30, 113 - 5 and 142 - 10.

"taxation law" has the meaning given by section   2 of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 .

"tax invoice" has the meaning given by subsections   29 - 70(1) and 48 - 57(1), and includes a document that the Commissioner treats as a tax invoice under subsection   29 - 70(1B). However, it does not include a document that does not comply with the requirements of section   54 - 50 (if applicable).

"taxi travel" means travel that involves transporting passengers, by taxi or limousine, for fares.

"tax loss" has the meaning given by subsection   995 - 1(1) of the * ITAA 1997.

"tax period" means a tax period applying to you under:

  (a)   Division   27 (about quarterly and one month tax periods); or

  (b)   section   48 - 73 (about GST groups with incapacitated entities); or

  (c)   section   57 - 35 (about resident agents); or

  (d)   section   58 - 35 (about representatives of incapacitated entities); or

  (e)   section   151 - 40 (about annual tax periods); or

  (f)   section   162 - 55 (about instalment tax periods).

"tax period turnover threshold" has the meaning given by subsection   27 - 15(3).

"tax-related liability" has the meaning given by section   255 - 1 in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 .

"telecommunication supply" has the meaning given by section   85 - 10.

"Territory law" has the meaning given by section   995 - 1 of the * ITAA 1997.

"tertiary course" means:

  (a)   a course of study or instruction that is a tertiary course determined by the * Student Assistance Minister under subsection   5D(1) of the Student Assistance Act 1973 for the purposes of that Act; or

  (aa)   a course of study or instruction accredited at asters or Doctoral level and supplied by a * higher education institution or a * non - government higher education institution; or

  (b)   any other course of study or instruction that the Student Assistance Minister has determined is a tertiary course for the purposes of this Act.

"tertiary residential college course" means a course supplied in connection with a * tertiary course at premises that are used to provide accommodation to students undertaking tertiary courses.

"thing" means anything that can be supplied or imported.

"third party adjustment note" means a document that complies with the requirements of section   134 - 20 and (if applicable) section   54 - 50.

"total Subdivision 66-B credit amount" has the meaning given by subsection   66 - 65(1).

"total Subdivision 66-B GST amount" has the meaning given by subsection   66 - 65(2).

"tradex order" has the meaning given by subsection   141 - 10(2).

"tradex scheme goods" has the meaning given by subsection   141 - 10(1).

"transportation document" includes the following:

  (a)   a consignment note;

  (b)   a house bill of lading;

  (c)   an ocean bill of lading;

  (d)   a house air waybill;

  (e)   a master air waybill;

  (f)   a sea waybill;

  (g)   a straight line air waybill;

  (h)   a sub - master air waybill;

  (i)   other similar documents.

"TSA contributing member" of a * consolidated group or a * MEC group has the meaning given by paragraph   721 - 25(1)(a) of the * ITAA 1997.

"turnover threshold" has the meaning given by subsection   188 - 10(3).

"unit trust" has the meaning given by subsection   202A(1) of the * ITAA 1936.

"untaxable Commonwealth entity" has the meaning given by section   177 - 1.

"valid meal entertainment register" means a valid meal entertainment register within the meaning of section   37CA of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 .

"valuable metal" means:

  (a)   gold, silver or platinum; or

  (b)   any other substance specified for the purposes of paragraph   (d) of the definition of precious metal in this section.

"valuable metal threshold" has the meaning given by section   86 - 10.

"value" :

  (a)   value of a * taxable importation has the meaning given by sections   13 - 20, 13 - 25, 117 - 5 and 117 - 10; and

  (b)   value of a * taxable supply has the meaning given by sections   9 - 75, 9 - 80, 72 - 10, 72 - 70, 78 - 5, 78 - 60, 78 - 95, 79 - 40, 79 - 85, 87 - 10, 90 - 10, 96 - 10 and 108 - 5;

  (d)   value of a supply includes the meaning given by section   188 - 35.

Note:   Section   188 - 30 contains a means of working out, for the purposes of Division   188, the value of a supply that is not a taxable supply, and section   188 - 32 contains a means of working out, for those purposes, the value of gambling supplies.

"varied instalment amount" has the meaning given by subsection   162 - 140(1) and paragraph   162 - 140(5)(a).

"voucher" has the meaning given by subsection   100 - 25(1).

"wine" has the meaning given by Subdivision   31 - A of the * Wine Tax Act.

"wine tax" has the meaning given by section   33 - 1 of the * Wine Tax Act.

"Wine Tax Act" means the A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999 .

"wine tax law" has the meaning given in section   33 - 1 of the * Wine Tax Act.

"withholding payment" covered by a particular provision in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 has the meaning given by subsection   995 - 1(1) of the * ITAA 1997.

"withholding payment" has the meaning given by subsection   995 - 1(1) of the * ITAA 1997.

"you" : if a provision of this Act uses the expression you , it applies to entities generally, unless its application is expressly limited.

Note:   The expression you is not used in provisions that apply only to entities that are not individuals.

Method statement

Step 1.   Work out the extent (if any) to which you have * applied the thing acquired or imported for a * creditable purpose during the period of time:

  (a)   starting when you acquired or imported the thing; and

  (b)   ending at the end of the * adjustment period.

  This is the actual application of the thing .

Step 2.   Work out:

  (a)   if you have not previously had an * adjustment under this Division for the acquisition or importation--the extent (if any) to which you acquired or imported the thing for a * creditable purpose; or

  (b)   if you have previously had an * adjustment under this Division for the acquisition or importation--the * actual application of the thing in respect of the last adjustment.

  This is the intended or former application of the thing .

Step 3.   If the * actual application of the thing is less than its * intended or former application, you have an increasing adjustment , for the * adjustment period, for the acquisition or importation.

Step 4.   If the * actual application of the thing is greater than its * intended or former application, you have a decreasing adjustment , for the * adjustment period, for the acquisition or importation.

Step 5.   If the * actual application of the thing is the same as its * intended or former application, you have neither an increasing adjustment nor a decreasing adjustment, for the * adjustment period, for the acquisition or importation.

Method statement

Step 1.   Work out the tax period (the ITC tax period ) to which the input tax credit for the acquisition or importation to which the adjustment relates is attributable.

Step 2.   Work out in which year of income that tax period starts.

Step 3.   If you are required under section   161 of the * ITAA 1936 to lodge a return in relation to that year of income, work out the last day of the period, specified in the instrument made under that section, for you to lodge as required under that section.

Step 4.   The * increasing adjustment is attributable to the tax period in which that last day occurs.

Step 5.   If step 3 does not apply, the increasing adjustment is attributable to the tax period in which occurs 31   December in the next * financial year to start after the end of the ITC tax period.

The amount of an adjustment that you have under Division   21 for a bad debt is reduced under this Division if the transaction to which the adjustment relates:

  was a supply that was partly taxable or an acquisition that was partly creditable; or

  was fully taxable or creditable, but not to the extent of 1 / 11 of the price or consideration for the transaction.

Method statement

Step 1.   Work out the amount of GST (if any) that was payable on the supply, taking into account any previous * adjustments for the supply. This amount is the previous GST amount .

Step 2.   Add together:

  (a)   the amount or amounts written off as bad from the debt to which the decreasing adjustment relates; and

  (b)   the amount of the debt that has been * overdue for 12 months or more (other than amounts already written off).

Step 3.   Subtract the step 2 amount from the * price of the supply.

Step 4.   Work out the amount of GST (if any), taking into account any previous * adjustments for the supply (but not adjustments relating to bad debts or debts overdue), that would be payable on the supply if the * price of the supply were the step 3 amount. This amount of GST is the adjusted GST amount .

Step 5.   Subtract the adjusted GST amount from the previous GST amount.

Method statement

Step 1.   Work out the amount of GST (if any) that was payable on the supply, taking into account any previous * adjustments for the supply. This amount is the previous GST amount .

Step 2.   Add together:

  (a)   the amount or amounts previously written off as bad from the debt to which the increasing adjustment relates; and

  (b)   the amount of the debt that has been * overdue for 12 months or more (other than amounts already written off).

Step 3.   Subtract the step 2 amount from the * price of the supply.

Step 4.   Add to the step 3 amount an amount equal to the amount or amounts, written off or overdue for 12 months or more, that have been recovered.

Step 5.   Work out the amount of GST (if any), taking into account any previous * adjustments for the supply (but not adjustments relating to bad debts or debts overdue), that would be payable on the supply if the * price of the supply were the step 4 amount. This amount of GST is the adjusted GST amount .

Step 6.   Subtract the previous GST amount from the adjusted GST amount.

Method statement

Step 1.   Work out the amount of the input tax credit (if any) to which you were entitled for the acquisition, taking into account any previous * adjustments for the acquisition. This amount is the previous credit amount .

Step 2.   Add together:

  (a)   the amount or amounts previously written off as bad from the debt to which the increasing adjustment relates; and

  (b)   the amount of the debt that has been * overdue for 12 months or more (other than amounts already written off).

Step 3.   Subtract the step 2 amount from the total amount of the * consideration that you have either provided, or are liable to provide, for the acquisition.

Step 4.   Work out the amount of the input tax credit (if any), taking into account any previous * adjustments for the acquisition (but not adjustments relating to bad debts or debts overdue), to which you would be entitled for the acquisition if the * consideration for the acquisition were the step 3 amount. This amount of GST is the adjusted credit amount .

Step 5.   Subtract the adjusted credit amount from the previous credit amount.

Method statement

Step 1.   Work out the amount of the input tax credit (if any) to which you were entitled for the acquisition, taking into account any previous * adjustments for the acquisition. This amount is the previous credit amount .

Step 2.   Add together:

  (a)   the amount or amounts previously written off as bad from the debt to which the decreasing adjustment relates; and

  (b)   the amount of the debt that has been * overdue for 12 months or more (other than amounts already written off).

Step 3.   Subtract the step 2 amount from the total amount of the * consideration that you have either provided, or are liable to provide, for the acquisition.

Step 4.   Add to the step 3 amount an amount equal to the amount or amounts, written off or overdue for 12 months or more, that you have paid.

Step 5.   Work out the amount of the input tax credit (if any), taking into account any previous * adjustments for the acquisition (but not adjustments relating to bad debts or debts overdue), to which you would be entitled for the acquisition if the * consideration for the acquisition were the step 4 amount. This amount of GST is the adjusted credit amount .

Step 6.   Subtract the previous credit amount from the adjusted credit amount.

You may be able to elect to pay GST by instalments. If you do, GST returns are given to the Commissioner annually, and quarterly instalments of GST are paid on the basis of the Commissioner's or your estimates of what your annual GST liability will be (followed by a reconciliation based on the annual GST return).

If you can average your income for income tax purposes, you only pay the last 2 quarterly instalments.

  (a)   your payments are too low a proportion of your annual GST liability (see section   162 - 175);

  (b)   your estimated annual GST amount is too low a proportion of your annual GST liability (see section   162 - 180);

  (c)   the varied instalment amount is too low a proportion of your estimated annual GST amount (see section   162 - 185).

The object of this Division is to deter schemes to give entities benefits by reducing GST, increasing refunds or altering the timing of payment of GST or refunds.

If the dominant purpose or principal effect of a scheme is to give an entity such a benefit, the Commissioner may negate the benefit an entity gets from the scheme by declaring how much GST or refund would have been payable, and when it would have been payable, apart from the scheme.

This Division is aimed at artificial or contrived schemes. It is not, for example, intended to apply to:

  an exporter electing to have monthly tax periods in order to bring forward the entitlement to input tax credits; or

  a supplier of child care applying to be approved under the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 (this would make the supplies of child care GST - free); or

  a supplier choosing under section   9 - 25 of the Wine Tax Act to use the average wholesale price method for working out the taxable value of retail sales of grape wine; or

  a bank having its car fleet serviced earlier than usual, and before 1   July 2000, so that the servicing does not, at least initially, bear the GST.


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