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INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1936 - SECT 325

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

  (1)   For the purposes of this Part, a dividend or other amount of a particular kind is to be taken to be taxed in a listed country at the country's normal company tax rate if, and only if:

  (a)   foreign tax is payable under a tax law of the listed country in respect of the dividend or the other amount of a particular kind at the same rate as, or a higher rate than, is payable under the tax law in respect of non - dividend income, or non - dividend amounts not of that particular kind, as the case may be, included in the tax base of a company that is a resident of the listed country; and

  (b)   the tax law of the listed country does not provide for any credit, rebate or other tax concession in respect of the dividend or the other amount of a particular kind, other than for foreign tax payable under a tax law of a different listed or an unlisted country.

  (2)   For the purposes of this Part, a dividend or other amount of a particular kind is taken to be taxed in an unlisted country at the country's normal tax rate if, and only if:

  (a)   foreign tax is payable under a tax law of the unlisted country in respect of the dividend or the other amount of a particular kind at the same rate as, or a higher rate than, is payable under the tax law in respect of non - dividend income, or non - dividend amounts not of that particular kind, as the case may be, included in the tax base of a company that is a resident of the unlisted country; and

  (b)   the tax law of the unlisted country does not provide for any credit, rebate or other tax concession in respect of the dividend or the other amount of a particular kind, other than for foreign tax payable under a tax law of a different unlisted or a listed country.



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