Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIf the entity is an * inward investment vehicle (general) for the income year, the safe harbour debt amount is the result of applying the method statement in this section.
Method statement
Step 1. Work out the average value, for the income year, of all the assets of the entity.
Step 1A. Reduce the result of step 1 by the average value, for that year, of all the * excluded equity interests in the entity.
Step 2. Reduce the result of step 1A by the average value, for that year, of all the * associate entity debt of the entity.
Step 3. Reduce the result of step 2 by the average value, for that year, of all the * associate entity equity of the entity.
Step 4. Reduce the result of step 3 by the average value, for that year, of all the * non - debt liabilities of the entity. If the result of this step is a negative amount, it is taken to be nil.
Step 5. Multiply the result of step 4 by 3 / 5 .
Step 6. Add to the result of step 5 the average value, for that year, of the entity's * associate entity excess amount. The result of this step is the safe harbour debt amount .
Example: ALWZ Ltd, a company that is an Australian entity, has an average value of assets of $100 million.
The average values of its excluded equity interests, associate entity
debt, associate entity equity and non - debt liabilities are $5 million, $10
million, $5 million and $5 million respectively. Deducting these amounts from
the result of step 1 (through applying steps 1A to 4) leaves $75 million.
Multiplying $75 million by 3 / 5 results in $45 million. As the average value
of the company's associate entity excess amount is $2 million, the
safe harbour debt amount is therefore $47 million.