Daily Archives: March 22, 2018

DCT v Rennie Produce (Aust) Pty Ltd (in liq) – ATO s355-10 (old s264) notice to produce documents ‘trumps’ liquidator’s “Harman obligation” not to use documents produced, under other proceedings, for another purpose

On 20 March 2018, the Full Federal Court has held that the “Harman obligation” did not excuse a liquidator from complying with an ATO notice “to produce documents”, under  under s 353-10, Sch 1 TAA (which superseded the old s264 of the ITAA36). Failure to comply with such a notice, if not constrained by law, is an offence.…

Product Ruling PR 2018/4 – Perpetual WealthFocus Fund; on electing into the ‘Attribution Managed Investment Trust (AMIT) regime – ‘single unit’ structure respected for CGT purposes

On 21.3.2018, the ATO issued a product ruling and an addendum to a 2015 product ruling, for the Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage Fund. This was prompted by the Fund electing into  the Attribution Managed Investment Trust (AMIT) regime from the 2017-18 income year under Part 3-25 of the ITAA97 (Divisions 275 & 276). The fund…

Promoter of ‘tax exploitation’ R&D tax schemes ordered to pay $4.25m in civil penalties and give undertakings

On 21 March 2018, the ATO website advised that the Federal Court had ordered a Queensland company to pay a $4.25 million penalty to the Commissioner of Taxation for its promotion of tax exploitation schemes. These are the civil penalties provisions for prevention of ‘tax exploitation schemes’ in Div 290 of the TAA1 (and in particular…