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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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