Western Australian Repealed Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Download] [Help]

This legislation has been repealed.

INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1937


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Repeal of certain Acts  
   3.      Saving provisions  
   5.      Definitions  

   PART II -- Administration  

   6.      Commissioner of Taxation  
   7.      Commissioner may delegate  
   8.      State may arrange with Commonwealth for collection of taxes  
   9.      Officers to observe secrecy  

   PART III -- Liability to taxation  

           Division 1 -- General  

   10.     Income tax  
   11.     Accounting period  
   12.     Money credited, reinvested, etc., to be income  
   13.     Where consideration not in cash  
   14.     Income arising from past transactions  
   15.     Exemptions  
   16.     Limitation of exemption  

           Division 2 -- Income  

              Subdivision A -- Assessable Income Generally  

   17.     Gross income from certain sources  
   18.     Interest on loans raised in Western Australia by Governments outside Australia  
   19.     Insurance companies other than life insurance companies  

              Subdivision B -- Trading Stock  

   20.     Trading stock to be taken into account  
   21.     Value at beginning of year of income  
   22.     Where Commonwealth and State values differ  
   23.     Value at end of year of income  
   24.     Value of live stock at end of year of income  
   25.     Changes in basis of valuation of live stock  
   26.     Cost price of natural increase  
   27.     Disposal of assets of a business  
   28.     Devolution on death  

              Subdivision C -- Business carried on partly in and partly out of the State  

   29.     Profits from dealing in land  
   30.     Goods deemed to be sold in the State  
   31.     Goods deemed to be sold out of the State  
   32.     Instrumentality  
   33.     Interstate Trading  
   34.     Sales by manufacturers  
   35.     Sales by merchants  
   36.     Determination by Commissioner  
   37.     Sales in the State by a manufacturer  
   38.     Sales out of the State by a manufacturer  
   39.     Sales in the State by a merchant  
   40.     Sales out of the State by a merchant  
   41.     Sales of primary produce  
   42.     Ascertainment of profits  
   43.     Assessable income and deductions  
   44.     General provisions  

              Subdivision D -- Dividends  

   45.     Dividends  
   46.     Rebate on dividends  
   47.     Distributions by liquidators  
   48.     Loans to shareholders  
   49.     Payments to shareholders and directors  

           Division 3 -- Deductions  

   50.     Allowable deductions  
   51.     Successive deductions  
   52.     Deductions in case of composite incomes  
   53.     Losses and outgoings  
   54.     Head office expenses  
   55.     Loss on property acquired for profit-making  
   56.     Repairs  
   57.     Depreciation  
   58.     Basis of depreciation  
   59.     Calculation of depreciation  
   60.     Alteration of method of calculation  
   61.     Depreciation under Commonwealth and State Acts  
   62.     Disposal, loss or destruction of depreciated property  
   63.     Acquisition of depreciated property  
   64.     Property used partly for producing assessable income  
   65.     Meaning of depreciated value  
   66.     Bad debts  
   67.     Commission  
   68.     Payments to relatives  
   69.     Contributions to pension funds  
   70.     Expenses of borrowing  
   71.     Expenses of preparing lease  
   72.     Timber felled upon acquired land  
   73.     Timber felled under right  
   74.     Losses by embezzlement, etc  
   75.     Rates and taxes  
   76.     Subscriptions to associations  
   77.     Expenses of members of Parliament  
   78.     Wire and wire netting  
   79.     Gifts and contributions  
   80.     Concessional deductions  
   81.     Losses of previous years  
   82.     Statutory exemption  
   83.     Double deductions  

           Division 4 -- Leases  

   84.     Definitions  
   85.     Premiums included in assessable income  
   86.     Deductions  
   87.     Income of a taxpayer receiving a premium  
   88.     Value of improvements included in assessable income  
   89.     Deductions to lessee  
   90.     Not to apply to certain leases  

           Division 5 -- Partnerships  

   91.     Definitions  
   92.     Partnerships  
   93.     Income of partner  
   94.     Options of partners in respect of live stock  
   95.     Partner not in receipt and control of share  

           Division 6 -- Trustees  

   96.     Net income of trust estate  
   97.     Trustees  
   98.     Beneficiary not under any disability  
   99.     Beneficiary under disability  
   100.    Where no person presently entitled  
   101.    Beneficiary under disability deriving income from other sources  
   102.    Discretionary trusts  
   103.    Income of deceased received after death  
   104.    Revocable trusts and trusts for minors  

           Division 7 -- Banks  

   105.    Definitions  
   106.    Net income from all sources  
   107.    Assessable income  
   108.    Commencement of ss.106 and  
   109.    Conversion of ex-Australian funds  

           Division 8 -- Life assurance companies  

   110.    Definitions  
   111.    Application of Division  
   112.    Premiums, etc., not assessable income  
   113.    Deductions not allowable  
   114.    Net investment income  
   115.    Assessable income  
   116.    When liabilities exceed assets  

           Division 9 -- Co-operative and mutual companies  

   117.    Co-operative companies  
   118.    Sums received to be taxed  
   119.    Deductions allowable to co-operative company  
   120.    Mutual insurance associations  

           Division 10 -- Mining  

   121.    Deduction for capital expenditure  
   122.    Deduction for cost of development  
   123.    Capital expenditure of companies  

           Division 11 -- Interest paid by companies  

   124.    Interest paid by company to a non-resident  
   125.    Interest paid by a company on bearer debentures  
   126.    Rebate of tax paid by company  
   127.    Tax on interest  

           Division 12 -- Oversea ships  

   128.    Taxable income of ship owner or charterer  
   129.    Master or agent to make returns  
   130.    Determination by Commissioner  
   131.    Assessment of tax  
   132.    Master liable to pay  
   133.    Notice of assessment  
   134.    Detention of ship  
   135.    Freights payable under certain agreements  

           Division 13 -- Western Australian business controlled outside the State  

   136.    Western Australia business controlled out of the State  

           Division 14 -- Film business controlled abroad  

   137.    Film business controlled out of Australia  
   138.    Taxable income  
   139.    Liability of agent  
   140.    Penalty  

           Division 15 -- Insurance with non-residents  

   141.    Interpretation  
   142.    Income derived by insurers out of Australia  
   143.    Where insured person is a resident  
   144.    Taxable income of insurer resident out of Australia  
   145.    Liability of agents of insurer  
   146.    Deduction of premiums  
   147.    Information to be furnished  
   148.    Rate in special circumstances  
   149.    Re-insurance with non-resident  

           Division 16 -- Tax on racing stakes  

   150.    Tax on racing stakes  

   PART IV -- Returns and assessments  

   151.    Annual returns  
   152.    Further returns, etc  
   153.    Special returns  
   154.    Returns deemed to be duly made  
   155.    Certificate of sources of information  
   156.    Assessments  
   157.    Default assessments  
   158.    Special assessments  
   159.    When taxpayer about to leave the State  
   160.    Assessments on all persons liable to tax  
   161.    Amendment of assessments  
   162.    Where no notice of assessment served  
   163.    Refund of tax overpaid  
   164.    Amended assessment to be an assessment  
   165.    Notice of assessment  
   166.    Validity of assessment  
   167.    Judicial notice of signatures  
   168.    Evidence  

   PART V -- Objections and appeals  

   169.    Board of Review  
   170.    Objections  
   171.    Decision of Commissioner  
   172.    Appeals  
   173.    Power of Court on hearing of appeals  
   174.    Rules  
   175.    Pending appeal not to delay payment of tax  
   176.    Adjustment of tax after appeal  

   PART VI -- Collection and recovery of tax  

           Division 1 -- General  

   177.    When tax payable  
   178.    Taxpayer leaving the State  
   179.    Extension of time and payment by instalments  
   180.    Penalty for unpaid tax  
   181.    Tax a debt due to the King  
   182.    Recovery of tax  
   183.    Persons leaving Australia to obtain certificate  
   184.    Authority to travel not to issue without certificate  
   185.    Certificates and list of passengers to be lodged by ship-owner  
   186.    Temporary business  
   187.    Substituted service  
   188.    Liquidators, etc  
   189.    When tax not paid during lifetime  
   190.    Provision for payment of tax by trustees of deceased person  
   191.    Commissioner may collect tax from person owing money to taxpayer  
   192.    Consolidation assessments  

           Division 2 -- Payment and collection of income tax
           by instalments  

   193.    Interpretation  
   194.    Deductions to be made although no rates of tax declared  
   195.    Duty of employer to make deductions from salary or wages. Amount of deductions  
   196.    Employer to deliver stamps to employee  
   197.    Employee to keep stamp book; production of book  
   198.    Employee may produce book to Commissioner  
   199.    Group schemes  
   200.    State Government employees  
   201.    Arrangements with Commonwealth  
   202.    Certificate of exemption from deduction  
   203.    Other offences. Presenting document relating to another person  
   204.    Payment by tax stamps by person other than employees  
   205.    Liability where employer is an association  
   206.    Power of Commissioner to require delivery of stamps held on behalf of another person  
   207.    Commissioner to prepare and issue stamps  
   208.    Use of Commonwealth tax stamps by the State  
   209.    Commissioner may license vendors of stamps  
   210.    Licensed vendors of stamps to notify fact  
   211.    Sale of tax stamps by unauthorized persons prohibited  

   PART VII -- Penal provisions and prosecutions  

   213.    Taxation prosecution  
   214.    Failure to furnish returns or information, etc  
   215.    Refusal to give evidence  
   216.    Order to comply with requirement  
   217.    Additional tax in certain cases  
   218.    False returns or statements  
   219.    Failure to sign or false certificate  
   220.    False declarations  
   221.    Understating income  
   222.    Fraudulent avoidance of tax  
   223.    Obtaining information  
   224.    Place where offence committed  
   225.    Proceedings for offences  
   226.    Protection to witnesses  
   227.    Averment of prosecutor sufficient  
   228.    Evidence of authority to institute proceedings  
   229.    Appearance by Commissioner  
   230.    Minimum penalties  
   231.    Enforcement of orders for payment  
   232.    Costs  
   233.    Penalties not to relieve from tax  
   234.    Penalties  

   PART VIII -- Miscellaneous  

   235.    Public officer of company  
   236.    Agents and trustees  
   237.    Person in receipt or control of money for non-resident  
   238.    Person paying royalty to a non-resident taxpayer  
   239.    Payment of tax by banker  
   240.    Recovery of tax paid on behalf of another person  
   241.    Contribution from joint taxpayers  
   242.    Business records in the English language to be kept  
   243.    Contracts to evade tax void  
   244.    Covenant by mortgagor to pay tax  
   245.    Periodical payments in the nature of income  
   246.    Access to books, etc  
   247.    Department to obtain information and evidence  
   248.    Release of taxpayers in cases of hardship  
   249.    Regulations  
   250.    Construction of Act  
           FIRST SCHEDULE
           SECOND SCHEDULE
           Compilation table


[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Download] [Help]