17 December 2019 Australian Government issues Exposure Draft Bill to amend the hybrid mismatch rules for public consultation The ED contains changes announced in the 2019-20 Budget plus two additional technical corrections (dual inclusion + tier 1). Specifically, the ED: - Clarifies that the rules apply to multiple entry consolidated groups (MEC groups) in the same way as consolidated groups.
- Clarifies that, for the purpose of applying the hybrid mismatch rules, the definition of "foreign income tax" does not include foreign, municipal or State taxes.
- Clarifies the operation of the hybrid mismatch rules for trusts.
- Ensures that the integrity rule appropriately applies to arrangements that have been designed to circumvent the operation of the hybrid mismatch rules, and specify that, in certain circumstances, the integrity rule can apply where other hybrid mismatch provisions have applied.
- Clarifies the operation of the dual inclusion income on-payment rule.
- Allows franking benefits on distributions made on Additional Tier 1 capital instruments, where the distributions give rise to an entitlement to a foreign income tax deduction and the Commissioner is notified that the foreign income tax deduction will not be claimed.
For additional information with respect to this Alert, please contact the following: Ernst & Young (Australia), Perth - Andrew Nelson
andrew.nelson@au.ey.com
Ernst & Young (Australia), Melbourne - Brendan Dardis
brendan.dardis@au.ey.com - Liz Cullinan
liz.cullinan@au.ey.com - Anthony G Stolarek
tony.stolarek@au.ey.com - Rolf Drohn
rolf.drohn@au.ey.com
Ernst & Young LLP (United States), Australian Tax Desk, New York - David Burns david.burns1@ey.com
Ernst & Young LLP (United Kingdom), Australian Tax Desk, London - Naomi Ross
naomi.ross@uk.ey.com
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ATTACHMENT PDF version of this Tax Alert Document ID: 2019-2228 |
