Assessment of indirect tax on importations and customs dealing
155-20 Assessment of indirect tax on importations and customs dealing
The Commissioner is treated as having made an assessment under section 155‑5 of the *GST, *luxury car tax or *wine tax (whichever is applicable) payable by you on a *taxable importation, *taxable importation of a luxury car or *customs dealing, if:
the document mentioned in column 1 of an item of the following table is communicated to the Department administered by the Minister administering Part XII of the Customs Act 1901, in respect of the importation or dealing; and
a Collector (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901) gives the document mentioned in column 2 of the item to an entity in respect of the importation or dealing.
Customs documents | ||
|---|---|---|
Item | Column 1 Document communicated | Column 2 Document given to an entity |
1 | an *import declaration | an *import declaration advice |
2 | a self‑assessed clearance declaration (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901) | a *self‑assessed clearance declaration advice |
The assessment is treated as having been made on the day a Collector (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901) gives the document mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) to the entity.
The amount assessed is the amount (including a nil amount) worked out in accordance with the information stated in the 2 documents.
The 2 documents are treated as together being a notice of the assessment:
signed by the Commissioner; and
given to you under section 155‑10 on the day a Collector (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901) gives the document mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) of this section to the entity.
This section does not apply if the Commissioner has already assessed the *GST, *luxury car tax or *wine tax on or before the day mentioned in paragraph (4)(b).
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