Taxation Administration Act 1953

Subject to sections 45‑880 and 45‑885, this Subdivision applies to a company as the *head company of a *consolidated group during the period:

starting at the start of the *instalment quarter of the company determined under subsection (2), (3) or (4); and

ending:

at the end of the instalment quarter of the company determined under paragraph (5)(a) or (b); or

just before the instalment quarter of the company determined under paragraph (5)(c) or (d).

This Subdivision starts to apply to a company as the *head company of a *consolidated group at the start of an *instalment quarter under this subsection if, during that quarter, the Commissioner gives the company (as that head company) the *initial head company instalment rate.

The operation of this subsection may be affected by section 45‑885.

This Subdivision starts to apply to a company as the *head company of a *consolidated group at the start of an *instalment quarter (the starting quarter) under this subsection if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

the consolidated group is *created from a *MEC group during the starting quarter;

the company is the head company of the consolidated group when the consolidated group is created from the MEC group;

either of the following applies:

this Subdivision applied, in accordance with Subdivision 45‑S, to the *provisional head company of the MEC group at the end of the previous instalment quarter;

the Commissioner gives the *initial head company instalment rate to the provisional head company of the MEC group during the starting quarter.

For the application of this Subdivision to a provisional head company of a MEC group: see section 45‑915.

This Subdivision starts to apply to a company as the *head company of a *consolidated group at the start of an *instalment quarter (the starting quarter) under this subsection if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

the company is an interposed company mentioned in subsection 615‑30(2) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997;

the company chooses under that subsection that the consolidated group is to continue in existence at and after the completion time mentioned in that subsection;

the completion time occurs during the starting quarter;

one of the following subparagraphs applies:

this Subdivision applied to the original entity mentioned in that subsection (as the head company of the consolidated group) at the end of the previous instalment quarter;

the Commissioner gives the *initial head company instalment rate to the original entity mentioned in that subsection (as the head company of the consolidated group) during the starting quarter;

the consolidated group is *created from a *MEC group during the starting quarter and this Subdivision applied to the *provisional head company of the MEC group at the end of the previous instalment quarter;

the consolidated group is created from a MEC group during the starting quarter and the Commissioner gives the initial head company instalment rate to the provisional head company of the MEC group during the starting quarter.

Subsection (4B) applies if:

apart from subsection (4B), this Subdivision starts to apply to a company as the *head company of a *consolidated group at a particular time because of the operation of subsection (2), (3) or (4); and

the company is a *monthly payer; and

the Commissioner gave the *initial head company instalment rate as mentioned in subsection (2), subparagraph (3)(c)(ii), subparagraph (4)(d)(ii) or subparagraph (4)(d)(iv) in an *instalment month.

Treat subsection (2), (3) or (4) (as the case requires) as providing that this Subdivision starts to apply to the company as the *head company of the group at the start of the next *instalment month.

For the application of this Subdivision to a monthly payer, see section 45‑703.

This Subdivision stops applying to a company as the *head company of a *consolidated group at the earliest of the following times after the company becomes the head company:

the end of the *instalment quarter during which the consolidated group ceases to exist (other than because a *MEC group is *created from the consolidated group);

the end of the instalment quarter during which the Commissioner is notified of the creation of a MEC group from the consolidated group if the MEC group is created during that instalment quarter;

just before the instalment quarter during which the Commissioner is notified of the creation of a MEC group from the consolidated group if the MEC group was created before that instalment quarter;

just before the instalment quarter that includes the completion time mentioned in subsection 615‑30(2) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 where an interposed company mentioned in that subsection chooses under that subsection that the consolidated group is to continue in existence.

The operation of this subsection because of paragraph (a) may be affected by section 45‑880.

For the purposes of subsection (5), the Commissioner is notified of the creation of a *MEC group from a *consolidated group when the Commissioner receives a notice of the consolidation of the MEC group under subsection 719‑40(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

If this Subdivision stops applying to a company as the *head company of a *consolidated group just before an *instalment quarter under paragraph (5)(c), then, for the purposes of this Part, this Act has effect for the company and other *members of the group as if:

the consolidated group had continued to exist until just before the start of that quarter; and

the company were the head company of the group until just before the start of that quarter.

To avoid doubt, this Subdivision does not apply to a company as the *head company of a *consolidated group for any time at all if:

subsection (2), (3) or (4), and subsection (5), would, apart from this subsection, apply to the company; but

the time at which this Subdivision would stop applying to the company under subsection (5) is before the time at which this Subdivision would start to apply to the company under subsection (2), (3) or (4).

To avoid doubt, and apart from the operation of subsection (7), this Subdivision may apply to a company as the *head company of a *consolidated group at a time when the company is not in fact the head company of the group.

An example of this is when an interposed company becomes the new head company of a consolidated group. Under this section and section 45‑740, this Subdivision may start applying to the company as if it had already become the head company when it is not yet such a company.