ITAA 1997 s 974-160

Income tax: can the assignment of an intra-group debt or income stream to an entity that is not a member of the consolidated group give rise to a debt interest for the head company of the group under Division 974 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997?

Income tax: for the purposes of Division 974 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, if the issuer of an interest bearing instrument can change the rate of interest that will become payable to any rate (including zero) that it chooses at its sole discretion, does the issuer have an 'effectively non-contingent obligation' to provide 'financial benefits' as interest payments from the time that a change in the interest rate could take effect?

Income tax: capital gains: for the purposes of subsection 115-228(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, can a beneficiary of a trust estate be reasonably expected to receive an amount of a financial benefit referable to a capital gain made by the trust estate in an income year if the fact that the capital gain was made is not established until after the end of the income year?

Debt/Equity: Redeemable Preference Share

Redeemable preference shares: debt interest under Division 974

Debt/Equity financing: unsecured notes that may be converted into preference shares

Term subordinated notes issue: deferred interest and the existence of an effectively non-contingent obligation

Income tax: can the assignment of an intra-group debt or income stream to an entity that is not a member of the consolidated group give rise to a debt interest for the head company of the group under Division 974 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997?

Income tax: for the purposes of Division 974 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, if the issuer of an interest bearing instrument can change the rate of interest that will become payable to any rate (including zero) that it chooses at its sole discretion, does the issuer have an 'effectively non-contingent obligation' to provide 'financial benefits' as interest payments from the time that a change in the interest rate could take effect?

Income tax: for the purposes of Division 974 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 , does an issuing company have an effectively non-contingent obligation to provide a financial benefit by way of periodic interest returns on an interest bearing convertible note from the time that it can be converted at the issuing company's option into ordinary shares in that company?