Income tax: when is income derived by a resident deceased estate taxed at resident individual rates if no beneficiary is presently entitled?
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For the remainder of the financial year after the date of death and the next two financial years, as specified in the Income Tax Rates Act 1986 , Schedule 10, Part I. Example : X died on 10 January 1992. At 30 June 1992 income of $6,500 has been derived to which no beneficiary is presently entitled. The trustee is assessed at resident individual rates. If for the 1992 - 1993 and 1993 - 1994 income years there is still no beneficiary presently entitled, resident individual rates apply.