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FOREIGN RESIDENT
CAPITAL GAINS
WITHHOLDING REGIME
WA Club
31 August 2016Sean Gomes
Solicitor
Leaker Partners
T: 9324 8590
August 2016
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WHAT IS THE REGIME?
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• A non-final withholding obligation for acquirers of ‘taxable
Australian property’ of $2 million or more from ‘foreign residents’
• Purchaser must withhold and pay to ATO 10% of purchase price
• Contracts entered into after 1 July 2016
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WHAT IS THE REGIME? (cont’d)
______________________________________• All vendors are automatically deemed to be a ‘foreign resident’ –
even ‘Australian residents’
• Some exceptions apply
• Clearance certificates, vendor declarations and variations
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WHICH ASSETS ARE CAPTURED?
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• Taxable Australian Real Property (TARP):
– real property situated in Australia (including a lease);
– a mining, quarrying or prospecting right where the material is situated in Australia
• Indirect Australian real property interest (IARPI):
– Non-portfolio share holdings in entities whose assets are predominantly land
• Option or right to acquire TARP or IARPI
• ‘Purchase price’ (first element of the CGT
asset’s cost base just after acquisition)
of $2 million or more
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EXCEPTIONS
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• Market value = under $2 million (based on the purchase price in an
arm’s length transaction);
• Approved stock exchange or through a crossing system;
• Subject to another withholding obligation;
• Securities lending arrangements; or
• Vendor subject to formal insolvency,
external administration or bankruptcy
proceedings
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WHO IS A FOREIGN RESIDENT?
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• All vendors of TARP or IARPI the holding of which causes a company
title interest – vendor treated as a foreign resident
• For IARPI and options and rights – purchaser applies knowledge test:
– You know or reasonably believe that the entity is a foreign resident; or
– You do not reasonably believe that the entity is an Australian resident, and either:
• The entity has an address outside Australia; or
• You are authorised to provide a related financial benefit to a place outside Australia
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WHO IS A FOREIGN RESIDENT? (cont’d)
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TARP and Company Title
Vendor treated asrelevant foreign resident
WITHHOLD
Unless vendor providesclearance certificate
IARPI / Options & rights
Purchaser applies knowledge test
WITHHOLD
Unless vendor provides declaration
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CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
______________________________________• For TARP, in order to receive 100% of the
purchase price, vendor must provide purchaser
with a clearance certificate
• Clearance certificate confirms vendor’s
Australian residency status
• Application must be made to the ATO – provide TFN, residency status
and details of the acquisition
• Apply at any time during process of selling property
• Valid for 12 months
• Apply here https://www.ato.gov.au/FRWT_Certificate.aspx
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VENDOR DECLARATION
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• For assets other than TARP, vendor can provide purchaser with a
vendor declaration
• If provided before settlement, purchaser not required to withhold 10%
• 2 types of declarations:
– Vendor is an Australian resident; and
– Asset being disposed of is not an IARPI
• Valid for 6 months
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VARIATION
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• Variation to lower the withholding rate (includes a variation to nil)
• Can be applied for where the 10% withholding rate is inappropriate
• Vendor must provide relevant evidence substantiating the claim
• ATO assesses applications on a case-by-case basis
• Apply here https://www.ato.gov.au/frcgw_variation.aspx
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PAYING AND REPORTING WITHHOLDING AMOUNTS
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• Where the withholding obligation exists, purchaser must pay the
withholding amount (10% of purchase price) to the ATO at settlement
• Purchaser also completes a ‘Purchaser Remittance Form’
• Vendor claims a credit from the ATO upon lodging tax return
• Penalty for non-compliance –
becomes purchaser’s problem
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• Time taken to obtain clearance certificate
• Non-arm’s length transactions
• Amount paid to creditor insufficient to
discharge mortgage or other security interest
• $0 consideration (e.g. transfers due to Family Court order or
transmission of assets of deceased estate)
• ATO audit/investigation triggered
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POTENTIAL ISSUES
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THANK YOU