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总而言之,你是可以为持探亲签证的父母申请Parent Tax offset的。请细读以下判例(private ruling from ATO website).
72654
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Edited version of private ruling
Authorisation Number 72654
This ruling is a private ruling for the purposes of Division 359 of Schedule 1 of the
Taxation Administration Act 1953.
What this ruling is about:
1. Are your parents residents of Australia for the purposes of claiming a dependant tax offset during the time they lived with you?
2. Is your parent in law a resident of Australia for the purposes of claiming a dependant tax offset during the time they lived with you?
Ruling:
1. Are your parents residents of Australia for the purposes of claiming a dependant tax offset during the time they lived with you?
Yes.
2. Is your parent in law a resident of Australia for the purposes of claiming a dependant tax offset during the time they lived with you?
Yes.
Year(s) of income or period(s) to which this ruling applies:
Year ended 30 June 2004
Year ended 30 June 2005
Year ended 30 June 2006
Commencement date of scheme:
1 July 2003
The scheme that is the subject of the ruling:
You are a resident of Australia for tax purposes.
Your parents and parent in law are overseas citizens.
Your parent’s and parent in law’s visas were tourist sub-class.
Your parents came to Australia and lived with you continuously during their time in Australia.
After your parents left, your parent in law came to Australia and lived with you continuously during their time in Australia.
The purpose of their visits was to live with your family and to help look after your child, as you have full time employment.
You maintained your parents and parent in law while they were in Australia.
Your parents and parent in law lodged migration applications previously to immigrate to Australia.
They did not leave Australia for any period during their stay with you.
Your parents live with relatives in their house overseas, and do not own their own house there.
Your parent in law lives with relatives in their house overseas, and does not own their own house there.
Your parents had bank accounts overseas and in Australia which received interest.
Your parent in law had bank accounts overseas, from which they received interest.
Relevant provisions:
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 Subsection 159J(1).
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 Subsection 159J(2).
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 Subsection 159J(3).
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 Subsection 159J(4).
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 Subsection 6(1).
Explanation: (This does not form part of the notice of private ruling)
Subsection 159J(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (ITAA 1936) provides that a taxpayer is entitled to a tax offset where, during the income year, they contribute to the maintenance of a dependant who is a resident of Australia.
Subsection 159J(2) of the ITAA 1936 states that a parent of a taxpayer, or of the taxpayer’s spouse, may be a dependant for the purposes of the dependant tax offset.
In order to determine your eligibility to claim a dependant tax offset under subsection 159J(1) of the ITAA 1936, it is necessary to determine the residency status of your parents and parent in law during the time they were in Australia.
The term ‘resident’ or ‘resident of Australia’ is defined in subsection 6(1) of the ITAA 1936. This definition, in effect, provides four tests for determining whether an individual is a resident of Australia for taxation purposes. These tests are:
?residence according to ordinary concepts
?the domicile and permanent place of abode test
?the 183 day test, and
?the Commonwealth superannuation fund test
The primary test for deciding the residency status of an individual is whether the individual resides in Australia according to the ordinary meaning of the word ‘resides’. However, where an individual does not reside in Australia according to ordinary concepts, the other three tests must be considered.
The ordinary meaning of the word ‘reside’, according to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1999, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, is to dwell permanently, or for a considerable time, to have one’s settled or usual abode, to live in or at a particular place.
Taxation Ruling TR 98/17 considers the residency status of individuals entering Australia. It states that the word ‘reside’ is wide enough to encompass an individual who comes to Australia permanently (for example, a migrant) or an individual who has dwelt here for a considerable time. The Commissioner’s view is that six months is a considerable time when determining whether an individual’s behaviour is consistent with residing here.
It should be noted that the period of physical presence or length of time in Australia is not, by itself, decisive when determining whether an individual resides here. To be a resident of Australia, an individual’s behaviour over the time spent in Australia must reflect a degree of continuity, routine or habit that is consistent with residing here.
When determining whether a person resides in Australia within the ordinary meaning of the word, the following factors are considered:
?intention or purpose of presence;
?family and business/employment ties
?maintenance and location of assets; and
?social and living arrangements.
In your case, during the period of time that your parents and parent in law spent in Australia on each separate occasion, it is considered that their behaviour showed a degree of continuity, routine or habit that is consistent with residing here. This conclusion is made because your parents and parent in law were present in Australia for a considerable time, they lived with you for the entire time they spent in Australia, and they came to Australia for the purpose of looking after your child while you worked. Your parents and parent in law did not come to Australia for the purposes of having a holiday but rather to live with you.
Therefore, we consider your parents and parent in law to be residents of Australia for tax purposes. You are eligible to claim a dependant tax offset under subsection 159J(1) of the ITAA 1936 for the periods of time that you were contributing to the maintenance of your parents and parent in law while they were in Australia.
Part year claim
Where a person is within a dependant category, or is a resident, for only part of the income year, the dependant tax offset will generally be apportioned on a time basis (subsection 159J(3) of the ITAA 1936).
Separate net income
As your parents and parent in law both receive an amount of income from bank account interest, you may need to take into account that the maximum dependant tax offset is reduced by $1 for every $4 of separate net income (SNI) over $282, which your parents and parent in law earned while you maintained them (subsection 159J(4) of the ITAA 1936). SNI includes interest income from a bank account received by the dependant.
Contribution by others
You will have to take into account any support your parents and parent in law may receive from others such as other relatives while they were supported by you in Australia. Where another person contributed to the maintenance of your dependant, you can claim part of the allowable tax offset, according to the extent of your contribution.
DISCLAIMER
The Register of private binding rulings is a historical public record of written binding advice the Tax Office has issued to specific entities.
Each record is based on the facts of a specific situation as advised to the Tax Office and reflects our view of the law in force at the time the advice was issued.
Before we place a record on the Register, we edit it to protect the applicant’s privacy, so this record may not disclose all the relevant facts or circumstances on which our advice was based.
The Register is not updated to reflect changes in the law or the Tax Office’s views, withdrawal of the advice, or any other change in circumstances.
Given the above, this record is not a publication approved in writing by the Commissioner. It is not intended to provide advice, nor does it set out the Tax Office’s general administrative practice. Therefore this record is non-binding and provides no protection (including from any penalty or interest).
The Commissioner is required to apply the law in the way set out in the ruling only in respect of the entity/ies on whose behalf the ruling was sought.
Edited versions of written binding advice as published on the Register of private binding rulings cannot be relied upon as precedent by any other entity.
?Commonwealth of Australia 2008 |
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