Income Tax Act 2007

Tax credits and other credits - Tax credits for foreign income tax

LJ 3: Meaning of foreign income tax

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"What 'foreign income tax' means in simple terms"

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When you hear the term foreign income tax, it means a tax from another country. This tax must meet certain requirements, which are explained in section YA 2(5). It can also be a tax that is part of a double tax agreement. You need to know that foreign income tax includes some specific types of taxes from other countries. These are called qualified domestic minimum top-up taxes, and multinational top-up taxes, which are explained in schedule 25B. However, it does not include taxes based on certain rules, like Articles 2.1 to 2.3 and 2.4 to 2.6 of the global anti-base erosion model rules. Foreign income tax is an important concept when talking about tax credits. You should understand what it means to make sense of tax rules. It is a term used in the context of taxes and tax agreements between countries.

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Part LTax credits and other credits
Tax credits for foreign income tax

LJ 3Meaning of foreign income tax

  1. For the purposes of this Part, foreign income tax

  2. means—
    1. an amount of a tax of another country meeting the requirements of section YA 2(5) (Meaning of income tax varied):
      1. in relation to a double tax agreement providing relief from tax or double taxation, an amount of tax to which the double tax agreement applies; and
      2. includes an amount of a tax of another country that is either or both of the following:
        1. a qualified domestic minimum top-up tax, as defined in Article 10.1.1 of the global anti-base erosion model rules:
          1. of substantially the same nature as multinational top-up tax payable because of the application of the modifications to Article 2.1 of the global anti-base erosion model rules set out in schedule 25B, item 1B (Items modifying global anti-base erosion model rules); and
            1. does not include an amount of a tax of another country that is based on—
              1. Articles 2.1 to 2.3 of the global anti-base erosion model rules; or
                1. Articles 2.4 to 2.6 of those model rules.
                Notes
                • Section LJ 3: replaced (with effect on 1 January 2024), on , by section 105(1) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Act 2024 (2024 No 11).
                • Section LJ 3(b): replaced, on , by section 105(2)(a) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Act 2024 (2024 No 11).
                • Section LJ 3(c): repealed, on , by section 105(2)(a) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Act 2024 (2024 No 11).
                • Section LJ 3 list of defined terms multinational top-up tax: inserted, on , by section 105(2)(b) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Act 2024 (2024 No 11).
                • Section LJ 3 list of defined terms pay: inserted, on , by section 105(2)(b) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Act 2024 (2024 No 11).