Student Loan Scheme Amendment Act 1997

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Student Loan Scheme Amendment Act 1997, and is part of the Student Loan Scheme Act 1992 the principal Act
2: Interim repayments to be paid in same manner as provisional tax
1: Section 28
a: Inserting, in subsection (2) Income Tax Act 1994 and of the Tax Administration Act 1994
b: Omitting from paragraph (a) (1) (1)(a)
c: Omitting from paragraph (a) LD 6 LD 7
d: Omitting from paragraph (b) MB 5 MB 2(1)(b)
3: Payment of terminal repayment obligation
Section 30 subsection (1)
1: A terminal repayment obligation not previously due and payable is due and payable on—
a: The 7th day of the month specified in Schedule 13 Part A of the Income Tax Act 1994
b: The 15th day of January, where January is the month specified in Schedule 13 Part A of the Income Tax Act 1994 .
4: Application of penalty clause in loan contract
Section 44(1) section 6 Student Loan Scheme Amendment Act 1996
e: Any underestimation penalty imposed under section 44A .
5: Underestimation penalty where interim repayments underestimated as at final instalment date
The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 44
44A:
1: If, at the due date for payment of the third instalment, a periodic payer has estimated the repayment obligation and—
a: The estimate applying at the third instalment date is less than 80% of the periodic payer's repayment obligation and is less than the periodic payer's repayment obligation would have been had the periodic payer not estimated; and
b: The amount of interim repayments made on or before the third instalment date is less than 80% of the periodic payer's repayment obligation for the income year— the person (subject to subsection (3) subsection (2) .
2: In relation to any income year, the amount of underestimation penalty payable under this section is an amount calculated in accordance with the following formula: (a — b) x 10% where—
a: is the periodic payer's repayment obligation for the income year:
b: is the greater of—
i: The amount of the periodic payer's estimate, being that estimate applying at the due date for payment of the third instalment; and
ii: The amount of the interim repayments paid on or before the due date for payment of the third instalment. .
3: If the Commissioner is satisfied that a periodic payer has become liable for underestimation penalty for an income year under this section by reason of—
a: The enactment of any Act amending the Income Tax Act 1994
b: The Commissioner making public, on or after 1 March in that income year and on or before 20 April in the immediately succeeding income year, any ruling in relation to any provision of the Income Tax Act 1994
c: The adoption by the person of an incorrect tax position which is corrected for the income year, the Commissioner shall, to the extent that the penalty is higher than it would otherwise have been, write off the penalty or a part thereof.
4: A penalty imposed under this section is deemed to be due and payable on—
a: The 7th day of the month specified in Schedule 13 Part A of the Income Tax Act 1994
b: The 15th day of January, when January is the month specified in Schedule 13 Part A of the Income Tax Act 1994 .
6: Application
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