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ARTICLE · 04 JULY 2011

Proposed FAF rules will not apply for the 2010-11 income year

Shorten MP jas announced that the FAF rules will not apply for the 2010-11 income year.

AustraliaStrategy

In one of his final announcements before the end of the 2011 financial year, the Assistant Treasurer, the Hon Bill Shorten MP, announced that the proposed Foreign Accumulation Fund (FAF) rules will not apply for the 2010-11 income year.

Moore Stephens welcomes this timely announcement as it provides certainty for the funds management industry and its investors at the commencement of the reporting season for the 2010-11 year.

The FAF rules are intended to replace the Foreign Investment Fund (FIF) regime that was repealed from 30 June 2010.  According to the Exposure Draft Legislation released in February this year, the FAF rule is a targeted integrity measure aimed, according to Treasury, at the most abusive cases of deferral in the non-control environment.  Broadly, a 'foreign accumulation fund' is a fund:

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