1Notice of Variation - Legislative Instrument - Variation of amount to be withheld from certain payments made by trustees of bankrupt estates in accordance with section 15-15 of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953

Australian Taxation Office

Taxation Administration Act 1953

Notice of Variation – Legislative Instrument

I, Erin Kathleen Holland, Deputy Commissioner of Taxation, notify that I have varied the amount to be withheld from payments made by trustees of bankrupt estates that are:

• covered by Subdivisions 12-35, 12-85 and 12-90 of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953; and
• within the class of cases described below.

to an amount equal to 31.5% of the total payment.

I make this variation under section 15-15 of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 to meet the special circumstances of that class of cases.

Effective for payments made on or after 1 July 2005.

Class of cases

Payments which include amounts paid as:

1. a back payment of wages, including unpaid amounts of leave already taken (and including underpayment of wages over any period) that were accrued prior to the date on which the administrator was appointed
2. unused annual leave for employees
3. payment in lieu of notice for employees
4. redundancy pay for employees and
5. long service leave for employees,

when paid by the trustee of a bankrupt estate.

Signed at …17:00, this the 13th day of .May 2005.

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Deputy Commissioner of Taxation