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Gaming Machine Tax Act 2001
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#### 14 Annual rate for registered clubs
14 Annual rate for registered clubs
> > (1) If the profits from all gaming machines kept on the premises of a registered club in a tax year do not exceed $200,000, no tax is payable on the profits.
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> > (2) If the profits from all gaming machines kept on the premises of a registered club in a tax year exceed $200,000, but do not exceed $1,000,000, the following provisions apply—
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> > > (a) in the 2006 tax year—tax is payable on so much of those profits as exceeds $200,000 at the rate of tax rate 1 for the tax year,
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> > > (b) in the 2007 tax year and subsequent tax years—no tax is payable on the profits.
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> > (3) If the profits from all gaming machines kept on the premises of a registered club in a tax year exceed $1,000,000, but do not exceed $1,800,000, the following provisions apply—
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> > > (a) in the 2006 tax year—tax is payable on $800,000 of those profits at the rate of tax rate 1 for the tax year, and on so much of those profits as exceeds $1,000,000 at the rate of tax rate 2 for the tax year,
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> > > (b) in the 2007 tax year and subsequent tax years, tax is payable—
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> > > > (i) on the taxable component of the first $1,000,000 of those profits at the rate of tax rate 1 for the tax year, and
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> > > > (ii) on so much of those profits as exceeds $1,000,000 at the rate of tax rate 2 for the tax year.
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> > (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the taxable component of the first $1,000,000 of the profits of a registered club from gaming machines kept on the premises of the club is $1 for every $1 by which profits from all gaming machines kept on the premises of the registered club in the tax year exceeds $1,000,000.
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> > Note—
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> > The taxable component of the first $1,000,000 of the profits of the registered club from gaming machines will vary from $1 (for a club that has profits of $1,000,001) to $800,000 (for a club that has profits of $1,800,000). The first $200,000 of profits is always tax free.
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> > **Example.** If the profits of a club from all gaming machines kept on the premises is $1,200,000, the taxable component of the first $1,000,000 of the profits is $200,000. Accordingly tax is payable on $200,000 of the first $1,000,000 of those profits at tax rate 1 and on the profits that exceed $1,000,000 (ie $200,000) at tax rate 2.
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> > (5) If the profits from all gaming machines kept on the premises of a registered club in a tax year exceed $1,800,000, but do not exceed $5,000,000, tax is payable—
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> > > (a) on $800,000 of those profits at the rate of tax rate 1 for the tax year, and
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> > > (b) on so much of those profits as exceeds $1,000,000 at the rate of tax rate 2 for the tax year.
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> > (6) If the profits from all gaming machines kept on the premises of a registered club in a tax year exceed $5,000,000, but do not exceed $10,000,000, tax is payable—
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> > > (a) on $800,000 of those profits at the rate of tax rate 1 for the tax year, and
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> > > (b) on $4,000,000 of those profits at the rate of tax rate 2 for the tax year, and
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> > > (c) on so much of those profits as exceeds $5,000,000 at the rate of tax rate 3 for the tax year.
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> > (7) If the profits from all gaming machines kept on the premises of a registered club in a tax year exceed $10,000,000, but do not exceed $20,000,000, tax is payable—
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> > > (a) on $800,000 of those profits at the rate of tax rate 1 for the tax year, and
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> > > (b) on $4,000,000 of those profits at the rate of tax rate 2 for the tax year, and
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> > > (c) on $5,000,000 of those profits at the rate of tax rate 3 for the tax year, and
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> > > (d) on so much of those profits as exceeds $10,000,000 at the rate of tax rate 4 for the tax year.
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> > (8) If the profits from all gaming machines kept on the premises of a registered club in a tax year exceed $20,000,000, tax is payable—
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> > > (a) on $800,000 of those profits at the rate of tax rate 1 for the tax year, and
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> > > (b) on $4,000,000 of those profits at the rate of tax rate 2 for the tax year, and
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> > > (c) on $5,000,000 of those profits at the rate of tax rate 3 for the tax year, and
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> > > (d) on $10,000,000 of those profits at the rate of tax rate 4 for the tax year, and
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> > > (e) on so much of those profits as exceeds $20,000,000 at the rate of tax rate 5 for the tax year.
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> > (9) This section is subject to Part 4.
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> **s 14:** Subst 2003 No 34, Sch 2 \[4\]; 2006 No 50, Sch 1 \[1\]. Am 2006 No 87, Sch 3.1.