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Taxation of corporate debt and derivative contracts amendments to the Disregard Regulations 2004
This Tax Information and Impact Note is about amends the operation of the Disregard Regulations.
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The measure amends the operation of the Disregard Regulations. This is to preserve the existing tax treatment for loans treated as permanent-as-equity under previous accounting standards.
This measure supports the Government’s objective of establishing a simpler, more certain and more robust tax system. This measure looks to ease the impact of accountancy changes that become mandatory for many companies from 1 January 2015.
Published 7 August 2014