Right to income from dutiable property
24 February 2009
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What this ruling is about
- Under s.10(1)(c) of the Duties Act 2001 (the Duties Act) an existing right is dutiable property.
- The definition of existing right in Schedule 6 of the Duties Act includes an existing right to the income from dutiable property.1
- This Public Ruling clarifies the circumstances where a transaction relating to an existing right to the income from dutiable property will be dutiable.
Ruling and explanation
- An existing right to the income from dutiable property is dutiable property.2 Consequently, where a person holds, as a separate asset, an existing right to income and that right is the subject of a dutiable transaction3, duty will apply.
Example 1
C is the mortgagee of land in Queensland securing the repayment of a loan with interest. C transfers to D the mortgage, including the secured debt.
The transfer is a dutiable transaction—the transfer of dutiable property. The dutiable property is an existing right, namely, C’s right as the holder of the mortgage.4 Duty is $5.5
Although the secured debt carries interest, the transaction is not a transfer of an existing right being the right to income from dutiable property. The right to interest is not an existing right; it is not a separately existing asset in C’s hands.
Example 2
X is the mortgagee of land in Queensland and grants to Y the right to all the interest payable under the mortgage. Y subsequently transfers that right to Z.
The initial grant of the right by X to Y is not a dutiable transaction because the right is not a new right.6 Nor is it an existing right.
The transfer of the right from Y to Z is a dutiable transaction. It is the transfer of an existing right being the right to income from dutiable property.7
Date of effect
- This Public Ruling takes effect from the date of issue.
David Smith
Commissioner of State Revenue
Date of issue: 24 February 2009
References
| Public Ruling | Issued | Dates of effect | |
|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | ||
| DA010.1.1 | 24 February 2009 | 24 February 2009 | Current |
| Supersedes Practice Direction DA 40.1 | 1 March 2002 | 1 March 2002 | 23 February 2009 |
Footnotes
- Paragraph (m) of the definition
- Section 10(1)(c) and paragraph (m) of the definition of existing right in Schedule 6 of the Duties Act
- Section 9(1) of the Duties Act sets out a list of the dutiable transactions
- Paragraph (h) of the definition of existing right in Schedule 6 of the Duties Act
- Section 24(1) of the Duties Act
- Section 9(1)(f) and the definition of new right in Schedule 6 of the Duties Act
- Section 9(1)(a), 10(1)(c) and paragraph (m) of the definition of existing right in Schedule 6 of the Duties Act