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Clause 2

of Income Tax (Amendment No. 2) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 8A

Section 8A of the Income Tax Act (called in this Act the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “section 65B(3)” in subsection (1)(a), the words “or 105L(1)”;

(b)

by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:“(3) Any person who is —

(a)

filing or submitting any return, estimate, statement or document may; or

(b)

giving a notice under section 45(1)(b) or 45D(2) or providing any information under section 105L(1) must (unless otherwise permitted by the Comptroller), do so through the electronic service.”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (14), the following subsections:“(15) In this section —

(a)

a reference to the filing or submission of any return, estimate, statement or document includes a reference to the making of an election under section 37I(1) or (4A); and

(b)

a reference to any return, estimate, statement or document includes a reference to such election.(16) Despite subsection (3), any person making an election under section 37I(1) or (4A) must, unless otherwise permitted by the Comptroller, do so through the electronic service.”.

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