The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released the 2018 International dealings schedule (IDS) and their instructions for 2018 tax years.

The IDS must be lodged by businesses that provide a response at the trigger questions of the relevant company, trust or partnership tax return and businesses with international dealings of more than $2 million with related parties.

The following questions have been updated for the 2018 form:

  • Q 13f – R&D and overseas intangibles
  • Q 19a – arrangements involving hybrid instruments
  • Q 21a – controlled foreign companies (CFCs)
  • Q 23 – attribution income of CFCs
  • Q 28a – foreign hubs
  • Q 29b – cross border hybrid entities and hybrid instruments
  • Q 30b – thin capitalization
  • Q 37a-c – valuation of intangibles
  • Q 40 – financial service entities.