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Singapore Telecom Australia Investments Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation, [2021] FCA 1597, aff'd [2024] FCAFC 29-- summary under Article 9 Summary Under Tax Topics- Treaties- Income Tax Conventions- Article 9 loan with interest that would vary significantly depending on whether cash flow conditions were met would not have been agreed to by independent enterprises A Singapore-resident company (“SAI”) transferred the shares of a recently-acquired Australian telecom company (“SOPL”) to an Australian subsidiary (“STAI”) in consideration for common shares and $5.2B in unsecured notes which had a term of approximately 10 years and bore interest at a floating rate equal to the 1 year bank bill swap rate (“BBSR”) plus 1%, but multiplied by a gross-up factor of 10/9 to reflect that the interest was subject to withholding tax. ...

. … Since the court has concluded that we are in the presence of a single supply for which the consideration, following the resolution of the sales, was reduced to nil, QSTA section 448 applies, especially since it is not disputed that the requirements of QSTA section 449 are satisfied. ...

Pursuant to a Declaration dated March 31, 2007, the taxpayer, in consideration for the “Amount” of US$160,033,328 and CHF80,000, relinquished to GI his claims to the PPU and GS, and assigned all his GH shares to GH. ...

If a prepayment is to be chargeable to VAT, it must relate to a particular supply of goods or services, with a direct link between the goods or services and the consideration paid in advance. … [W]e are of the opinion that the uncertainties in the present case are so material that the payment made when PAYG credits are purchased cannot be considered a prepayment towards the cost of any particular search. … … The supply is the viewing and downloading of documents, but it cannot be known at the time when the payment is made how many credits will actually be used and how many will remain unredeemed. ...

These considerations tend to support the doubt that has been expressed as to the fungible character of shares … [then citing an article that] the essence of fungibility is “a choice between legally interchangeable units”. ...

Singapore Telecom Australia Investments Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation, [2021] FCA 1597, aff'd [2024] FCAFC 29-- summary under Paragraph 247(2)(a) Summary Under Tax Topics- Income Tax Act- Section 247- New- Subsection 247(2)- Paragraph 247(2)(a) arm’s length parties would not have agreed to a loan having a significant participation feature (but accepts a gross-up as commercial) In June 2002, a Singapore-resident company (“SAI”) transferred the shares of a recently-acquired Australian telecom company (“SOPL”) to an Australian subsidiary (“STAI”) in consideration for common shares and $5.2B in unsecured notes (issued pursuant to a note facility, the "LNAI") which had a term of approximately 10 years and bore interest at a floating rate equal to the 1 year bank bill swap rate (“BBSR”) plus 1%, but multiplied by a gross-up factor of 10/9 to reflect that the interest was subject to withholding tax. ...