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How is a distribution / payment of money from a private company (pty ltd) to a shareholder by a liquidator treated?

Under Section 109NA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (ITAA 1936) a private company is not taken to pay a dividend because of a distribution  (payment) or loan made in the course of the winding up of a company by a liquidator.

Please note that if the loan is not repaid by the end of the following income year, the company will have taken to paid a dividend under subsection 109D (IA) ITAA 1936.