CGT Determination Number 18
TD 18
Capital Gains: From what time is indexation available in "off the plan" purchases?
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FOI status:
may be releasedFOI number: I 10190831. An "off the plan" purchase occurs where the acquisition of land or land and building cannot be completed until certain events have happened. For example, where the owner of the land has not completed all capital works required before building can commence such as finalisation of boundaries, roads and telephone and electricity connections. Another example where an "off the plan" purchase can occur is where an apartment block is in the course of construction.
2. In these cases, the purchaser enters into a contract, usually paying a deposit on signing the contract, with settlement and payment of the balance of the purchase price not occurring unless a specified event happens. This could be the finalisation of all capital works needed before building can commence or the completion of the building or apartment.
3. An "off the plan" contract is a contract subject to a condition precedent to the performance of the contract (rather than a condition precedent to the existence of the contract).
4. On this basis the contract is "made" at the time it is executed (subsection 160U(3)). However no liability for the balance of the purchase price arises until the condition precedent, for example, the registration of title, is satisfied.
5. Both the amount of the deposit paid and the balance of the purchase consideration are indexed from the time the liability to pay the respective amounts is incurred. For the balance of the purchase consideration, this would usually be from the time the condition precedent is satisfied.
6. This Determination is not inconsistent with Taxation Ruling IT 2362 which deals with the timing of payment once the liability has arisen. In "off the plan" purchases, the liability to pay the deposit and the liability to pay the balance of the purchase price arise at different times.
Commissioner of Taxation
31 October 1991
References
ATO references:
NO BRIS LAF
Related Rulings/Determinations:
IT2362
Subject References:
Off the plan contracts;
Indexation
Legislative References:
160ZJ,
160U(3)
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