Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

CHAPTER 3 - SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES  

PART 3-1 - CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES: GENERAL TOPICS  

Division 104 - CGT events  

Subdivision 104-L - Consolidated groups and MEC groups  

SECTION 104-500   Loss of pre-CGT status of membership interests in entity becoming subsidiary member: CGT event L1  

104-500(1)    

CGT event L1 happens if, under section 705-57 (including in its application in accordance with Subdivisions 705-B to 705-E ), there is a reduction in the * tax cost setting amount of assets of an entity that becomes a * subsidiary member of a * consolidated group or a * MEC group.

104-500(2)    
The time of the event is just after the entity becomes a * subsidiary member of the group.

104-500(3)    
For the head company core purposes mentioned in subsection 701-1(2) , the * head company makes a capital loss equal to the reduction.

104-500(4)    
The amount of the capital loss that can be applied to reduce the head company ' s * capital gains for the first income year ending after the entity becomes a * subsidiary member of the group (the first income year ) cannot exceed ⅕ of the * capital loss.

104-500(5)    
The amount of the * net capital loss from the first income year, to the extent the amount is attributable to the * capital loss (the extent being the event L1 attributable loss ), that can be applied to reduce the head company ' s * capital gains for a later income year cannot exceed the amount worked out for the year using the following table:

Limit on applying event L1 attributable loss
Item	For this income year:	The amount of the event L1 attributable loss that can be applied cannot exceed:
1	For the second income year ending after the entity became a * subsidiary member	The difference between: (a) ⅖ of the * capital loss; and (b) the amount of the capital loss that was applied in accordance with subsection (4) for the first income year.
2	For the third income year ending after the entity became a * subsidiary member	The difference between: (a) ⅗ of the * capital loss; and (b) the sum of the amount mentioned in paragraph (b) of item 1 and the amount of the event L1 attributable loss that was applied to reduce the entity ' s * capital gains for the next income year after the first income year.
3	For the fourth income year ending after the entity became a * subsidiary member	The difference between: (a) ⅘ of the * capital loss; and (b) the sum of the amount mentioned in paragraph (b) of item 1 and the amounts of the event L1 attributable loss that were applied to reduce the entity ' s * capital gains for earlier income years ending after the first income year.
4	For the fifth income year ending after the entity became a * subsidiary member, or for any later income year	The difference between: (a) the * capital loss; and (b) the sum of the amount mentioned in paragraph (b) of item 1 and the amounts of the event L1 attributable loss that were applied to reduce the entity ' s * capital gains for earlier income years ending after the first income year.