CHAPTER 3 
-
 SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES
           
          
          PART 3-90 
-
 CONSOLIDATED GROUPS
           
          
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              Part 3-90 inserted by No 68 of 2002, s 3 and Sch 1 item 2, effective 24 October 2002 and applicable on and after 1 July 2002 (see sec 
700-1
 of the 
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
).
             
           
          
          Division 707 
-
 Losses for head companies when entities become members etc.
           
          
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              Div 707 inserted by No 68 of 2002, s 3 and Sch 1 item 2, effective 24 October 2002 and applicable on and after 1 July 2002 (see sec 
700-1
 of the 
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
). 
             
           
          
          Subdivision 707-A 
-
 Transfer of losses to head company
           
          
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              Subdiv 707-A heading substituted by No 88 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 6 item 28, effective 29 June 2013. The heading formerly read:
                
                  Subdivision 707-A 
-
 Transfer of previously unutilised losses to head company
 
              Subdiv 707-A inserted by No 68 of 2002, s 3 and Sch 1 item 2, effective 24 October 2002 and applicable on and after 1 July 2002 (see sec 
700-1
 of the 
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
). 
             
           
          
          Transfer of loss from joining entity to head company
            
          
          
          
          SECTION 707-125
           
          Modified business continuity test for companies
'
 post-1999 losses
           
          
          
          
          707-125(1)
           
          
           
          This section operates if: 
          
          
          (a)
          the joining entity made the loss for an income year starting after 30 June 1999; and 
 
          
          
          (b)
          section 
165-13
 or subsection 
165-15(2)
 or (3) or 166-5(5) or (6) is relevant to working out (under section 
707-120
) whether the loss is transferred 
from
 the joining entity. 
          
 
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              S 707-125(1) amended by No 124 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 2 item 30, by substituting 
"
section 707-120
"
 for 
"
subsection 707-120(1)
"
 in para (b), effective 11 July 2013.
              S 707-125(1) amended by No 147 of 2005, s 3 and Sch 1 item 109, by substituting 
"
166-5(5) or (6)
"
 for 
"
166-5(4) or (5)
"
 in para (b), effective 14 December 2005. For application provision, see note under Div 
166
 heading. 
             
           
 
          
          
          
          707-125(2)
           
          
           
          
          Work out whether the loss is transferred on the basis that section 
165-13
 required the joining entity to satisfy the 
*
business continuity test for: 
          
          
          (a)
          the period (the 
          
business continuity test period
          
) consisting of: 
          
            
            (i)
            the 
*
trial year; and 
          
          
            
            (ii)
            the income year that included the 
*
test time worked out for section 
165-13
 for the joining entity (disregarding paragraph (b) of this subsection), if that income year started before the trial year; and 
          
          
 
          
          
          (b)
          the time (the 
          
test time
          
) just before the end of the income year for which the loss was made by the joining entity. 
 
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              S 707-125(2) amended by No 7 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 1 items 106 and 107, by substituting 
"
*
business continuity test
"
 for 
"
*
same business test
"
 and 
"
                business continuity test period
                
"
 for 
"
                same business test period
                
"
 in para (a), effective 1 April 2019 and applicable in relation to income years starting on or after 1 July 2015.
              S 707-125(2) amended by 
No 164 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 6 item 42, by repealing the note, applicable to:
                
                  
(a) any tax loss that is incurred in an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2005; and
                  
                  (b) any net capital loss that is made in an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2005; and
                  
                  (c) any deduction in respect of a bad debt that is incurred in an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2005.The note formerly read:
                
                    Note:
                    
                    Companies whose total income for an income year is more than 
$
100 million cannot satisfy the same business test for the same business test period: see section 
716-805
. 
 
              S 707-125(2) amended by No 147 of 2005 and No 142 of 2003.
             
           
  
          
          
          
          707-125(3)
           
          
           
          Work out whether the loss is transferred on the basis that: 
          
          
          (a)
          subsection 
165-15(2)
 specified that the period (the 
          
business continuity test period
          
) for the 
*
business continuity test consisted of: 
          
            
            (i)
            the 
*
trial year; and 
          
          
            
            (ii)
            the income year in which the person began to control, or became able to control, the voting power in the company, if that income year started before the trial year; and 
          
          
 
          
          
          (b)
          subsection 
165-15(3)
 required the business continuity test to be applied to the company
'
s business immediately before the time (the 
          
test time
          
) just before the end of the income year for which the loss was made by the joining entity. 
          
 
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              S 707-125(3) amended by No 7 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 1 items 108 and 109, by substituting 
"
(the 
                business continuity test period
                
) for the 
*
business continuity test
"
 for 
"
(the 
                same business test period
                
) for the 
*
same business test
"
 in para (a) and 
"
business continuity test
"
 for 
"
same business test
"
 in para (b), effective 1 April 2019 and applicable in relation to income years starting on or after 1 July 2015.
              S 707-125(3) amended by 
No 164 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 6 item 43, by repealing the note, applicable to:
                
                  
(a) any tax loss that is incurred in an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2005; and
                  
                  (b) any net capital loss that is made in an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2005; and
                  
                  (c) any deduction in respect of a bad debt that is incurred in an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2005.The note formerly read:
                
                    Note:
                    
                    Companies whose total income for an income year is more than 
$
100 million cannot satisfy the same business test for the same business test period: see section 
716-805
. 
 
              S 707-125(3) amended by No 147 of 2005. 
             
           
  
          
          
          
          707-125(4)
           
          
           
          If Subdivision 
166-A
 would apply to the joining entity for an income year consisting of the 
*
trial year, work out whether the loss is transferred on the basis that: 
          
          
          (a)
          subsection 
166-5(5)
 treated the joining entity as having satisfied the condition in section 
165-13
 if the joining entity satisfied the 
*
business continuity test for the period (the 
          
business continuity test period
          
) consisting of: 
          
            
            (i)
            the trial year; and 
          
          
            
            (ii)
            the income year described in subsection (5) of this section, if that income year started before the trial year; and 
          
          
 
          
          
          (b)
          subsection 
166-5(6)
 required the business continuity test to be applied to the 
*
business that the joining entity carried on at the time (the 
          
test time
          
) just before the end of the income year for which the loss was made by the joining entity. 
          
 
            Note:
            
            Subdivision 
166-A
 applies to widely held companies and eligible Division 
166
 companies unless they choose that Subdivision 
165-A
 apply to them without the modifications made by Subdivision 
166-A
. 
 
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              S 707-125(4) amended by No 7 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 1 items 110 and 111, by substituting 
"
*
business continuity test for the period (the 
                business continuity test period
                
)
"
 for 
"
*
same business test for the period (the 
                same business test period
                
)
"
 in para (a) and 
"
business continuity test
"
 for 
"
same business test
"
 in para (b), effective 1 April 2019 and applicable in relation to income years starting on or after 1 July 2015.
              S 707-125(4) amended by 
No 164 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 6 items 44 and 45, by substituting 
"
Note
"
 for 
"
Note 1
"
 in note 1 and repealing note 2, applicable to:
                
                  
(a) any tax loss that is incurred in an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2005; and
                  
                  (b) any net capital loss that is made in an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2005; and
                  
                  (c) any deduction in respect of a bad debt that is incurred in an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2005.Note 2 formerly read:
                
                    Note 2:
                    
                    Companies whose total income for an income year is more than 
$
100 million cannot satisfy the same business test for the same business test period: see section 
716-805
. 
 
              S 707-125(4) amended by No 147 of 2005, s 3 and Sch 1 item 113, by substituting the note, effective 14 December 2005. The note formerly read: 
              
                
                  Note:
                  
                  Subdivision 
166-A
 applies to public listed companies and their 100
%
 subsidiaries unless they choose that Subdivision 
165-A
 apply to them without the modifications made by Subdivision 
166-A
.
                 
              S 707-125(4) amended by No 147 of 2005, s 3 and Sch 1 items 111 and 112, by substituting 
"
subsection 166-5(5)
"
 for 
"
subsection 166-5(4)
"
 in para (a) and substituting 
"
subsection 166-5(6)
"
 for 
"
subsection 166-5(5)
"
 in para (b), effective 14 December 2005. For application provision, see note under Div 
166
 heading. 
             
           
  
          
          
          
          707-125(5)
           
          
           
          For the purposes of subparagraph (4)(a)(ii), the income year is: 
          
          
          (a)
          the income year in which occurred the first time mentioned in subsection 
166-5(6)
; or 
          
 
          
          
          (b)
          the income year of the joining entity containing the time at which the joining entity is taken under subsection 
707-210(5)
 to fail to meet the condition in section 
165-12
, if that subsection is relevant to working out whether the joining entity can 
*
utilise the loss. 
 
            Note 1:
            
            Section 707-205 affects the start of the test period if the joining entity made the loss under a previous operation of this Subdivision. 
            Note 2:
            
            Section 707-210 is about whether a company can utilise certain losses transferred to it under this Subdivision from a company. 
 
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              S 707-125(5) amended by No 147 of 2005, s 3 and Sch 1 item 114, by substituting para (a), effective 14 December 2005. For application provision, see note under Div 
166
 heading. Para (a) formerly read: 
              
                
                (a)
                the income year in which occurred the first time covered by paragraph 
166-5(2)(a)
 or (b) for which there was no 
*
substantial continuity of ownership of the joining entity as between the start of the 
*
test period and that time; or 
             
           
 
          
          
          
          707-125(6)
           
          
           
          Subsection (4) of this section has effect despite subsection 
707-210(6)
. 
            Note:
            
            Subsection 707-210(6) modifies section 
166-5
 for working out whether a company can utilise certain losses transferred to it under this Subdivision from a company. 
 
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              S 707-125 inserted by No 68 of 2002, s 3 and Sch 1 item 2, effective 24 October 2002 and applicable on and after 1 July 2002 (see sec 
700-1
 of the 
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
).