Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 6) Act 2009 (14 of 2009)

Schedule 4   Minor amendments

Part 1   General

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

26   Subsection 122-50(1) (example)

Repeal the example, substitute:

Example: Nick is a small trader. He wants to incorporate his business. He disposes of all its assets to a company and receives 10 shares in return.

Nick acquired all the assets of the business after 20 September 1985.

Trading stock, plant and equipment and office furniture are precluded assets.

The market value of Nick's trading stock when he disposed of it is $20,000. The market value of his plant and equipment at that time is $50,000 and the market value of his office furniture at that time is $10,000.

The cost bases of Nick's land and buildings at that time total $120,000.

Nick has a business overdraft of $15,000. It is taken to be a liability in respect of all the assets of his business.

The first element of the cost base of the 10 shares is:

($20,000 + $50,000 + $10,000 + $120,000) - $15,000 = $185,000

The first element of the reduced cost base of the 10 shares is worked out similarly.