Taxation Determination

TD 1999/73

Income tax: capital gains: is land under a unit of accommodation subject to the main residence exemption under Subdivision 118-B in Part 3-1 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 if the taxpayer sells the unit of accommodation separately from the land?

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FOI status:

may be releasedFOI number: I 1021107

Preamble
This Taxation Determination is a 'public ruling' for the purposes of Part IVAAA of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 and is legally binding on the Commissioner. Taxation Rulings TR 92/1 and TR 97/16 together explain when a Determination is a public ruling and how it is legally binding on the Commissioner.
Date of Effect
This Determination applies to years commencing both before and after its date of issue. However, this Determination does not apply to taxpayers to the extent that it conflicts with the terms of settlement of a dispute agreed to before the date of the Determination (see paragraphs 21 and 22 of Taxation Ruling TR 92/20).

1. No. The land does not qualify for the main residence exemption.

2. Paragraph (c) of the definition of 'dwelling' in subsection 118-115(1) brings within the definition 'any land immediately under the unit of accommodation'. It only does so, however, while the land remains immediately under the unit of accommodation.

3. If a unit of accommodation is removed from land and the land is then sold, the land does not come within paragraph (c) of the definition of 'dwelling' in subsection 118-115(1). This applies to land under all types of units of accommodation.

4. Land under a unit of accommodation qualifies for the main residence exemption only if the land and the unit of accommodation are sold together as a dwelling.

Commissioner of Taxation
15 December 1999

Previously issued as TD 1999/D43

References

ATO references:
NO 99/10480-5
BO CGT main residence summit 1999

ISSN: 1038-8982

Subject References:
accommodation
capital gains
CGT exemptions
dwelling
land
main residence
accommodation
capital gains
CGT exemptions
dwelling
land
main residence
unit of accommodation

Legislative References:
ITAA97 Subdivision 118-B
ITAA97 118-115(1)(c)