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Charities consultative committee resolved issues

Part 3 - Non-commercial activities of charities, cost of supply and market value tests

In part 3, the word 'charity' refers to an entity that is:

an endorsed charitable institution
an endorsed trustee of a charitable fund
a gift-deductible entity, or
a government school.

These terms are defined in section 195-1 of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (GST Act). All legislative references made in this issue are to the GST Act unless otherwise stated.

Issue 1: How does an entity make a distinction between 'commercial' and 'non-commercial' activities using the 'cost of supply' and 'market value tests'?

The content for this issue is a public ruling for the purposes of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 and can be found here.

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