CHAPTER 3 
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 SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES
           
          
          PART 3-45 
-
 RULES FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS
           
          
          Division 328 
-
 Small business entities
           
          
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              Div 328 (heading) substituted by 
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 1, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years. The heading formerly read:
                
                  Division 328 
-
 STS taxpayers
 
              Div 328 inserted by No 78 of 2001.
             
           
          
          Subdivision 328-D 
-
 Capital allowances for small business entities
           
          
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              Subdiv 328-D (heading) substituted by 
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 3, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years. The heading formerly read:
                
                  Subdivision 328-D 
-
 Capital allowances for STS taxpayers
 
              Subdiv 328-D inserted by No 78 of 2001. 
             
           
          
          Operative provisions
            
          
          
          
          SECTION 328-185
           
          Pooling
           
          
          
          
          328-185(1)
           
          
           
          
          If you are a 
*
small business entity for an income year and you have chosen to use this Subdivision for that year, you deduct amounts for your 
*
depreciating assets (except assets for which you have deducted or can deduct an amount under section 
328-180
) through a pool, which allows you to deduct amounts for them as if they were a single asset, thereby simplifying your calculations. You use one rate for the pool. 
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              S 328-185(1) amended by No 23 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 item 14, by omitting 
"
*
low-cost
"
 before 
"
assets for which you have deducted
"
, applicable in relation to the 2012-13 income year and later income years.
              S 328-185(1) amended by 
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 18, by substituting 
"
If you are a 
*
small business entity for an income year and you have chosen to use this Subdivision for that year
"
 for 
"
As an 
*
STS taxpayer
"
, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.
             
           
  
          
          
          
          328-185(2)
           
          
           
          
          There is a 
          
general small business pool
          
 to which 
*
depreciating assets are allocated.
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              S 328-185(2) substituted by No 23 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 item 15, applicable in relation to the 2012-13 income year and later income years. S 328-185(2) formerly read:
                
                  
                  328-185(2)
                  
                  
There are 2 kinds of pools: 
                  
                  
                  (a)
                  a 
                  general small business pool
                  
 to which 
*
depreciating assets having 
*
effective lives of less than 25 years are allocated; and 
 
                  
                  
                  (b)
                  a 
                  long life small business pool
                  
 to which depreciating assets having effective lives of 25 years or more are allocated.
 
                  
 
              S 328-185(2) amended by 
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 items 19 and 20, by substituting 
"
                general small business pool
                
"
 for 
"
                general STS pool
                
"
 in para (a) and substituting 
"
                long life small business pool
                
"
 for 
"
                long life STS pool
                
"
 in para (b), applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.
             
           
  
          
          
          Allocating assets to a pool
            
          
          
          
          328-185(3)
           
          
           
          
          A 
*
depreciating asset: 
          
          
          (a)
          that you 
*
hold just before, and at the start of, the first income year for which you are, or last were, a 
*
small business entity; and 
          
 
          
          
          (b)
          for which you calculate your deductions under this Subdivision instead of under Division 
40
; and 
 
          
          
          (c)
          that has not previously been allocated to your 
*
general small business pool; and 
          
 
          
          
          (d)
          that you have started to use, or have 
*
installed ready for use, for a 
*
taxable purpose; 
 
          
is automatically allocated to your general small business pool. 
 
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              S 328-185(3) amended by No 23 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 items 16
-
17, by omitting 
"
or 
*
long life small business pool
"
 after 
"
*
general small business pool
"
 in para (c), and omitting 
"
or long life small business pool according to its 
*
effective life
"
 from the end of the subsection, applicable in relation to the 2012-13 income year and later income years.
              S 328-185(3) amended by 
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 items 21 and 22, by substituting 
"
were, a 
*
small business entity
"
 for 
"
became, an 
*
STS taxpayer
"
 in para (a) and substituting 
"
small business pool
"
 for 
"
STS pool
"
 (wherever occurring), applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.
             
           
  
          
          
          
          328-185(4)
           
          
           
          
          A 
*
depreciating asset that you start to use, or have 
*
installed ready for use, for a 
*
taxable purpose during an income year for which you are a 
*
small business entity and you choose to use this Subdivision is allocated to the 
*
general small business pool at the end of that year. 
            Note:
            
            The allocation happens even if you no longer hold the asset at the end of that income year. 
 
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              S 328-185(4) amended by No 23 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 item 18, by substituting 
"
*
general small business
"
 for 
"
appropriate
"
, applicable in relation to the 2012-13 income year and later income years.
              S 328-185(4) amended by 
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 23, by substituting 
"
for which you are a 
*
small business entity and you choose to use this Subdivision
"
 for 
"
while you are an 
*
STS taxpayer
"
, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.
             
           
  
          
          
          Exception for assets used or installed before 1 July 2001
            
          
          
          
          328-185(5)
           
          
           
          
          You can choose not to have a 
*
depreciating asset allocated to the 
*
general small business pool if you started to use it, or have it 
*
installed ready for use, for a 
*
taxable purpose before 1 July 2001. 
            Note:
            
            If you make this choice, you would continue to deduct amounts for the asset under Division 
40
. 
 
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              S 328-185(5) amended by No 23 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 item 20, by substituting 
"
the 
*
general small business pool
"
 for 
"
a 
*
long life small business pool to which it would otherwise have been allocated
"
, applicable in relation to the 2012-13 income year and later income years.
              S 328-185(5) amended by 
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 24, by substituting 
"
small business
"
 for 
"
STS
"
, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.
             
           
  
          
          
          
          328-185(6)
           
          
           
          
          You must make that choice for the first income year for which you are a 
*
small business entity and you choose to use this Subdivision. Once you have made the choice for an asset, you cannot change it. 
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              S 328-185(6) amended by 
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 25, by substituting 
"
a 
*
small business entity and you choose to use this Subdivision
"
 for 
"
an 
*
STS taxpayer
"
, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.
             
           
  
          
          
          No re-allocation
            
          
          
          
          328-185(7)
           
          
           
          
          Once a 
*
depreciating asset is allocated to your 
*
general small business pool, it is not re-allocated, even if you are not a 
*
small business entity for a later income year or you do not choose to use this Subdivision for that later year. 
            Note:
            
            If you chose to use this Subdivision for an income year, you continue to use it for your general small business pool for a later income year even if you are not a small business entity, or do not choose to use this Subdivision, for the later year: see section 
328-220
.
 
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              S 328-185(7) amended by No 23 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 items 21
-
23, by omitting 
"
or 
*
long life small business pool
"
 after 
"
*
general small business pool
"
, substituting 
"
general small business pool
"
 for 
"
small business pools
"
 in the note, and repealing the example at the end, applicable in relation to the 2012-13 income year and later income years. The example formerly read:
                
                  
                    Example:
                      
                    
                    Greg is not a small business entity for the 2008-09 income year. At that time his long life small business pool contains one depreciating asset with an effective life of 26 years. Greg still holds that asset in the 2010-11 income year. Greg is a small business entity for that income year and chooses to use this Subdivision. The asset has remained in the pool since the end of the 2008-09 income year. The asset is not re-allocated when he recommences deducting amounts for depreciating assets under this Subdivision, even though its remaining effective life is now 24 years.
 
              S 328-185(7) amended by 
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 items 26 to 29, by substituting 
"
small business pool
"
 for 
"
STS pool
"
 (wherever occurring), substituting 
"
even if you are not a 
*
small business entity for a later income year or you do not choose to use this Subdivision for that later year
"
 for 
"
even if you stop being an 
*
STS taxpayer and again become one
"
, substituting the note and substituting the example, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years. The note and the example formerly read:
                
                    Note:
                    
                    You continue to use this Subdivision for your STS pools after you leave the STS: see section 
328-220
.
                  
                    Example:
                      
                    
                    Greg chooses to leave the STS for the 2002-03 income year. At that time, his long life STS pool contains one depreciating asset that has an effective life of 28 years. 
                    When Greg chooses to re-enter the STS for the 2008-09 income year, he still holds that asset. The asset has remained in the pool since Greg left the STS and is not re-allocated when he re-enters, even though its remaining effective life is now 22 years. 
 
             
           
  
          
          
          
          
            History
            
            
              S 328-185 inserted by No 78 of 2001.