Tax Laws Amendment (Loss Recoupment Rules and Other Measures) Act 2005 (147 of 2005)

Schedule 1   Loss recoupment rules for companies etc.

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

12   Section 165-5

Repeal the section, substitute:

165-5 What this Subdivision is about

A company cannot deduct a tax loss unless:

(a) it has the same owners and the same control throughout the period from the start of the loss year to the end of the income year; or

(b) it satisfies the same business test by carrying on the same business, entering into no new kinds of transactions and conducting no new kinds of business.

(Companies whose total income for the income year is more than $100 million cannot satisfy the same business test for that year.)