Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 5) Act 2009 (118 of 2009)

Schedule 2   Taxation of financial arrangements

Part 2   Amendment commencing immediately after Royal Assent

Taxation Administration Act 1953

4   After subsection 45-120(2A) in Schedule 1

Insert:

Net gains under Subdivision 250-E of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 included in instalment income

(2B) Your instalment income for a period also includes the difference between:

(a) a gain (or gains) you make from a *financial arrangement to the extent to which it is (or they are):

(i) assessable under Subdivision 250-E of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997; and

(ii) reasonably attributable to that period; and

(b) a loss (or losses) you make from a financial arrangement to the extent to which it is (or they are):

(i) allowable to you as a deduction under Subdivision 250-E of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997; and

(ii) reasonably attributable to that period.

This is so only if the gain (or gains) referred to in paragraph (a) exceeds the loss (or losses) referred to in paragraph (b).