Draft Goods and Services Tax Ruling

GSTR 2000/D1

Goods and Services Tax: making adjustments under Division 19 for adjustment events

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Contents Para
What this Ruling is about
1
Date of effect
6
Background
7
Ruling
11
Explanations
15
Definitions
80
Detailed contents list
90
Your comments
91

Preamble

This document is a draft for industry and professional comment. As such, it represents the preliminary, though considered, views of the Australian Taxation Office. This draft may not be relied on by taxation officers, taxpayers and practitioners, as it is not a ruling or advice in terms of section 37 of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 . When officially released it will be a public ruling for the purposes of section 37 and may be relied upon by any person to whom it applies.

What this Ruling is about

1. This Ruling explains the Commissioner's view on the operation of Division 19 of A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 ('GST Act').

2. The Ruling applies if you are registered or required to be registered for GST under Part 2-5 of the GST Act, and an adjustment event has given rise to an adjustment for a supply or an acquisition.

3. This Ruling does not explain how to account for Division 19 adjustments on your Business Activity Statement. This is explained in the instructions for the Business Activity Statement.

4. Unless otherwise stated, all legislative references in this Ruling are to the GST Act.

5. Certain terms used in this Ruling are defined or explained in the Definitions section of the Ruling. These terms, when first mentioned elsewhere in the body of the Ruling, will appear in bold.

Date of effect

6. This Ruling, when finalised, will take effect from 8 July 1999 (the date of Royal Assent to the GST Act).

Background

7. If you are registered or required to be registered, there is Goods and Services Tax ('GST') payable on the taxable supplies you make in a tax period. However, you can claim a credit (called an input tax credit ) for the GST included in the price of things you acquire for carrying on your enterprise (called creditable acquisitions ).[F1]

8. If your total GST payable exceeds your total input tax credits for a tax period, the excess (called your net amount) is payable to the Commissioner.[F2] If your total input tax credits exceed your total GST payable, then your net amount is refunded to you by the Commissioner.[F3] You work out your net amount on your Business Activity Statement for a tax period.

9. However, your net amount is increased or decreased by adjustments you have for the tax period. An adjustment arises under Division 19 where an adjustment event has caused you to have accounted for:

too much (or too little) GST payable for a supply; or
too much (or too little) input tax credit for an acquisition in a previous tax period.

10. Adjustment events include changes in consideration for supplies and acquisitions (such as discounts) and cancellations of supplies or acquisitions (such as the return of a thing to the supplier).

Ruling

What are adjustment events

11. Division 19 provides that an adjustment event is any event which has the effect of:

cancelling a supply or an acquisition;
changing the consideration for a supply or an acquisition;
causing a supply or an acquisition to become, or stop being, a taxable supply or a creditable acquisition.

Changes in the consideration for a supply or an acquisition

12. An event that causes the consideration to change for a supply or an acquisition is an adjustment event. The following events change the consideration for a supply:

granting or receiving a discount or a rebate (see paragraph 21);
certain incorrect pricing or deliveries (see paragraphs 22 to 24); and
certain charges for late payment (see paragraph 25).

13. The following events do not change the consideration for a supply or acquisition:

promotional, co-operative, or advertising allowances, or similar allowances (see paragraphs 31 to 33);
penalties for late payment in the nature of interest (see paragraphs 27 to 28);
interest on early payments (see paragraph 29);
charges for additional supplies, such as for late returns of hired goods (see paragraph 30);
a foreign exchange gain or loss for a supply or an acquisition where the consideration is in a foreign currency (see paragraph 34);
rebates paid to third parties (see paragraphs 35 to 38); and
errors or omissions in completing a previous Business Activity Statement (see paragraph 41).

Where a supply or an acquisition becomes, or stops being, a taxable supply or a creditable acquisition

14. An event which causes a supply or acquisition to become, or stop being, a taxable supply or a creditable acquisition is an adjustment event. Events which do not cause a supply or an acquisition to become, or stop being, a taxable supply or a creditable acquisition are:

a change in the extent to which you use an acquisition for a creditable purpose (see paragraphs 44 to 46). This includes where the acquisition was acquired solely for a creditable purpose and is later applied solely for a private or domestic purpose;
where you become, or cease to be, registered or required to be registered (see paragraphs 47 to 49); and
errors in classifying a supply or acquisition (see paragraph 50).

Explanations (this forms part of the ruling)

15. Division 19 provides for:

what are adjustment events for a supply or acquisition (see paragraphs 16 to 50);
how to work out if an adjustment arises from an adjustment event in relation to a tax period for a supply or acquisition (see paragraphs 51 to 55); and
how to work out the amount of the adjustment (see paragraphs 56 to 79).

What are adjustment events

16. An adjustment event is any event which has the effect of:[F4]

cancelling a supply or an acquisition; or
changing the consideration for a supply or an acquisition; or
causing a supply or acquisition to become, or stop being, a taxable supply or creditable acquisition.

17. Where any of these events occur, you may have been liable for too much (or not enough) GST for a supply, or entitled to too much (or not enough) input tax credit for an acquisition.

Cancellation of a supply or an acquisition

18. The cancellation of a supply or an acquisition is an adjustment event.[F5] The return of a thing, or a part of it, to a supplier is an adjustment event (whether or not the return involves a change of ownership).[F6] However, this does not include the return of a thing for repair or maintenance.[F7]

Example

19. A supplies goods to B on the condition that ownership does not pass to B until B onsells the goods. A issues an invoice to B. Subsequently, B returns some of the goods to A, but not for repair or maintenance. This is an adjustment event.

Changes in the consideration for a supply or an acquisition

20. Where the consideration for a supply or acquisition changes for any reason you have an adjustment event.[F8] The previously agreed consideration can change whether due to the offer of a discount or otherwise.[F9]

Discounts or rebates

21. After a supply occurs, a discount or rebate may be granted for early payment or volume purchases. These alter the consideration payable for the supply and therefore are adjustment events. This situation can be contrasted with a 'discount' offered as an inducement to make an acquisition. In such a situation, the 'discount' is used to arrive at the consideration for the supply. As there is no change to the consideration, there is no adjustment event.

Other changes in consideration

22. Various other events may occur which affect the consideration for a supply and therefore are adjustment events. These include:

incorrect invoicing and deliveries; and
certain late payment amounts.

23. The invoice for a supply may be incorrect due to a mistake made by the supplier. Where the parties treat the mistake as a change to the previously agreed consideration for the supply, there will be an adjustment event.

24. In certain circumstances, the terms of a supply include delivery of a specified quantity of goods and the correct quantity may not actually be delivered. Where the delivery error is not corrected, for example by a return of the excess goods or a further delivery of the shortfall, the quantity of the supply has changed. If both parties agree to the changed quantity and the associated change in consideration, this is an adjustment event.

25. A charge for late payment that alters the consideration is an adjustment event. Whether charges for late payment change the consideration for the supply depends on the terms of the contract. A charge for late payment is generally regarded as a change in consideration where the charge is intended as a disincentive to pay late and is not in the nature of interest. The purpose of the charge is similar to the offer of a discount for payment within a certain time.

Example

26. George supplies goods to Jasper on the agreement that if payment is not received within 30 days a surcharge of 2% will be payable in addition to the amount shown on the invoice (both parties do not account for GST on a cash basis). Jasper makes a payment after the due date including the additional charge. The payment is a change in consideration and is therefore an adjustment event.

Interest penalties and late return penalties

27. If a charge is made for late payment of an amount invoiced and the charge is interest or in the nature of interest, the charge is consideration for a separate supply. The separate supply is a financial supply and is therefore input taxed.[F10] In this situation there is no adjustment event. If your financial supplies are below the financial supplies threshold, you may still be entitled to an input tax credit for acquisitions used to make these supplies.

Example

28. Henry supplies goods to Andrew under terms that require the amount invoiced to be paid within 30 days after which interest will accrue at 14% per annum. Andrew does not pay the invoice on time. Henry subsequently obtains payment of the amount invoiced together with interest. The additional amount charged is consideration for a financial supply and is not a change in consideration for the original supply.

Interest on early payment

29. A recipient of a supply may make an early payment of an amount invoiced under agreed trading terms with the supplier. Under the agreement, the recipient is entitled to interest for the period of prepayment. The amount of interest is not a decrease in the consideration for the supply. It is a separate financial supply made by the recipient of the original supply and there is no adjustment event.[F11]

Charges for additional supplies (for example - hire)

30. Where a charge is consideration for an additional supply, this is not an adjustment event. The charge could occur either as a result of an agreed extension to the hire period or because the person who hired the goods simply fails to return the goods within the agreed time. For example, where goods hired for an agreed period are not returned within that period, an additional charge for the extension of the hire period is consideration for a further supply.

Promotional, co-operative or advertising allowances[F12]

31. Promotional, co-operative or advertising allowances which provide advantages to the supplier do not reduce the consideration for a supply and therefore are not adjustment events. Allowances of this nature are made to retailers in return for promotional and marketing activities undertaken by the retailer. The allowances provide a commercial advantage to the supplier by way of maximising sales of the supplier's goods or services and are not directed towards a reduction in the consideration.

32. The allowances may be paid in cash or cheque, or may be a credit which the retailer can use against future purchases. Despite the form taken by the allowances, they are directed at an end other than the reduction of the selling price and therefore do not vary the consideration for a supply.

33. The allowances are treated as consideration for a supply of services by the recipient/retailer. In effect the retailer is making commercially valuable promotional services available to the provider of the allowance for a price. This supply of these services by the retailer is made for consideration equal to the amount of the allowance.

Foreign exchange gains or losses

34. A foreign currency exchange gain or loss, resulting from an acquisition or supply where the consideration is expressed in a foreign currency, is not an adjustment event. The consideration, expressed in the foreign currency, has not changed.

Rebates to third parties

35. A rebate may be paid by a supplier (such as a manufacturer) to an end user (the consumer) who acquires a thing from a retailer. Such a rebate is not an adjustment event if it does not change the consideration for the supply.

36. Often in cases like this, the manufacturer will make a payment directly to the end user. The consideration the manufacturer receives from the retailer remains unchanged, as does the consideration that the retailer receives from the end user. As there has been no change in consideration in either case, there is no adjustment event arising from the payment of the rebate. Such a rebate is a separate supply.

Example

37. Car Manufacturer Pty Ltd offers $1,000 cash back to retail purchasers of its vehicles. The supply chain it uses for marketing its vehicles is:

Car Manufacturer --> Retailer --> Retail Purchaser.

38. Car Manufacturer sells a vehicle to Retailer Pty Ltd for $25,000. Retailer sells this vehicle to Retail Purchaser for $30,000. Following the purchase, Retail Purchaser makes a claim on Car Manufacturer for the $1,000 and receives payment. The consideration received by Car Manufacturer from Retailer for the vehicle is still $25,000, therefore there is no resultant adjustment event.

Change in the extent of liability for the consideration

39. The amount of input tax credit you claim in relation to an acquisition made in a tax period is based upon the extent to which you provide, or are liable to provide the consideration for that acquisition.[F13] If the extent of liability changes, you may have claimed too much (or not enough) input tax credit. The change in liability is an adjustment event.

Example

40. Gold Company and Silver Company are joint venturers, each with a 50% interest in the joint venture. The joint venture is not a GST joint venture. It incurs expenditure of $100,000 on exploration work for which each joint venturer is liable for $50,000. The interests of the parties subsequently change such that Gold Company has a 40% interest and Silver Company has a 60% interest. The change in interests has changed the extent to which each party is liable for the consideration for the exploration work. This change in liability for the consideration is an adjustment event for each party.

Errors or omissions

41. An adjustment event does not arise if you have made an error or omission in completing a previous Business Activity Statement (BAS). For example, where you have incorrectly entered an amount on your BAS, this is not an adjustment event.

Where a supply or an acquisition becomes, or stops being, a taxable supply or a creditable acquisition

42. In certain circumstances a supply, which is not initially a taxable supply, can become a taxable supply. In these circumstances, an adjustment event arises.[F14]

Example

43. Export Co sells engineering equipment both in Australia and overseas. Export Co sells goods to a company in Malaysia. No GST is included in the price as the goods are to be exported within 60 days. However, the goods are not exported until after the 60 day period.[F15] This delay has caused a previously GST-free supply to become a taxable supply. An adjustment event has occurred in relation to the supply.

Changes in the use of an acquisition

44. A change in the extent to which you use an acquisition for a creditable purpose is not an adjustment event. If you make an acquisition solely for a non-creditable purpose and you later apply that acquisition for a creditable purpose in your enterprise, this will not cause the acquisition to become a creditable acquisition. Adjustments for changes in use are accounted for under Division 129 (about changes in the extent of creditable purpose).

45. Similarly, if you make an acquisition solely for a creditable purpose and you apply the goods solely to private or domestic use, the acquisition does not cease being a creditable acquisition. You may need to make an adjustment under Division 130 (about goods applied solely to private or domestic use).

Example

46. Jeremy is registered and acquired a motor car for private purposes. The acquisition of the car is not a creditable acquisition because he did not acquire it for a creditable purpose.[F16] He later starts to use the car in his enterprise. The motor car does not become a creditable acquisition because Jeremy starts to use it for a creditable purpose. The change in use of the motor vehicle is not an adjustment event. Instead he makes an adjustment under Division 129.

Changes in your registration status

47. A supply does not become, or stop being, a taxable supply merely because you become, or cease to be, registered or required to be registered. An acquisition does not become, or stop being, a creditable acquisition merely because you become, or cease to be, registered or required to be registered.

48. If you become registered, decreasing adjustments for certain trading stock acquired prior to becoming registered are accounted for under Division 137 (about decreasing adjustments for stock on hand when you become registered). If you cease to be registered, you may need to payback a portion of your input tax credits for certain assets. You do this by making an increasing adjustment under Division 138 (about cessation of registration).

Example

49. Lucy acquired a motor car for her business but she was not registered for GST purposes. Therefore the car is not a creditable acquisition.[F17] She later becomes registered. The motor car does not become a creditable acquisition because Lucy became registered. That is, the event is not an adjustment event.

Errors or omissions

50. It is not an adjustment event if you wrongly classify a supply as being, or not being, a taxable supply, or an acquisition as being or not being a creditable acquisition. However, if there is a change in consideration as a result of correcting the error, this is an adjustment event.

When an adjustment event results in an adjustment

51. You have an adjustment for a supply if:[F18]

one or more adjustment events in relation to the supply occur during a tax period; and
GST on the supply was attributable to an earlier tax period;[F19] and
the event has caused the previously attributed GST amount for the supply to differ from the corrected GST amount.

52. Similarly for an acquisition, you have an adjustment where:[F20]

one or more adjustment events in relation to the acquisition occur during a tax period; and
an input tax credit for the acquisition was attributable to an earlier tax period;[F21] and
the event has caused the previously attributed input tax credit amount to differ from the corrected input tax credit amount for the acquisition.

53. An adjustment does not always arise from an adjustment event. One of the requirements for an adjustment is that the GST on the supply, or the input tax credit on the acquisition, was attributable to an earlier tax period.[F22] Where the adjustment event occurs in the same period in which the GST on the supply or the input tax credit on the acquisition is attributable, this requirement is not met.

54. Adjustment events that occur in the same period as the attribution of the GST on the supply or the input tax credit on the acquisition do not result in adjustments. Changes in your GST payable or your input tax credits resulting from these adjustment events are accounted for in calculating your GST payable or your input tax credits for the period.

Example

55. On 1 June 2001, Stationery Co makes a taxable supply of stationery goods for a consideration of $100, with 2% discount offered if paid within 14 days. The recipient pays the account on 10 June 2001 and pays the discounted amount of $98. In accounting for the transaction, Stationery Co calculates its GST liability on a price of $98.

Working out adjustments for supplies

56. An adjustment will arise, in relation to a supply, where an adjustment event has caused the previously attributed GST amount to differ from the corrected GST amount.[F23] You need to work out the two amounts and then compare them to determine if an adjustment arises because of the adjustment event.

The corrected GST amount for a supply

57. The corrected GST amount for a supply in relation to a tax period must take into account:[F24]

the amount of any GST that was attributable to a tax period for the supply; and
any changes in circumstances that have given rise to any adjustments under Subdivision 19-B or Division 21 (about adjustments for bad debts).

58. The corrected GST amount reflects the GST for the supply, as at the end of the current tax period. You take into account any Subdivision 19-B or Division 21 adjustments up to and including the current tax period.

Example

59. In Eliza's first tax period (ending on 31 March 2001), she makes a taxable supply with a consideration of $1,100. GST payable of $100 is attributable to the first tax period.

60. The consideration is decreased in her second tax period (ending on 30 June) by $110 because Eliza allows a discount to the recipient of the supply. This is an adjustment event for the supply.

61. The corrected GST amount for her second tax period is worked out as follows:

Original consideration $1,100
PLUS the total effect on consideration of changes in circumstances that give rise to an increasing adjustment under:
Division 21 NIL
Division 19 NIL
LESS the total effect on consideration of changes in circumstances that give rise to a decreasing adjustment under:
Division 21 NIL
Division 19 $110
Adjusted consideration $990
multiplying by 1/11 to give the corrected GST amount $90

The previously attributed GST amount for a supply

62. The previously attributed GST amount for a supply in relation to a tax period is:[F25]

the amount of any GST that was attributable to a tax period for the supply; plus
the sum of any increasing adjustments under Subdivision 19-B or Division 21 that were previously attributable to any tax period for the supply; minus
the sum of any decreasing adjustments under Subdivision 19-B or Division 21 that were previously attributable to any tax period for the supply.

63. The previously attributed GST amount does not take into account the effect of any adjustment events that occur in the current period for the supply.

Example

64. Using the example from paragraph 59, Eliza's previously attributed GST amount is worked out as follows:

GST attributed to the tax period ending 31 March 2001[F26] $100
PLUS the sum of all increasing adjustments under:
Division 21 NIL
Division 19 (except any Division 19 adjustments in the current period)[F27] NIL
LESS the sum of all decreasing adjustments under:
Division 21 NIL
Division 19 (except any Division 19 adjustments in the current period)[F28] NIL
previously attributed GST amount $100

Working out the amount of the adjustment

65. The amount of an adjustment is the difference between the previously attributed GST amount and the corrected GST amount. If the corrected GST amount is greater than the previously attributed GST amount, you will have not paid enough GST. Therefore you have an increasing adjustment. If the corrected GST amount is less than the previously attributed GST amount, you will have paid too much GST. Therefore you have a decreasing adjustment.[F29]

Example

66. For Eliza's supply (continuing with the same example), the corrected GST amount ($90) is less than the previously attributed GST amount ($100). Therefore a decreasing adjustment has arisen. The amount of the adjustment is:

$100 - $90 = $10.

67. The final amount of GST Eliza should have accounted for with regard to the supply is:

GST for the first tax period: $100
LESS changes in the second tax period:
under Division 21 NIL
under Division 19 $10
$90

Working out adjustments for acquisitions

68. An adjustment will arise, in relation to an acquisition, where an adjustment event has caused the previously attributed input tax credit amount to differ from the corrected input tax credit amount.[F30] You need to work out the two amounts and then compare them to determine if an adjustment arises because of the adjustment event.

The corrected input tax credit amount

69. The corrected input tax credit amount for an acquisition in relation to a tax period must take into account:[F31]

the amount of any input tax credit entitlement for the acquisition;[F32] and
any changes in circumstances that give rise to any adjustments under Subdivision 19-C, Division 21 or Division 129 (about adjustments for changes in the extent of creditable purpose).

70. The corrected input tax credit amount reflects the input tax credit for the acquisition as at the end of the current period. You take into account any Subdivision 19-C, Division 21 or Division 129 adjustment, up to and including the current tax period.

Example

71. In Thomas's first tax period (ending on 31 March 2001), he makes a creditable acquisition for $1,100. The extent of creditable purpose for the acquisition is 60%. An input tax credit of $60 ($1,100 x 1/11 x 60%) is attributable to the first tax period.

72. The consideration is decreased by $110 in his second tax period (ending on 30 June) because Thomas is allowed a discount. This is an adjustment event for the acquisition.

73. The corrected input tax credit amount for the second tax period is worked out as follows:

Original consideration $1,100
PLUS the total effect on consideration of changes in circumstances that give rise to decreasing adjustment under:
Division 129 NIL
Division 21 NIL
Division 19 NIL
LESS the total effect on consideration of changes in circumstances which give rise to increasing adjustments under:
Division 129 NIL
Division 21 NIL
Division 19 $110
Adjusted consideration $990
multiplying by 1/11 to give the corrected GST amount $90
Multiplying by 60% to give the corrected input tax credit amount $54

The previously attributed input tax credit amount

74. The previously attributed input tax credit amount for an acquisition in relation to a tax period is:[F33]

the amount of any input tax credit entitlement for the acquisition; minus
the sum of any increasing adjustments under Subdivision 19-C, Division 21 or Division 129, that were previously attributable to a tax period for the acquisition; plus
the sum of any decreasing adjustments under Subdivision 19-C, Division 21 or Division 129, that were previously attributable to a tax period for the acquisition.

75. The previously attributed input tax credit amount does not take into account the effect of any adjustment events that occur in the current tax period for the acquisition.

Example

76. Continuing with the example from paragraph 71, Thomas's previously attributed input tax credit amount is worked out as follows:

input tax credit attributed to any tax period[F34] $60
LESS the sum of all increasing adjustments under
Division 129 NIL
Division 21 NIL
Division 19 (except any Division 19 adjustments in the current period)[F35] NIL
PLUS the sum of all decreasing adjustments under:
Division 129 NIL
Division 21 NIL
Division 19 (except any Division 19 adjustments in the current period)[F36] $110
previously attributed input tax credit amount $60

Working out the amount of the adjustment

77. The amount of an adjustment is the difference between the previously attributed input tax credit amount and the corrected input tax credit amount. If the corrected input tax credit amount is greater than the previously attributed input tax credit amount, you have not received enough input tax credit. Therefore you have a decreasing adjustment . If the corrected input tax credit amount is less than the previously attributed input tax credit amount, you have received too much input tax credit. Therefore you have an increasing adjustment .[F37]

Example

78. Using the same example, Thomas's corrected input tax credit amount ($54) is less than the previously attributed input tax credit amount ($60). Therefore an increasing adjustment has arisen. The amount of the adjustment is:

$60 - $54 = $6

79. The final amount of credit Thomas should have accounted for is:

input tax credit for the first period: $60
LESS changes for tax period 2:
under Division 21 NIL
under Division 19 $6
$54

Definitions

80. The following terms are defined for the purposes of this Ruling. Some of the terms are themselves defined in the GST Act.

Creditable acquisition

81. You make a creditable acquisition if:

(a)
you acquire anything solely or partly for a creditable purpose; and
(b)
the supply of the thing to you is a taxable supply; and
(c)
you provide, or are liable to provide, consideration for the supply; and
(d)
you are registered, or required to be registered.[F38]

Creditable purpose

82. You acquire a thing for a creditable purpose to the extent that you acquire it in carrying on your enterprise.[F39]

83. However, you do not acquire the thing for a creditable purpose to the extent that:

(a)
the acquisition relates to making supplies that would be input taxed; or
(b)
the acquisition is of a private or domestic nature.[F40]

84. To the extent that an acquisition relates to making financial supplies through an enterprise, or a part of an enterprise, that you carry on outside Australia, the acquisition is not, for the purposes of paragraph (a) above, treated as one that relates to making supplies that would be input taxed.[F41]

85. An acquisition is not treated, for the purposes of paragraph (a) above, as relating to making supplies that would be input taxed if:

(a)
the only reason it would (apart from subsection 11-15(4)) be so treated is because it relates to making financial supplies; and
(b)
your annual turnover of financial supplies does not exceed the lesser of:
(i)
$50,000 or such other amount specified in the regulations; or
(ii)
5% of your annual turnover (treating supplies that are input taxed as part of your annual turnover).[F42]

Financial supplies threshold

86. The financial supplies threshold is the lesser of:

$50,000 (or such other amount specified in the regulations); or
5% of your annual turnover (treating supplies that are input taxed as part of you annual turnover).

GST-free

87. If a supply is GST-free, then:

no GST is payable on the supply;
an entitlement to an input tax credit for anything acquired or imported to make the supply is not affected.[F43]

Input tax credit

88. An input tax credit is the credit you are entitled to for the GST included in the price you pay for an acquisition or the GST paid on an importation, if it is for use in your enterprise. The entitlement arises under section 11-20 (about creditable acquisitions) or section 15-15 (about creditable importations).[F44]

Taxable supply

89. You make a taxable supply if:

(a)
you make the supply for consideration; and
(b)
the supply is made in the course or furtherance of an enterprise that you carry on; and
(c)
the supply is connected with Australia; and
(d)
you are registered, or required to be registered.

However, the supply is not a taxable supply to the extent that it is GST-free or input taxed.[F45]

Detailed contents list

90. Below is a detailed contents list for this draft Ruling:

  Paragraph
What this Ruling is about 1
Date of effect 6
Background 7
Ruling 11
What are adjustment events 11
Changes in the consideration for a supply or an acquisition 12
Where a supply or an acquisition becomes, or stops being, a taxable supply or a creditable acquisition 14
Explanations (this forms part of the ruling) 15
What are adjustment events 16
Cancellation of a supply or an acquisition 18
Example 19
Changes in the consideration for a supply or an acquisition 20
Discounts or rebates 21
Other changes in consideration 22
Example 26
Interest penalties and late return penalties 27
Example 28
Interest on early payment 29
Charges for additional supplies (for example - hire) 30
Promotional, co-operative or advertising allowances 31
Foreign exchange gains or losses 34
Rebates to third parties 35
Example 37
Change in the extent of liability for the consideration 39
Example 40
Errors or omissions 41
Where a supply or an acquisition becomes, or stops being, a taxable supply or a creditable acquisition 42
Example 43
Changes in the use of an acquisition 44
Example 46
Changes in your registration status 47
Example 49
Errors or omissions 50
When an adjustment event results in an adjustment 51
Example 55
Working out adjustments for supplies 56
The corrected GST amount for a supply 57
Example 59
The previously attributed GST amount for a supply 62
Example 64
Working out the amount of the adjustment 65
Example 66
Working out adjustments for acquisitions 68
The corrected input tax credit amount 69
Example 71
The previously attributed input tax credit amount 74
Example 76
Working out the amount of the adjustment 77
Example 78
Definitions 80
Creditable acquisition 81
Creditable purpose 82
Financial supplies threshold 86
GST-free 87
Input tax credit 88
Taxable supply 89
Detailed contents list 90
Your comments 91

Your comments

91. If you wish to comment on this draft Ruling, please send your comments promptly by 31 March 2000 to:

Contact officer details have been removed following publication of the final ruling.

Commissioner of Taxation
22 December 1999

Footnotes

1 Section 11-20.

2 Subsection 33-5(1).

3 Section 35-5 (Note: if the net amount is a refund it may be offset against other amounts payable to the Commissioner).

4 Subsection 19-10(1).

5 Paragraph 19-10(1)(a).

6 Paragraph 19-10(2)(a).

7 Subsection 19-10(4).

8 Paragraph 19-10(1)(b).

9 Paragraph 19-10(2)(b).

10 Section 40-5 and Regulation 40-13 A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Regulations 1999.

11 Section 40-5 and Regulation 40-13 A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Regulations 1999.

12 Allowances of this nature are discussed in Colgate-Palmolive Pty Ltd v. FCT 99 ATC 4289; (1999) 41 ATR 357.

13 Subsection 11-30(3).

14 Paragraph 19-10(1)(c).

15 see Section 38-185. The Commissioner has a discretion to extend the 60 day period.

16 Paragraph 11-5(a).

17 Paragraph 11-5(d).

18 Section 19-40.

19 or, if the supply was not a taxable supply, would have been attributable to an earlier tax period had the supply been a taxable supply (paragraph 19-40(b)).

20 Section 19-70.

21 or, if the acquisition was not a creditable acquisition, would have been attributable to an earlier tax period had the acquisition been a creditable acquisition (paragraph 19-70(b)).

22 For a supply, paragraph 19-40(b); for an acquisition, paragraph 19-70(b).

23 Paragraph 19-40(c).

24 Paragraph 19-40(c).

25 Section 19-45.

26 Paragraph 19-45(a).

27 Paragraph 19-45(b).

28 Paragraph 19-45(c).

29 Sections 19-50 and 19-55.

30 Paragraph 19-70(c).

31 Paragraph 19-70(c).

32 An entitlement to an input tax credit for an acquisition can only arise under Division 11.

33 Section 19-75.

34 Paragraph 19-75(a).

35 Paragraph 19-75(b).

36 Paragraph 19-75(c).

37 Sections 19-80 and 19-85

38 Section 11-5.

39 Subsection 11-15(1).

40 Subsection 11-15(2).

41 Subsection 11-15(3).

42 Subsection 11-15(4).

43 Section 38-1.

44 Section 195-1

45 Section 9-5

This Draft Ruling has been finalised by GSTR 2000/19

References

ATO references:
NO 99/18224-5

ISSN 1443-5160

Subject References:
acquisition - becoming, or ceasing to be, a creditable acquisition
adjustment - when it arises
adjustment - calculating the amount of
adjustment event
changes in consideration
changes in registration
changes in extent of liability
changes in use of an acquisition
corrected GST amount
corrected input tax credit amount
decreasing adjustment
discount
errors
foreign exchange gains or losses
incorrect pricing or deliveries
increasing adjustment
interest on early payments
interest penalties - late payments
late payment amounts
late return penalties
omissions
previously attributed GST amount
previously attributed input tax credit amount
promotional, co-operative or advertising allowances
rebate
supply - cancellation or return
supply - becoming, or ceasing to be, a taxable supply

Legislative References:
ANTS(GST)A 1999 9-5
ANTS(GST)A 1999 11-5
ANTS(GST)A 1999 11-5(a)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 11-5(d)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 11-15(1)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 11-15(2)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 11-15(3)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 11-15(4)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 11-20
ANTS(GST)A 1999 11-30
ANTS(GST)A 1999 11-30(3)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 15-15
ANTS(GST)A.1999 Division 19
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-10(1)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-10(1)(a)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-10(1)(b)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-10(1)(c)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-10(2)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-10(2)(a)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-10(2)(b)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-10(4)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 Subdivision 19-B
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-40
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-40(a)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-40(b)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-40(c)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-45
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-45(a)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-45(b)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-45(c)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-50
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-55
ANTS(GST)A 1999 SubDivision19-C
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-70
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-70(b)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-70(c)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-75
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-75(a)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-75(b)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-75(c)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-80
ANTS(GST)A 1999 19-85
ANTS(GST)A 1999 Division 21
ANTS(GST)A 1999 33-5(1)
ANTS(GST)A 1999 35-5
ANTS(GST)A 1999 38-1
ANTS(GST)A 1999 38-185
ANTS(GST)A 1999 40-5
ANTS(GST)A 1999 Division 129
ANTS(GST)A 1999 Division 130
ANTS(GST)A 1999 Division 137
ANTS(GST)A 1999 195-1
ANTS(GST)A 1999 40-13

Case References:
Colgate-Palmolive Pty Limited v. FC of T
99 ATC 4289
(1999) 41 ATR 357