Tax Law Improvement Act (No. 1) 1998 (46 of 1998)
2 CGT (new Parts 3-1, 3-3 and 3-5)
1 Amendment of the Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
3 At the end of the Act
Add:
[The next Chapter is Chapter 6.]
Chapter 6 - The Dictionary
Part 6-1 - Concepts and topics
[The next Division is Division 960.]
Division 960 - General
Table of Subdivisions
960-M Indexation
Subdivision 960-M - Indexation
960-262 Application of Subdivision 960-M of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
(1) Subdivision 960-M of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (about indexation) applies to assessments for the 1998-99 income year and later income years (except so far as it affects the car depreciation limit).
(2) For the car depreciation limit (see section 42-80 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997), that Subdivision applies to the 1998-99 financial year and later financial years.
960-275 Indexation factor
(1) This section applies to a CGT asset that:
(a) is a share in a company that was issued or allotted to you by the company or a unit in a unit trust that was issued to you by the trustee; and
(b) you acquired before 16 August 1989; and
(c) you owned just before the start of the 1998-99 income year.
(2) In working out the cost base of the cost base of the asset, you ignore subsection 960-275(3) and use the indexation factor in subsection 960-275(2).