CHAPTER 2
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LIABILITY RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION
PART 2-10
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CAPITAL ALLOWANCES: RULES ABOUT DEDUCTIBILITY OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
Division 40
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Capital allowances
History
Div 40 substituted for Divs 40, 41 and 42 by No 76 of 2001.
Subdivision 40-D
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Balancing adjustments
History
Subdiv 40-D inserted by No 76 of 2001.
Operative provisions
SECTION 40-293
Adjustments
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partnership assets used for both general tax purposes and R
&
D activities
40-293(1)
This section applies to an *R
&
D partnership if:
(a)
a *balancing adjustment event happens in an income year (the
event year
) for a *depreciating asset *held by the R
&
D partnership and for which:
(i)
the R
&
D partnership can deduct, for an income year, an amount under section
40-25
, as that section applies apart from Division
355
and former section
73BC
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
; or
(ii)
the R
&
D partnership could have deducted, for an income year, an amount as described in subparagraph (i) if it had used the asset; and
(b)
one or more partners of the R
&
D partnership are entitled under section
355-100
to *tax offsets for one or more income years for deductions (the
R
&
D deductions
) under section
355-520
for the asset.
Note 1:
This section applies in a modified way if the partners have deductions for the asset under former section
73BA
or
73BH
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
(see section
40-293
of the
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
).
Note 2:
To the extent any amount that is included in the R
&
D partnership
'
s assessable income under section
40-285
relates to R
&
D activities, a partner may have an additional amount included in the partner
'
s assessable income (see section
355-449
).
Note 3:
To the extent any amount that the R
&
D partnership is entitled to as a deduction under section
40-285
relates to R
&
D activities, a partner may have an additional amount the partner can deduct (see section
355-468
).
History
S 40-293(1) amended by No 92 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 5 items 18 and 19, by substituting
"
Note 1
"
for
"
Note
"
in the note and inserting notes 2 and 3, effective 1 January 2021 and applicable in relation to assessments for income years commencing on or after 1 July 2021.
Section 40-290 to be applied as if use for conducting R
&
D activities were use for a taxable purpose
40-293(2)
In applying section
40-290
(including references in that section to the reduction of deductions under section
40-25
) in relation to the asset, assume that using the asset for a *taxable purpose includes using it for the purpose of conducting the *R
&
D activities to which the R
&
D deductions relate.
40-293(3)
(Repealed by No 92 of 2020)
History
S 40-293(3) repealed by No 92 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 5 item 20, effective 1 January 2021 and applicable in relation to assessments for income years commencing on or after 1 July 2021. S 40-293(3) formerly read:
Increase in amounts deductible or assessable under section 40-285
40-293(3)
Any amount (the
section 40-285 amount
):
(a)
that the *R
&
D partnership can deduct for the asset under section 40-285 (after applying subsection (2) of this section) for the event year; or
(b)
that is included in the R
&
D partnership
'
s assessable income for the asset under section 40-285 (after applying subsection (2) of this section) for the event year;
is increased by
⅓
of the following amount:
Sum of all R
&
D deductions
|
× |
Adjusted section 40-285 amount |
Total decline in value |
where:
adjusted section 40-285 amount
means:
(a)
if the section 40-285 amount is a deduction
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the amount of the deduction; or
(b)
if the section 40-285 amount is an amount included in the *R
&
D partnership
'
s assessable income
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so much of the section 40-285 amount as does not exceed the total decline in value.
total decline in value
means the *cost of the asset less its *adjustable value.
History
S 40-293 inserted by No 93 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 3 item 24, effective 8 September 2011. For application, savings and transitional provisions see note under Div
355
heading.