Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

CHAPTER 2 - LIABILITY RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION  

PART 2-10 - CAPITAL ALLOWANCES: RULES ABOUT DEDUCTIBILITY OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE  

Division 40 - Capital allowances  

Subdivision 40-B - Core provisions  

SECTION 40-20   IRUs  

40-20(1)    
This section applies to you if:

(a) you have deducted or can deduct an amount for an IRU under Division 44 of the former Act or you would have been able to deduct an amount for it under that Division if you had used it for the purpose of producing assessable income before 1 July 2001; and

(b) you hold the IRU at 1 July 2001.

40-20(2)    
Division 40 of the new Act applies to the IRU on this basis:

(a) you use the cost, effective life and method you were using under Division 44 of the former Act or that you would have used if you had used the IRU for the purpose of producing assessable income before 1 July 2001; and

(b) the amount that was your undeducted cost of the IRU at the end of 30 June 2001 becomes the IRU's opening adjustable value.

Note:

There are special rules for entities that have substituted accounting periods: see section 40-65 .