Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION AND CORE PROVISIONS  

PART 1-1 - PRELIMINARY  

Division 1 - Preliminary  

SECTION 1-1  

1-1   Short title  
This Act may be cited as the Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997.

SECTION 1-5  

1-5   Commencement  
This Act commences on 1 July 1997.

SECTION 1-7  

1-7   Administration of this Act  

The Commissioner has the general administration of this Act.

Note:

An effect of this provision is that people who acquire information under this Act are subject to the confidentiality obligations and exceptions in Division 355 in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953.

SECTION 1-10   Definitions and rules for interpreting this Act  

1-10(1)    
In this Act, an expression has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

1-10(2)    
Division 950 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (which contains rules for interpreting that Act) applies to this Act as if the provisions of this Act were provisions of that Act.

PART 1-3 - CORE PROVISIONS  

Division 4 - How to work out the income tax payable on your taxable income  

SECTION 4-1  

4-1   Application of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  
The Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, as originally enacted, applies to assessments for the 1997-98 income year and later income years.

Note:

For the application of amendments of that Act (including new provisions inserted in it), see the Acts making the amendments.

4-10   (Repealed) SECTION 4-10 Temporary flood and cyclone reconstruction levy  
(Repealed by No 16 of 2011)

SECTION 4-11   Temporary budget repair levy  

Temporary budget repair levy

4-11(1)    
You must pay extra income tax ( temporary budget repair levy ) for a financial year if:

(a) you are an individual; and

(b) your taxable income for the corresponding income year exceeds $180,000; and

(c) the financial year is a temporary budget repair levy year.

Note:

This section will also affect the income tax payable by some trustees who are taxed as if certain trust income were income of individuals. See sections 98 and 99 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

Amount of temporary budget repair levy

4-11(2)    
Your temporary budget repair levy is worked out by reference to your taxable income for the corresponding income year using the rate or rates that apply to you.

Interaction with other provisions

4-11(3)    
For the purpose of working out your income tax for the financial year:

(a) section 4-10 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 has effect as if it made you liable to pay the extra tax mentioned in subsection (1) of this section; and

(b) subsection 4-10(3) of that Act has effect as if step 4 of the method statement in that subsection were omitted and the following were substituted:

4-11(4)    
To avoid doubt, temporary budget repair levy is not included in your basic income tax liability.

Note:

As a result, you cannot apply any tax offsets against temporary budget repair levy under Part 2-20 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (apart from the foreign income tax offset applied under step 4 of the method statement in subsection (3)).

Meaning of temporary budget repair levy year

4-11(5)    
Each of the following is a temporary budget repair levy year :

(a) the 2014-15 financial year;

(b) the 2015-16 financial year;

(c) the 2016-17 financial year.

Division 5 - How to work out when to pay your income tax  

Subdivision 5-A - How to work out when to pay your income tax  

SECTION 5-5  

5-5   Application of Division 5 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

Subject to section 5-15 of this Act, Division 5 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, as originally enacted, applies in relation to income tax or shortfall interest charge you must pay for:

(a) the 2010-11 financial year; or

(b) a later financial year.

SECTION 5-7   References in tax sharing agreements to former section 204  

5-7(1)    
A reference in an agreement to section 204 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 is taken, from the commencement of this section, to be a reference to section 5-5 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, if:

(a) paragraph 721-25(1)(a) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to the agreement; and

(b) the agreement was in force just before the commencement of this section.

5-7(2)    
This section applies in relation to tax to which Division 5 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies.

SECTION 5-10   General interest charge liabilities under former subsection 204(3)  

5-10(1)    
This section applies if, just before the commencement of this section, you were liable, under subsection 204(3) (the old provision ) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, to pay the general interest charge on an unpaid amount (the liability ) of any tax or shortfall interest charge.

5-10(2)    
On that commencement, the old provision ceases to apply to the liability.

5-10(3)    
From that commencement, section 5-15 (the new provision ) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, as originally enacted, applies to the liability as if:

(a) the liability remained unpaid at that time; and

(b) so much of the charge under the old provision as remained unpaid at that time had been imposed under the new provision and remained unpaid at that time.

SECTION 5-15   Application of section 5-15 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

5-15(1)    
Section 5-15 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (General interest charge payable on unpaid income tax or shortfall interest charge), as originally enacted, applies to an amount of income tax or shortfall interest charge you must pay for a financial year, if the income tax or shortfall interest charge is due to be paid on or after the commencement of that section.

5-15(2)    
For the purposes of subsection (1), it does not matter whether the financial year ended before, on or after the commencement of that section.

Division 6 -Assessable income and exempt income  

SECTION 6-2  

6-2   Effect of this Division  
This Division has effect for the purposes of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and of this Act.

SECTION 6-3  

6-3   Assessable income for income years before 1997-98  
For the 1996-97 income year or an earlier income year, assessable income means all the amounts that under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 are included in the assessable income.

SECTION 6-20  

6-20   Exempt income for income years before 1997-98  
For the 1996-97 income year or an earlier income year, exempt income means income which is exempt from tax and includes income which is not assessable income.

Division 8 - Deductions  

SECTION 8-2  

8-2   Effect of this Division  
This Division has effect for the purposes of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and of this Act.

SECTION 8-3  

8-3   Deductions for income years before 1997-98  
For the 1996-97 income year or an earlier income year, deduction means a deduction allowable under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

SECTION 8-10  

8-10   No double deductions for income year before 1997-98 and income year after 1996-97  
If:

(a) a provision of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 allows you a deduction in respect of an amount for the 1996-97 income year or an earlier income year; and

(b) a different provision of that Act, or a provision of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, allows you a deduction in respect of the same amount for the 1997-98 income year or a later income year;

you can deduct only under the provision that is most appropriate.

CHAPTER 2 - LIABILITY RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION  

PART 2-1 - ASSESSABLE INCOME  

Division 15 - Some items of assessable income  

SECTION 15-1   General application provision  

15-1(1)    
Division 15 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the 1997-98 income year and later income years.

15-1(2)    
However, the sections of that Act listed in the table apply in accordance with the corresponding sections of this Act.

Application provisions for specific sections
Item	This section of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 …	Applies as described in this section of this Act …
1	15-10	15-10
.
2	15-15	15-15
.
3	15-20	15-20
.
4	15-30	15-30
.
5	15-35	15-35

SECTION 15-10  

15-10   Application of section 15-10 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to bounties and subsidies  

Section 15-10 (Bounties and subsidies) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to a bounty or subsidy received in the 1997-98 income year or a later income year.

SECTION 15-15  

15-15   Application of section 15-15 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to profit-making undertaking or plan  

Section 15-15 (Profit-making undertaking or plan) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to a profit arising in the 1997-98 income year or a later income year, even if the undertaking or plan was entered into, or began to be carried on or carried out, before the 1997-98 income year.

SECTION 15-20  

15-20   Application of section 15-20 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to royalties  

Section 15-20 (Royalties) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to an amount received as or by way of royalty in the 1997-98 income year or a later income year.

SECTION 15-30  

15-30   Application of section 15-30 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to insurance or indemnity payments  

Section 15-30 (Insurance or indemnity for loss of assessable income) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to an amount received in the 1997-98 income year or a later income year as insurance or indemnity for the loss at any time of an amount that would have been assessable income under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

SECTION 15-35  

15-35   Application of section 15-35 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to interest on overpayments and early payments of tax  

Section 15-35 (Interest on overpayments and early payments of tax) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to interest that is paid or applied in the 1997-98 income year or a later income year, even if some or all of the interest became payable earlier.

Division 20 - Items included to reverse the effect of past deductions  

Subdivision 20-A - Insurance, indemnity or recoupment for deductible expenses  

SECTION 20-1  

20-1   Application of Subdivision 20-A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

Subdivision 20-A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to an assessable recoupment received in the 1997-98 income year or a later income year of a loss or outgoing whenever incurred.

Subdivision 20-B - Disposal of a car for which lease payments have been deducted  

SECTION 20-100  

20-100   Application of Subdivision 20-B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

Subdivision 20-B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the 1997-98 income year and later income years.

SECTION 20-105   The cost of a car acquired in the 1996-97 income year or an earlier income year  

20-105(1)    
If:

(a) in the 1997-98 income year or a later income year you dispose of a car that was leased to you or your associate; and

(b) the lessor acquired the car in the 1996-97 income year or an earlier income year;

the cost of the car to the lessor for the purposes of section 20-120 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 is worked out under the depreciation provisions of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

Note 1:

Section 20-120 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 is about a limit on the amount to be included in your assessable income because of your disposal of the car.

Note 2:

The depreciation provisions were in Subdivision A of Division 3 of Part III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

20-105(2)    

In working out the cost of the car to the lessor, disregard any election the lessor made under former subsection 59(2A) or (2D) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 to reduce the cost of the car.

SECTION 20-110  

20-110   The termination value of a car disposed of in the 1996-97 income year or an earlier income year  

If:

(a) in the 1997-98 income year or a later income year you dispose of a car that was leased to you or your associate; and

(b) the lessor disposed of the car in the 1996-97 income year or an earlier income year;

the car's termination value (in respect of the disposal by the lessor) for the purposes of section 20-120 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 is the consideration receivable by the lessor for the disposal (worked out under former section 59 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936).

Note:

Section 20-120 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 is about a limit on the amount to be included in your assessable income because of your disposal of the car.

SECTION 20-115  

20-115   Reducing the assessable amount for the disposal of a car in the 1997-98 income year or later if there has been an earlier disposal of it  

If:

(a) section 20-110 or 20-125 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 includes an amount in your assessable income for the 1997-98 income year or a later income year because of your disposal of a car; and

(b) in the 1996-97 income year or an earlier income year (but after the lease period began) there was an earlier disposal of the car, or an interest in it, by you or another entity in a situation described in the following table;

each limit on the amount to be included in your assessable income is reduced as follows:

Reducing each limit on the amount to be included
Item	In this situation:	reduce each limit by:
1	Former section 26AAB of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 included an amount in your assessable income in respect of such an earlier disposal by you	that amount
.
2	Former section 26AAB of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 included an amount in another entity's assessable income in respect of such an earlier disposal by the other entity	that amount
.
3	Former section 26AAB of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 would have included an amount in your assessable income in respect of such an earlier disposal by you but for the operation of former subsection 26AAB(12) of that Act	that amount
.
4	Former section 26AAB of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 would have included an amount in another entity's assessable income in respect of such an earlier disposal by the other entity but for the operation of former subsection 26AAB(12) of that Act	that amount
.
5	Former subsection 26AAB(9) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 reduced the amount to be included in your assessable income in respect of such an earlier disposal by you	the amount of the reduction
.
6	Former subsection 26AAB(9) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 reduced the amount to be included in another entity's assessable income in respect of such an earlier disposal by the other entity	the amount of the reduction

(Repealed) Division 22 - Amounts you must repay are not assessable income  

22-5   (Repealed) SECTION 22-5 Application of Division 22 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  
(Repealed by No 66 of 2003)

PART 2-5 - RULES ABOUT DEDUCTIBILITY OF PARTICULAR KINDS OF AMOUNTS  

Division 25 - Some amounts you can deduct  

SECTION 25-1  

25-1   Application of Division 25 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

Division 25 (Some amounts you can deduct) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the 1997-98 income year and later income years, except as provided by this Division.

SECTION 25-40  

25-40   Application of section 25-40 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

Section 25-40 (Loss from profit-making undertaking or plan) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to a loss arising in the 1997-98 income year or a later income year, even if the undertaking or plan was entered into, or began to be carried on or carried out, before the 1997-98 income year.

SECTION 25-45  

25-45   Application of section 25-45 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

Section 25-45 (which is about deductions for losses by theft etc.) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to a loss discovered in the 1997-98 income year or a later income year.

SECTION 25-50  

25-50   Application of section 25-90 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

Section 25-90 (which is about deductions relating to foreign exempt income) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to an amount incurred in an income year that begins on or after 1 July 2001.

SECTION 25-65  

25-65   Local government election expenses  

Section 25-65 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to the 2006-07 income year and later income years, in relation to expenditure whenever incurred. In relation to expenditure incurred in the 2005-06 income year or an earlier income year, it applies as if:

(a) it had applied to all income years before the 2006-07 income year; and

(b) an allowable deduction for the expenditure under section 74A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 had been a deduction for the expenditure under section 25-65 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

Note:

This section also has the result that, to the extent that a recoupment of the expenditure has been included in your assessable income by former subsections 74A(4) and (5) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, the expenditure will be disregarded in applying the $1,000 per election deduction limit: see subsection 25-65(2) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

Division 26 - Some amounts you cannot deduct, or cannot deduct in full  

SECTION 26-1  

26-1   Application of Division 26 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

Division 26 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (which prevents or limits deductions) applies to assessments for the 1997-98 income year and later income years, except as provided by this Division.

SECTION 26-30  

26-30   Application of section 26-30 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

Section 26-30 (which denies a deduction for relative's travel expenses) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to travel on or after 1 July 1997.

Division 30 - Gifts or contributions  

SECTION 30-1  

30-1   Application of Division 30 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

Division 30 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the 1997-98 income year and later income years.

SECTION 30-5   Keeping in force old declarations and instruments  

30-5(1)    
This section applies to a declaration or other instrument (described in column 2 of an item in the table in this section) that is in force at the end of 30 June 1997 for the purposes of the provision of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 referred to in that column of the item.

30-5(2)    
On and after 1 July 1997 the declaration or other instrument also has effect as if it were an approval or declaration (described in column 3 of the same item) made for the purposes of the provision of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 referred to in that column of the item.

Anything done on or after 1 July 1997 in relation to an approval or declaration described in column 3 of an item in the table also has effect as if it had been done in relation to the declaration or other instrument described in column 2 of that item.

On and after 1 July 1997
Item	This approval, declaration or other instrument:	also has effect as if it were:
1	An instrument certifying an institution to be a technical and further education institution for the purposes of item 2.1.7 of table 2 in subsection 78(4)	A declaration that the institution is a technical and further education institution for the purposes of item 2.1.7 of the table in subsection 30-25(1)
.
2	An instrument certifying that purposes of an institution covered by item 2.1.7 of table 2 in subsection 78(4), or of the college covered by item 2.2.14 of that table, relate exclusively to tertiary education	A declaration (for the purposes of section 30-30) that those purposes of the institution, or of the college, relate solely to tertiary education
.
3	An instrument approving an organisation, or a branch or section of an organisation, to be a marriage guidance organisation for the purposes of item 8.1.1 of table 8 in subsection 78(4)	A declaration that the organisation, or branch or section of the organisation, is a marriage guidance organisation for the purposes of item 8.1.1 of the table in subsection 30-70(1)
.
4	A declaration that a public fund is an eligible fund for the purposes of item 9.1.1 of table 9 in subsection 78(4)	A declaration that the public fund is a relief fund for the purposes of item 9.1.1 of the table in subsection 30-80(1)
.
5	An instrument approving a person as a valuer under subsection 78(18)	An approval of the person as a valuer under section 30-210
.
6	An instrument approving an organisation as an approved organisation for the purposes of subsection 78(21)	A declaration that the organisation is an approved organisation for the purposes of section 30-85
.
7	An instrument certifying a country to be a developing country for the purposes of subsection 78(21)	A declaration that the country is a developing country for the purposes of section 30-85

30-10   (Repealed) SECTION 30-10 Applications for approval of testamentary gifts not yet decided  
(Repealed by No 12 of 2012)

30-15   (Repealed) SECTION 30-15 Keeping in force the guidelines for deciding testamentary gifts  
(Repealed by No 12 of 2012)

30-20   (Repealed) SECTION 30-20 Keeping in force certificates approving testamentary gifts  
(Repealed by No 12 of 2012)

SECTION 30-25   Keeping in force the old gifts registers  

30-25(1)    
On and after 1 July 1997, the register described in column 2 of an item in the table in this section (as the register existed at the end of 30 June 1997) also has effect as if it were the register described in column 3 of that item.

Column 2 refers to provisions of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936. Column 3 refers to provisions of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

30-25(2)    
Anything done on or after 1 July 1997 in relation to the register described in column 3 of an item in the table also has effect as if it had been done in relation to the register described in column 2 of that item.

On and after 1 July 1997
Item	This register:	also has effect as if it were:
1	The register of cultural organisations kept under section 78AA	The register of cultural organisations kept under Subdivision 30-F
.
2	The register of environmental organisations kept under section 78AB	The register of environmental organisations kept under Subdivision 30-E

SECTION 30-102   Fund, authorities and institutions taken to be endorsed  

30-102(1)    
The authorities and institutions listed in this table are taken to have been endorsed by the Commissioner of Taxation for the purposes of item 12A.1.1 of the table in section 30-102 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 under paragraph 30-120(a) of that Act.

Item	Fund, authority or institution	Established under legislation of the following State or Territory
1	State Emergency Service	New South Wales
2	Country Fire Authority	Victoria
3	Victoria State Emergency Service	Victoria
4	Queensland Fire and Rescue Service	Queensland
5	State Emergency Service	Queensland
6	Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia	Western Australia
7	State Emergency Service South Australia	South Australia
8	Tasmania Fire Service	Tasmania
9	State Emergency Service	Tasmania
10	ACT Rural Fire Service	Australian Capital Territory
11	ACT State Emergency Service	Australian Capital Territory

30-102(2)    
The fund listed in this table is taken to have been endorsed by the Commissioner of Taxation for the purposes of item 12A.1.2 of section 30-102 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 under paragraph 30-120(b) of that Act.

Item	Fund, authority or institution	Established under legislation of the following State or Territory
1	CFA & Brigades Donations Fund	Victoria

30-102(3)    
The funds, authorities and institutions referred to in subsections (1) and (2) are taken to have been endorsed on the day on which Schedule 7 to the Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 4) Act 2010 commences.

Division 32 - Entertainment expenses  

SECTION 32-1  

32-1   Application of Division 32 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

Division 32 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the 1997-98 income year and later income years.

Division 34 - Non-compulsory uniforms  

SECTION 34-1  

34-1   Application of Division 34 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

Division 34 (Non-compulsory uniforms) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the 1997-98 income year and later income years.

SECTION 34-5   Things done under former section 51AL of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936  

34-5(1)    

From 1 July 1997, anything done under or in connection with a provision of former section 51AL of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 has effect as if it had been done under or in connection with the corresponding provision of Division 34 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

34-5(2)    

From 1 July 1997, a thing described in column 2 of an item in the table (as that thing existed at the end of 30 June 1997) has effect as if it were the thing described in column 3 of that item.

Column 2 refers to provisions of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936. Column 3 refers to provisions of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

As from 1 July 1997
Item	This:	has effect as if it were this:
1	The Register of Approved Occupational Clothing that former subsection 51AL(5) requires the Industry Secretary to keep	The Register of Approved Occupational Clothing that section 34-45 requires the Industry Secretary to keep
.
2	Approved occupational clothing guidelines in force under former subsection 51AL(7)	Approved occupational clothing guidelines made under section 34-55
.
3	A delegation by the Industry Secretary under former subsection 51AL(23)	A delegation by the Industry Secretary under section 34-65

34-5(3)    
Subsection (2) does not limit the generality of subsection (1).

Division 35 - Deferral of losses from non-commercial business activities  

SECTION 35-10  

35-10   Deductions for certain new business investment  

The rule in subsection 35-10(2) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 does not apply for an income year to a business activity if:

(a) apart from that rule, you could otherwise deduct amounts under Division 41 of that Act for that income year; and

(b) the total of those amounts is more than or equal to the excess worked out under that subsection for the business activity for the income year.

SECTION 35-20  

35-20   Application of Commisioner's decisions  

A decision of the Commissioner made under section 35-55 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997:

(a) before the commencement of Schedule 2 to the Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No 2) Act 2009; and

(b) for one or more income years;

continues to have effect, after that commencement, for those income years despite the amendments made by that Schedule.

Division 36 - Tax losses of earlier income years  

SECTION 36-100  

36-100   Tax losses for the 1997-98 and later income years  
To work out your tax loss (if any) for the 1997-98 income year or a later income year, apply the provisions of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 about tax losses.

Start at Division 36 of that Act.

SECTION 36-105   Tax losses for 1989-90 to 1996-97 income years  

36-105(1)   [Incurring tax loss]  

If you incurred a loss for the purposes of section 79E (General domestic losses of 1989-90 to 1996-97 years of income) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 in any of the 1989-90 to 1996-97 income years, the loss is your tax loss for that income year, which is called a loss year .

36-105(2)   [Deducting loss in 1997/98 or later]  

You can deduct the tax loss in the 1997-98 or a later income year only to the extent that it has not already been deducted.

SECTION 36-110   Tax losses for 1957-58 to 1988-89 income years  

36-110(1)    
If you incurred a loss for the purposes of section 80AA (Primary production losses of pre-1990 years of income) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 in any of the 1957-58 to 1988-89 income years, the loss is your tax loss for that income year, which is called a loss year . The loss is also called a primary production loss .

36-110(2)    
You can deduct the tax loss in the 1997-98 or a later income year only to the extent that it has not already been deducted.

36-110(3)    
You deduct your primary production losses (in the order in which you incurred them) before any other tax losses of the same or any other loss year, except film losses.

36-110(4)    
A company cannot transfer any amount of a primary production loss for the 1983-84 or an earlier income year under Subdivision 170-A (Transfer of tax losses within wholly-owned groups of companies) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

36-110(5)    
For the purposes of determining how much (if any) of a primary production loss you can deduct in the 1997-98 or a later income year, subsections 80AA(9), (10) and (11) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 apply in the same way as they apply for the purposes they refer to.

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

Division 40 - Capital allowances  

Subdivision 40-B - Core provisions  

SECTION 40-10   Plant  

40-10(1)    
This section applies to you if:

(a) you have deducted or can deduct amounts for plant under Division 42 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (the former Act ) as in force just before it was amended by the New Business Tax System (Capital Allowances) Act 2001 and the New Business Tax System (Capital Allowances - Transitional and Consequential) Act 2001, or you could have deducted amounts under that Division for the plant if you had used it, or had it installed ready for use, for the purpose of producing assessable income before that day; and

(b) either:

(i) you hold the plant at 1 July 2001; or

(ii) subparagraph (i) does not apply and you were the owner or quasi-owner of the plant at the end of 30 June 2001.

40-10(2)    
Division 40 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 as amended by the New Business Tax System (Capital Allowances) Act 2001 and the New Business Tax System (Capital Allowances - Transitional and Consequential) Act 2001 (the new Act ) applies to the plant on this basis:

(a) the amount that was your undeducted cost at the end of 30 June 2001 becomes the plant's opening adjustable value; and

(b) you use the same cost, effective life and method that you were using under Division 42 of the former Act, or that you would have used if you had used the plant for the purpose of producing assessable income at the end of 30 June 2001; and

(c) if you excluded an amount from your assessable income under section 42-290 of the former Act for a balancing adjustment event that occurred on or before 11.45 am, by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory, on 21 September 1999 - the cost of the plant, and its opening adjustable value, are reduced by that amount; and

(d) if subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) applies to you - you are treated as the holder of the plant while you are its holder or while the circumstances under which you would have been the owner or quasi-owner of the plant under the former Act continue.

Note:

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

40-10(3)    
If you were using a rate for the plant under subsection 42-160(1) or 42-165(1) of the former Act just before 1 July 2001, or would have been using such a rate if you had used it, or had it installed ready for use, for the purpose of producing assessable income before that day, Division 40 of the new Act applies to the plant on this basis:

(a) for the diminishing value method - replace the component in the formula in subsection 40-70(1) of the new Act that includes the plant's effective life with the rate you were using; and

(b) for the prime cost method:

(i) replace the component in the formula in subsection 40-75(1) of the new Act that includes the plant's effective life with the rate you were using; and

(ii) increase the plant's cost under Division 42 of the former Act by any amounts included in the second element of the plant's cost after 30 June 2001.

Note 1:

Recalculating effective life will have no practical effect for an entity to whom subsection (3) applies because the component in the relevant formula that relies on effective life has been replaced.

Note 2:

Small business entities can choose to work out the decline in value of their depreciating assets under Division 328.

SECTION 40-12   Plant acquired after 30 June 2001  

40-12(1)    
This section applies to you if:

(a) you entered into a contract to acquire an item of plant before 1 July 2001 and you acquired it after 30 June 2001; or

(b) you started to construct an item of plant before 1 July 2001 and you complete its construction after 30 June 2001.

40-12(2)    
Division 40 of the new Act applies to the plant.

40-12(3)    
If you entered into the contract, or started to construct the plant, at or before 11.45 am, by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory, on 21 September 1999, you replace the component in the formula in subsection 40-70(1) or 40-75(1) of the new Act that includes the plant's effective life with the rate you would have been using if you had acquired it, or completed its construction, before 1 July 2001 and had used it, or had it installed ready for use, for the purpose of producing assessable income before that day.

SECTION 40-13   Accelerated depreciation for split or merged plant  

40-13(1)    
This section applies to a depreciating asset that is plant if:

(a) you entered into a contract to acquire the plant, you otherwise acquired it or you started to construct it before 11.45 am, by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory, on 21 September 1999; and

(b) you held it at the end of 30 June 2001; and

(c) on or after 1 July 2001:

(i) the plant is split into 2 or more depreciating assets; or

(ii) the plant is merged into another depreciating asset.

40-13(2)    
For a case where the plant is split into 2 or more depreciating assets, the new Act applies as if it you had acquired the assets into which it is split before the time mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) while you continue to hold those assets.

40-13(3)    
For a case where the plant is merged into another depreciating asset, section 40-125 of the new Act does not apply to the asset, or to your interest in the asset, into which it is merged while you continue to hold it.

SECTION 40-15  

40-15   Recalculating effective life  

You cannot recalculate the effective life of a depreciating asset for which:

(a) you were using, just before 1 July 2001, a rate under subsection 42-160(1) or 42-165(1) of the former Act; or

(b) you would have been using such a rate if you had used the asset, or had it installed ready for use, for the purpose of producing assessable income before that day.

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.

SECTION 40-25   Software  

40-25(1)    
Despite its repeal by this Act, Division 46 of the former Act continues to apply to expenditure on software that you incurred and that was in a software pool under that Division at the end of 30 June 2001.

40-25(2)    
For a unit of software for which you were deducting amounts under Subdivision 46-B of the former Act or for which you could have deducted amounts under that Subdivision if you had used the software for the purpose of producing assessable income before 1 July 2001, Division 40 of the new Act applies to the unit on this basis:

(a) its cost is the amount of expenditure you incurred on the unit; and

(b) you must use the prime cost method; and

(c) its opening adjustable value at 1 July 2001 is its undeducted cost at the end of 30 June 2001; and

(d) you must use the same effective life you were using under Subdivision 46-B of the former Act or that you would have used if you had used the software for the purpose of producing assessable income before 1 July 2001.

Note:

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

SECTION 40-30   Spectrum licences  

40-30(1)    
This section applies to you if you have deducted or can deduct an amount under Division 380 of the former Act for expenditure incurred in obtaining a spectrum licence on or before 30 June 2001 or you could have deducted an amount under that Division for that expenditure if you had used the licence for the purpose of producing assessable income on or before that day.

40-30(2)    
Division 40 of the new Act applies to the spectrum licence on this basis:

(a) its cost is your expenditure incurred in obtaining the licence; and

(b) its opening adjustable value at 1 July 2001 is the amount of unrecouped expenditure for the licence at the end of 30 June 2001; and

(c) its effective life is the same as it had under the former Act; and

(d) you must use the prime cost method.

Note:

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

SECTION 40-33   Datacasting transmitter licences  

40-33(1)    
This section applies to you if you hold a datacasting transmitter licence at 1 July 2001.

40-33(2)    
Division 40 of the new Act applies to the licence on this basis:

(a) its cost is your expenditure incurred in obtaining the licence; and

(b) its opening adjustable value at 1 July 2001 is its cost; and

(c) its effective life is 15 years less any period that has elapsed from the day the licence was issued until 1 July 2001; and

(d) you must use the prime cost method.

SECTION 40-35   Mining unrecouped expenditure  

40-35(1)    
This section applies to you if you have an amount of unrecouped expenditure under Division 330 of the former Act at the end of 30 June 2001.

Note:

Subsection (6) also applies to a case where you did not have unrecouped expenditure at 30 June 2001: see subsection (8).

40-35(2)    
Division 40 of the new Act applies to the expenditure as if it were a depreciating asset (the notional asset ) you hold on this basis:

(a) it has an opening adjustable value at 1 July 2001 equal to the amount of unrecouped expenditure reduced by any deductions allowable under section 330-80 of the former Act for your income year ending on 30 June 2001; and

(b) it has a cost equal to the total amount of allowable capital expenditure under the former Act; and

(c) in applying the formula in section 40-75 of the new Act for the income year in which 1 July 2001 occurs - you use the adjustments in subsection 40-75(3) of the new Act; and

(d) it is taken to have been used for a taxable purpose at the start of 1 July 2001; and

(e) it has a remaining effective life worked out under subsection (3); and

(f) you must use the prime cost method.

Note:

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

40-35(3)    
The remaining effective life of the notional asset at the start of an income year ( present income year ) for which you are working out its decline in value is:

(a) for an amount of unrecouped expenditure in respect of expenditure incurred in carrying on eligible mining operations other than in the course of petroleum mining is the lesser of these:

(i) the number equal to the difference between 10 and the number of income years (which may be zero) before the present income year for which an amount in respect of expenditure was deductible;

(ii) the number equal to the number of whole years in the estimated life of the mine, or proposed mine, on the mining property, or, if there is more than one such mine, of the mine that has the longest estimated life, as at the end of the present income year; or

(b) for an amount of unrecouped expenditure in respect of expenditure incurred in carrying on eligible mining operations in the course of petroleum mining is the lesser of these:

(i) the number equal to the difference between 10 and the number of income years (which may be zero) before the present income year for which an amount in respect of expenditure was deductible;

(ii) the number equal to the number of whole years in the estimated life of the petroleum field or proposed petroleum field as at the end of the present income year; or

(c) for an amount of unrecouped expenditure in respect of expenditure incurred in carrying on eligible quarrying operations the lesser of these:

(i) the number equal to the difference between 20 and the number of income years (which may be zero) before the present income year for which an amount in respect of expenditure was deductible; and

(ii) the number equal to the number of whole years in the estimated life of the quarry, or proposed quarry, on the quarrying property, or, if there is more than one such quarry, of the quarry that has the longest estimated life, as at the end of the present income year.

40-35(4)    
Sections 40-95 and 40-110 of the new Act do not apply to the unrecouped expenditure.

40-35(5)    
If either:

(a) both of these subparagraphs apply:

(i) any of the unrecouped expenditure referred to in subsection (1) relates to a depreciating asset (the real asset );

(ii) in an income year (the cessation year ) you stop holding the real asset, or stop using it for a taxable purpose; or

(b) both of these subparagraphs apply:

(i) any of the unrecouped expenditure referred to in subsection (1) relates to property that is not a depreciating asset (the other property );

(ii) in the cessation year, the other property is disposed of, lost or destroyed, or you stop using it for a taxable purpose;

there is an additional decline in value of the notional asset for the cessation year equal to so much of the notional asset's adjustable value as relates to the real asset or the other property and has not been taken into account in working out the amount of a balancing adjustment in relation to the real asset.

40-35(6)    
If the other property is disposed of, lost or destroyed, or you stop using it for a taxable purpose, you must include in your assessable income:

(a) if the other property is sold for a price specific to that property - that price, less the expenses of the sale (to the extent the expenses are reasonably attributable to selling that particular property); or

(b) if the other property is sold with additional property without a specific price being allocated to it - the part of the total sale price, less the reasonably attributable expenses of the sale, that is reasonably attributable to selling the other property; or

(c) if the other property is lost or destroyed - the amount or value received or receivable under an insurance policy or otherwise for the loss or destruction; or

(d) if you own the other property and you stop using it for a taxable purpose - its market value at that time; or

(e) if you do not own the property and you stop using it for a taxable purpose - a reasonable amount.

However, the amount included is reduced to the extent (if any) that it is also included under subsection 40-830(6) of the new Act.

40-35(7)    

If section 40-115 of the new Act applies, or section 40-125 of the new Act would, apart from this subsection, apply, to the real asset referred to in subsection (5) of this section, then:

(a) if the real asset is split into 2 or more depreciating assets and you stop holding, or stop using for a taxable purpose, one or more but not all of the assets into which it is split - subsection (5) does not apply to that asset or assets into which it is split that you continue to hold and continue to use for a taxable purpose; or

(b) if the real asset is merged into another depreciating asset - section 40-125 does not apply to the asset into which it is merged while you continue to hold it.

40-35(8)    

Subsection (6) also applies to a case where:

(a) you did not have an amount of unrecouped expenditure under Division 330 of the former Act at the end of 30 June 2001, but you had an amount of unrecouped expenditure under that Division before 30 June 2001; and

(b) that expenditure relates to property that is not a depreciating asset (the other property ); and

(c) after that day, the other property is disposed of, lost or destroyed, or you stop using it for a taxable purpose.

SECTION 40-37   Post-30 June 2001 mining expenditure  

40-37(1)    
This section applies to you if:

(a) you incur expenditure after 30 June 2001 under a contract entered into before that day; and

(b) the expenditure would have been allowable capital expenditure, and you could have deducted an amount for it, under Division 330 of the former Act if you had incurred it before 1 July 2001; and

(c) the expenditure does not relate to a depreciating asset.

40-37(2)    
Division 40 of the new Act applies to the expenditure as if it were a depreciating asset (the notional asset ) you hold on this basis:

(a) it has a cost at the time you incur the expenditure equal to the amount of the expenditure; and

(b) in applying the formula in section 40-75 of the new Act for the income year in which you incur the expenditure - you use the adjustments in subsection 40-75(3) of the new Act; and

(c) it is taken to be used for a taxable purpose when you incur the expenditure; and

(d) it has an effective life worked out under subsection (3); and

(e) you must use the prime cost method.

Note:

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

40-37(3)    
The effective life of the notional asset at the start of an income year ( present income year ) for which you are working out its decline in value is:

(a) for an amount of expenditure incurred in carrying on eligible mining operations other than in the course of petroleum mining - the lesser of 10 and the number equal to the number of whole years in the estimated life of the mine, or proposed mine, on the mining property, or, if there is more than one such mine, of the mine that has the longest estimated life, as at the end of the present income year; or

(b) for an amount of expenditure incurred in carrying on eligible mining operations in the course of petroleum mining - the lesser of 10 and the number equal to the number of whole years in the estimated life of the petroleum field or proposed petroleum field as at the end of the present income year; or

(c) for an amount of expenditure incurred in carrying on eligible quarrying operations - the lesser of 20 and the number equal to the number of whole years in the estimated life of the quarry, or proposed quarry, on the quarrying property, or, if there is more than one such quarry, of the quarry that has the longest estimated life, as at the end of the present income year.

40-37(4)    
Sections 40-95 and 40-110 of the new Act do not apply to the expenditure.

40-37(5)    
If both of these paragraphs apply:

(a) any of the expenditure referred to in subsection (1) relates to property that is not a depreciating asset (the other property );

(b) in an income year (the cessation year ), the other property is disposed of, lost or destroyed, or you stop using it for a taxable purpose;

there is an additional decline in value of the notional asset for the cessation year equal to so much of the notional asset's adjustable value as relates to the other property.

40-37(6)    
If the other property is disposed of, lost or destroyed, or you stop using it for a taxable purpose, you must include in your assessable income:

(a) if the other property is sold for a price specific to that property - that price, less the expenses of the sale (to the extent the expenses are reasonably attributable to selling that particular property); or

(b) if the other property is sold with additional property without a specific price being allocated to it - the part of the total sale price, less the reasonably attributable expenses of the sale, that is reasonably attributable to selling the other property; or

(c) if the other property is lost or destroyed - the amount or value received or receivable under an insurance policy or otherwise for the loss or destruction; or

(d) if you own the other property and you stop using it for a taxable purpose - its market value at that time; or

(e) if you do not own the property and you stop using it for a taxable purpose - a reasonable amount.

However, the amount included is reduced to the extent (if any) that it is also included under subsection 40-830(6) of the new Act.

SECTION 40-38   Mining cash bidding payments  

40-38(1)    
This section applies to expenditure you incur, under a contract entered into before 30 June 2001, if:

(a) the expenditure would have been a mining cash bidding payment under Subdivision 330-D of the former Act; and

(b) either:

(i) you incurred the expenditure before that day but the grant of the mining authority concerned occurred on a day (the start day ) after 30 June 2001; or

(ii) the grant of the mining authority concerned occurred before 30 June 2001 but you incurred the expenditure on a day (also the start day ) after 30 June 2001.

40-38(2)    
Division 40 of the new Act applies to the expenditure as if it were a depreciating asset (the notional asset ) you hold on this basis:

(a) it has a cost at the start day equal to the amount of the expenditure; and

(b) in applying the formula in section 40-75 of the new Act for the income year in which the start day occurs - youuse the adjustments in subsection 40-75(3) of the new Act; and

(c) it is taken to be used for a taxable purpose on the start day; and

(d) it has an effective life worked out under subsection (3); and

(e) you must use the prime cost method.

Note:

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

40-38(3)    
The effective life of the notional asset at the start of an income year ( present income year ) for which you are working out its decline in value is:

(a) for an amount of expenditure incurred in carrying on eligible mining operations other than in the course of petroleum mining - the lesser of 10 and the number equal to the number of whole years in the estimated life of the mine, or proposed mine, on the mining property, or, if there is more than one such mine, of the mine that has the longest estimated life, as at the end of the present income year; or

(b) for an amount of expenditure incurred in carrying on eligible mining operations in the course of petroleum mining - the lesser of 10 and the number equal to the number of whole years in the estimated life of the petroleum field or proposed petroleum field as at the end of the present income year.

40-38(4)    
Sections 40-95 and 40-110 of the new Act do not apply to the expenditure.

40-38(5)    
If both of these paragraphs apply:

(a) any of the expenditure referred to in subsection (1) relates to a depreciating asset (the real asset );

(b) in an income year (the cessation year ) you stop holding the real asset, or stop using it for a taxable purpose;

there is an additional decline in value of the notional asset for the cessation year equal to so much of the notional asset's adjustable value as relates to the real asset and has not been taken into account in working out the amount of a balancing adjustment in relation to the real asset.

40-38(6)    
If section 40-115 of the new Act applies, or section 40-125 of the new Act would, apart from this subsection, apply, to the real asset referred to in subsection (5) of this section, then:

(a) if the real asset is split into 2 or more depreciating assets and you stop holding, or stop using for a taxable purpose, one or more but not all of the assets into which it is split - subsection (5) does not apply to that asset or assets into which it is split that you continue to hold and continue to use for a taxable purpose; or

(b) if the real asset is merged into another depreciating asset - section 40-125 does not apply to the asset into which it is merged while you continue to hold it.

SECTION 40-40   Transport expenditure  

40-40(1)    
This section applies to you if you have deducted or can deduct an amount for transport capital expenditure in respect of a transport facility under Subdivision 330-H of the former Act, or you could have deducted an amount for the expenditure under that Subdivision if you had started to use the facility for a qualifying purpose before 1 July 2001.

40-40(2)    
Division 40 of the new Act applies to the expenditure as if it were a depreciating asset (the notional asset ) you hold on this basis:

(a) it has an opening adjustable value at 1 July 2001 equal to the total amount of transport capital expenditure under the former Act less the amounts you have deducted or can deduct for that expenditure under the former Act; and

(b) it has a cost equal to the total amount of transport capital expenditure under the former Act; and

(c) in applying the formula in section 40-75 of the new Act for your income year in which 1 July 2001 occurs - you use the adjustments in subsection 40-75(3) of the new Act; and

(ca) it is taken to have been used for a taxable purpose at the start of 1 July 2001; and

(d) it has an effective life at the start of 1 July 2001 equal to the years remaining for the expenditure under section 330-395 of the former Act; and

(e) you must use the prime cost method.

Note:

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

40-40(3)    
Sections 40-95 and 40-110 of the new Act do not apply to the expenditure.

40-40(4)    
If either:

(a) both of these subparagraphs apply:

(i) any of the transport capital expenditure referred to in subsection (1) relates to a depreciating asset (the real asset );

(ii) in an income year (the cessation year ) you stop holding the real asset, or stop using it for a taxable purpose; or

(b) both of these subparagraphs apply:

(i) any of the transport capital expenditure referred to in subsection (1) relates to property that is not a depreciating asset (the other property );

(ii) in the cessation year, the other property is disposed of, lost or destroyed, or you stop using it for a taxable purpose;

there is an additional decline in value of the notional asset for the cessation year equal to so much of the notional asset's adjustable value as relates to the real asset or the other property and has not been taken into account in working out the amount of a balancing adjustment in relation to the real asset.

40-40(5)    
If the other property is disposed of, lost or destroyed, or you stop using it for a taxable purpose, you must include in your assessable income:

(a) if the other property is sold for a price specific to that property - that price, less the expenses of the sale (to the extent the expenses are reasonably attributable to selling that particular property); or

(b) if the other property is sold with additional property without a specific price being allocated to it - the part of the total sale price, less the reasonably attributable expenses of the sale, that is reasonably attributable to selling the other property; or

(c) if the other property is lost or destroyed - the amount or value received or receivable under an insurance policy or otherwise for the loss or destruction; or

(d) if you own the other property and you stop using it for a taxable purpose - its market value at that time; or

(e) if you do not own the property and you stop using it for a taxable purpose - a reasonable amount.

However, the amount included is reduced to the extent (if any) that it is also included under subsection 40-830(6) of the new Act.

40-40(6)    

If section 40-115 of the new Act applies, or section 40-125 of the new Act would, apart from this subsection, apply, to the real asset referred to in subsection (4) of this section, then:

(a) if the real asset is split into 2 or more depreciating assets and you stop holding, or stop using for a taxable purpose, one or more but not all of the assets into which it is split - subsection (4) does not apply to that asset or assets into which it is split that you continue to hold and continue to use for a taxable purpose; or

(b) if the real asset is merged into another depreciating asset - section 40-125 does not apply to the asset into which it is merged while you continue to hold it.

SECTION 40-43   Post-30 June 2001 transport expenditure  

40-43(1)    
This section applies to you if:

(a) you incur expenditure after 30 June 2001 under a contract entered into before that day; and

(b) the expenditure would have been transport capital expenditure in respect of a transport facility, and you could have deducted an amount for it, under Subdivision 330-H of the former Act if you had incurred it before 1 July 2001 and you had started to use the facility for a qualifying purpose before 1 July 2001; and

(c) the expenditure does not relate to a depreciating asset.

40-43(2)    
Division 40 of the new Act applies to the expenditure as if it were a depreciating asset (the notional asset ) you hold on this basis:

(a) it has a cost at the time you incur the expenditure equal to the amount of the expenditure; and

(b) in applying the formula in section 40-75 of the new Act for your income year in which you incur the expenditure - you use the adjustments in subsection 40-75(3) of the new Act; and

(c) it is taken to have been used for a taxable purpose when you incur the expenditure; and

(d) it has an effective life when you incur the expenditure equal to the years remaining for the expenditure under section 330-395 of the former Act; and

(e) you must use the prime cost method.

Note:

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

40-43(3)    
Sections 40-95 and 40-110 of the new Act do not apply to the expenditure.

40-43(4)    
If both of these paragraphs apply:

(a) any of the expenditure referred to in subsection (1) relates to property that is not a depreciating asset (the other property );

(b) in an income year (the cessation year ), the other property is disposed of, lost or destroyed, or you stop using it for a taxable purpose;

there is an additional decline in value of the notional asset for the cessation year equal to so much of the notional asset's adjustable value as relates to the other property.

40-43(5)    
If the other property is disposed of, lost or destroyed, or you stop using it for a taxable purpose, you must include in your assessable income:

(a) if the other property is sold for a price specific to that property - that price,less the expenses of the sale (to the extent the expenses are reasonably attributable to selling that particular property); or

(b) if the other property is sold with additional property without a specific price being allocated to it - the part of the total sale price, less the reasonably attributable expenses of the sale, that is reasonably attributable to selling the other property; or

(c) if the other property is lost or destroyed - the amount or value received or receivable under an insurance policy or otherwise for the loss or destruction; or

(d) if you own the other property and you stop using it for a taxable purpose - its market value at that time; or

(e) if you do not own the property and you stop using it for a taxable purpose - a reasonable amount.

However, the amount included is reduced to the extent (if any) that it is also included under subsection 40-830(6) of the new Act.

SECTION 40-44   No additional decline in certain cases  

40-44(1)    
Despite subsections 40-35(5), 40-38(5) and 40-40(4), there is no additional decline in the value of the notional asset referred to in those subsections if:

(a) apart from this section, subsection 40-35(5), 40-38(5) or 40-40(4) would apply because the real asset referred to in that subsection is disposed of; and

(b) roll-over relief is chosen under subsection 40-340(3) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 for the disposal.

40-44(2)    
Instead, the cost to the transferee of that real asset is the sum of:

(a) the adjustable value of that real asset; and

(b) the adjustable value of the notional asset referred to in subsection 40-35(5), 40-38(5) or 40-40(4);

just before the disposal.

SECTION 40-45   Intellectual property  

40-45(1)    
This section applies to you if:

(a) at the end of 30 June 2001, you hold an item of intellectual property referred to in the table in section 373-35 of the former Act; and

(b) you have deducted or can deduct an amount for expenditure on the asset under Division 373 of the former Act or you could have deducted an amount under that Division for that expenditure if you had used the asset for the purpose of producing assessable income on or before that day.

40-45(2)    
Division 40 of the new Act applies to the item on this basis:

(a) it has an opening adjustable value at 1 July 2001 equal to its unrecouped expenditure under the former Act at the end of 30 June 2001; and

(b) its cost is its original unrecouped expenditure under the former Act; and

(c) its effective life is the same as it had under the former Act; and

(d) you must use the prime cost method.

Note:

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

SECTION 40-47   IRUs  

40-47(1)    
Division 40 of the new Act does not apply to an IRU to the extent to which expenditure on the IRU was incurred at or before 11.45 am, by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory, on 21 September 1999 (the IRU time ).

40-47(2)    
Division 40 of the new Act does not apply to an IRU over an international telecommunications submarine cable system if the system had been used for telecommunications purposes at or before the IRU time.

SECTION 40-50   Forestry roads and timber mill buildings  

40-50(1)    
This section applies to you if:

(a) you have deducted or can deduct an amount under Subdivision 387-G of the former Act for an amount (the qualifying amount ) of expenditure on a forestry road or timber mill building or could have deducted an amount under that Subdivision if you had used the road or building for the purpose of producing assessable income; and

(b) you hold the road or building at the end of 30 June 2001.

40-50(2)    
Division 40 of the new Act applies to the asset on this basis:

(a) it has an opening adjustable value at 1 July 2001 equal to the qualifying amount less any amounts you have deducted or can deduct for it under the former Act; and

(b) in applying the formula in section 40-75 of the new Act for your income year in which 1 July 2001 occurs - you use the adjustments in subsection 40-75(3) of the new Act; and

(c) its cost is the qualifying amount; and

(d) it has an effective life equal to the remaining life you last estimated for it under the former Act; and

(e) you can recalculate its effective life if you conclude that your estimate is no longer accurate (except that the effective life cannot exceed 25 years); and

(f) you must use the prime cost method.

Note:

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

SECTION 40-55   Environmental impact assessment  

40-55(1)    
This section applies to you if you have deducted or can deduct an amount under Subdivision 400-A of the former Act for an amount (the qualifying amount ) of expenditure on or before 30 June 2001 on evaluating the impact on the environment of a project under Subdivision 400-A of the former Act.

40-55(2)    
Division 40 of the new Act applies to the qualifying amount as if it were a depreciating asset on this basis:

(a) it has an opening adjustable value at 1 July 2001 equal to the qualifying amount less any amounts you have deducted or can deduct for it under the former Act or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936; and

(b) it has a cost equal to the qualifying amount; and

(c) it has an effective life equal to the number of years for which you could deduct for the qualifying amount worked out under subsection 400-15(3) of the former Act; and

(d) you must use the prime cost method.

Note:

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

SECTION 40-60   Pooling under Subdivision 42-L of the former Act  

40-60(1)    
Units of plant that you had allocated to a pool under Subdivision 42-L of the former Act and that were allocated to the pool by 30 June 2001 are treated as a single depreciating asset for the purposes of Division 40 of the new Act.

40-60(2)    
Division 40 of the new Act applies to the single depreciating asset on this basis:

(a) its cost and opening adjustable value at 1 July 2001 is the closing balance of the pool for your income year in which 30 June 2001 occurred; and

(b) you must use the diminishing value method; and

(c) in applying the formula in section 40-70 of the new Act for your income year in which 1 July 2001 occurs - it has a base value equal to that opening adjustable value; and

(d) you replace the component in the formula in subsection 40-70(1) of the new Act that includes an asset's effective life with the pool percentage you were using for the pool; and

(e) if an item of plant is removed from the pool because a balancing adjustment event occurs for the item or because of subsection (3) of this section, section 40-115 of the new Act applies so that you are treated as having split the single depreciating asset into the removed asset and the remaining assets in the pool; and

(f) if an amount is included in the second element of the cost of a depreciating asset in the pool, Division 40 of the new Act applies as if that amount had been includedin the second element of the cost of the single asset.

Note:

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

40-60(3)    
An item of plant in the pool is automatically removed from the pool if you stop using it wholly for taxable purposes (except because a balancing adjustment event occurs for the item).

Note 1:

You work out the decline in value of an item removed under this subsection under Subdivision 40-B of the new Act, using the cost for it worked out under section 40-205 of the new Act.

Note 2:

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

SECTION 40-65   Substituted accounting periods  

40-65(1)    
This section sets out special rules for the application of Division 40 of the new Act to an entity that:

(a) has a substituted accounting period; and

(b) because of a provision of this Subdivision, uses Division 40 of the new Act to work out the decline in value of an asset, or of something that is treated as an asset.

40-65(2)    
The entity works out its deductions for its income year that includes 1 July 2001 (the calculation year ) in this way:

(a) the entity works out its deductions for that asset under the former Act as from the start of its calculation year up to the end of 30 June 2001 as if that period were an income year; and

(b) the entity works out the decline in value of the asset under Division 40 of the new Act from 1 July 2001 until the end of its calculation year as if that period were an income year in accordance with the following provisions of this section.

40-65(3)    
The asset's opening adjustable value for the purposes of Division 40 of the new Act is:

(a) for a unit of plant (including IRUs and expenditure on software that is not pooled) - its undeducted cost at the end of 30 June 2001; or

(b) for expenditure on eligible mining or quarrying operations, an item of intellectual property or a spectrum licence - the amount of unrecouped expenditure for the expenditure, item or licence under the former Act at the end of 30 June 2001 reduced, in the case of eligible mining or quarrying operations, by an amount you have deducted or can deduct for the calculation year under the former Act and not yet taken into account in calculating unrecouped expenditure; or

(c) for transport capital expenditure - the entity's amount of transport capital expenditure under the former Act at the end of 30 June 2001 less any amounts the entity has deducted or can deduct for it under the former Act up to that time; or

(d) for expenditure on a forestry road, a timber mill building, a horticultural plant or a grapevine - the amount of that expenditure less any amounts the entity has deducted or can deduct for it under the former Act up to 30 June 2001; or

(e) for expenditure on evaluating the impact on the environment of a project - the amount of that expenditure less any amounts the entity has deducted or can deduct for it under the former Act up to 30 June 2001; or

(f) for assets that were pooled under Subdivision 42-M or 42-L of the former Act - the closing balance of the pool at the end of 30 June 2001.

40-65(4)    
The asset's base value for applying the formula in section 40-70 of the new Act for the diminishing value method is that opening adjustable value.

40-65(5)    
The decline in value for the assets referred to in this subsection is worked out using the prime cost method without the adjustments in subsection 40-75(3) of the new Act, and the opening adjustable value specified in subsection (3) of this section, in this way:

(a) for an item of plant for which you were using the prime cost method - using the rules in section 40-10 of this Act; and

(b) for an IRU for which you were using the prime cost method - using the rules in section 40-20 of this Act; and

(c) for a unit of software for which the entity was deducting amounts under Subdivision 46-B of the former Act - using the rules in subsection 40-25(2) of this Act; and

(d) for a spectrum licence - using the rules in section 40-30 of this Act; and

(e) for an item of intellectual property - using the rules in section 40-45 of this Act; and

(f) for an amount of expenditure on evaluating the impact on the environment of a project - using the rules in section 40-55 of this Act.

40-65(6)    
The decline in value for the assets referred to in this subsection is worked out using the prime cost method using the adjustments in subsection 40-75(3) of the new Act, and the opening adjustable value specified in subsection (3) of this section, in this way:

(a) for an amount of unrecouped expenditure under Division 330 of the former Act - using the rules in section 40-35 of this Act; and

(b) for an amount of transport capital expenditure under Division 330 of the former Act - using the rules in section 40-40 of this Act; and

(c) for a forestry road or timber mill building - using the rules in section 40-50 of this Act.

40-65(7)    
The entity must work out the decline in value of each of the assets for later income years under Division 40 of the new Act.

40-65(8)    
The entity must, in working out its deductions under this section for the calculation year for:

(a) allowable capital expenditure for which the entity had deducted or can deduct an amount under Subdivision 330-C of the former Act; or

(b) transport capital expenditure for which the entity had deducted or can deduct an amount under Subdivision 330-H of the former Act; or

(c) a water facility for which the entity had deducted or can deduct an amount under Subdivision 387-B of the former Act; or

(d) expenditure on connecting power to land or upgrading the connection for which the entity had deducted or can deduct an amount under Subdivision 387-E of the former Act; or

(e) expenditure on a telephone line on or extending to land for which the entity had deducted or can deduct an amount under Subdivision 387-E of the former Act;

reduce its deductions for each of the periods referred to in paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) by multiplying the deduction for that period by the number of days in that period and dividing the result by 365.

40-65(9)    
The entity cannot deduct anything for an asset referred to in this section under the former Act for any part of its calculation year after 30 June 2001.

40-65(10)    
You are entitled to a further deduction for a depreciating asset for which you are using the diminishing value method if the sum of the deductions worked out under paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) (the sum amount ) is less than the deduction to which you would have been entitled for the asset if the former Act had continued to apply to the whole of the calculation year (the former Act amount ).

40-65(11)    
You increase the amount worked out under paragraph (2)(b) by the difference between the former Act amount and the sum amount.

SECTION 40-67   Methods for working out decline in value  

40-67(1)    
Subsections 40-65(6) and (7) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 apply with the changes set out in this section if either or both of the following events have happened:

(a) you have deducted one or more amounts under former section 73BA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 for an asset;

(b) you could have deducted one or more amounts under that former section for the asset if you had not chosen tax offsets under former section 73I of that Act.

40-67(2)    
Assume:

(a) paragraph 40-65(6)(a) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 included both events set out in subsection (1) of this section; and

(b) subsections 40-65(6) and (7) of that Act deal with all 4 kinds of events in a corresponding way to the way that they deal with 2 kinds of events.

SECTION 40-70   References to amounts deducted and reductions in deductions  

40-70(1)    
A reference in the new Act to an amount that you have deducted or can deduct for a depreciating asset under Division 40 of the new Act includes a reference to an amount that you have deducted or can deduct for a capital allowance relating to the asset under the former Act or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

40-70(2)    

An amount you have deducted or can deduct for a water facility under Subdivision 387-B of the former Act or former section 75B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 is taken to have been deducted under Subdivision 40-F of thenew Act.

40-70(3)    
A reference in the new Act to a reduction in your deduction for a depreciating asset includes a reference to amounts by which your deductions for the asset were reduced under the former Act or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

SECTION 40-72   New diminishing value method not to apply in some cases  

40-72(1)    
If:

(a) you are taken to start holding a depreciating asset on or after 10 May 2006 because of section 40-115 (about splitting a depreciating asset) or 40-125 (about merging depreciating assets) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997; and

(b) it is reasonable to conclude that you split the asset or merged the assets for the main purpose of ensuring that the decline in value of the asset or assets (after the splitting or merging) would be worked out under section 40-72 of that Act;

that Act applies to you as if you had started to hold the split or merged asset or assets before 10 May 2006.

40-72(2)    
The Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to you as if you had started to hold a depreciating asset before 10 May 2006 if:

(a) you had actually started to hold it before that day; and

(b) on or after 10 May 2006, you stop holding the depreciating asset; and

(c) it is reasonable to conclude that you did this for the main purpose of ensuring that the decline in value of the asset would be worked out under section 40-72 of that Act.

40-72(3)    
The Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to you as if you had started to hold a depreciating asset (the substituted asset ) before 10 May 2006 if:

(a) you started to hold the substituted asset on or after that day under an arrangement; and

(b) the substituted asset is identical to or has a purpose similar to another depreciating asset that another entity acquired from you on or after that day under that arrangement; and

(c) you did not deal with the other entity at arm's length; and

(d) it is reasonable to conclude that you entered into the arrangement for the main purpose of ensuring that the decline in value of the substituted asset would be worked out under section 40-72 of that Act.

SECTION 40-75   Mining expenditure incurred after 1 July 2001 on an asset  

40-75(1)    
This section applies to you if:

(a) you hold a depreciating asset (except a mining, quarrying or prospecting right that you started to hold before 1 July 2001) that you:

(i) started to hold under a contract entered into before 1 July 2001; or

(ii) constructed where the construction started before that day; or

(iii) started to hold in some other way before that day; and

(b) your expenditure on the asset, whenever incurred, would have been allowable capital expenditure, transport capital expenditure or expenditure on exploration or prospecting within the meaning of Division 330 of the former Act if it had been incurred before 1 July 2001.

40-75(2)    
If you incur expenditure on the asset after 30 June 2001 that forms part of the cost of the asset, you can deduct the expenditure for the income year in which you incur it if it would have been expenditure on exploration or prospecting within the meaning of Division 330 of the former Act.

40-75(3)    
Otherwise, Subdivision 40-B of the new Act applies to the asset on the basis that it has a cost, and an adjustable value, of zero at the start of 1 July 2001, and an effective life on that day or at its start time, whichever is the later, worked out under subsection (4) of this section.

40-75(4)    
The effective life of the depreciating asset is the shorter of its effective life worked out under Division 40 and:

(a) if the expenditure on the asset was incurred in relation to eligible mining operations other than in the course of petroleum mining - the shorter of:

(i) 10 years; and

(ii) the number of whole years in the estimated life of the mine or proposed mine to which the expenditure relates or, if there is more than one such mine, of the mine that has the longest estimated life; or

(b) if the expenditure on the asset was incurred in relation to eligible mining operations in the course of petroleum mining - the shorter of:

(i) 10 years; and

(ii) the number of whole years in the estimated life of the petroleum field or proposed petroleum field to which the expenditure relates; or

(c) if the expenditure on the asset was incurred in relation to eligible quarrying operations - the shorter of:

(i) 20 years; or

(ii) the number of whole years in the estimated life of the quarry or proposed quarry to which the expenditure relates or, if there is more than one such quarry, of the quarry that has the longest estimated life.

SECTION 40-77   Mining, quarrying or prospecting rights or information held before 1 July 2001  

40-77(1)    
Division 40 of the new Act does not apply to a mining, quarrying or prospecting right that you started to hold before 1 July 2001.

Note:

If you incur expenditure relating to assets of that kind, you cannot deduct it under Division 40. However, the expenditure may be taken into account in calculating a capital gain or capital loss under Part 3-1 or 3-3 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

40-77(1A)    

Division 40 of the new Act does not apply to a renewal or extension of a mining, quarrying or prospecting right that you started to hold before 1 July 2001.

40-77(1B)    

Subsection (1) applies to a mining, quarrying or prospecting right (the new right ) that you start to hold on or after 1 July 2001 as if you had started to hold the new right before that day if:

(a) you started to hold another mining, quarrying or prospecting right before that day; and

(b) the other right ends on or after that day; and

(c) the new right and the other right relate to the same area, or any difference in area is not significant.

40-77(1C)    

Division 40 of the new Act does not apply to a mining, quarrying or prospecting right if:

(a) a company (the original holder ) started to hold the right before 1 July 2001; and

(b) the right is transferred after that day to another company where:

(i) the other company is a member of the same wholly-owned group as the original holder and was a member of that group just before that day; and

(ii) the right was held in the period between that day and the time of the transfer by a company or companies that were members of that group on that day and at the time of the transfer.

40-77(1D)    

Division 40 of the new Act does not apply to an interest in a mining, quarrying or prospecting right that you started to hold on or after 1 July 2001 if:

(a) you acquired the interest under an interest realignment arrangement; and

(b) the interest was acquired in exchange for one or more other interests in other mining, quarrying or prospecting rights all of which you had started to hold before 1 July 2001.

40-77(1E)    

If:

(a) you acquired, under an interest realignment arrangement, an interest (a new interest ) in a mining, quarrying or prospecting right; and

(b) the interest was acquired in exchange for one or more other interests ( old interests ) in other mining, quarrying or prospecting rights; and

(c) you started to hold some of the old interests before 1 July 2001;

Division 40 of the new Act applies to the new interest only to the extent that the new interest was acquired in exchange for the old interests that you started to hold on or after 1 July 2001.

40-77(2)    
If, after 30 June 2001:

(a) you dispose of a mining, quarrying or prospecting right that you started to hold before 1 July 2001 to an associate of yours (except a company that is a member of the same wholly-owned group); or

(b) you enter into an arrangement in relation to such a right under which you maintain, in essence, the economic ownership of the right but not its legal ownership;

the cost of the right to the purchaser is limited, for the purposes of Division 40 of the new Act, to a maximum of the costs that would have been deductible for the right under Division 330 of the former Act.

40-77(3)    
An amount that would be included in your assessable income under section 15-40 or subsection 40-285(1) of the new Act in respect of mining, quarrying or prospecting information you started to hold before 1 July 2001 is reduced (but not below zero) by so much of the capital cost of acquiring the information that you incurred before that day and that:

(a) you have not deducted and cannot deduct (either immediately or over time) under the former Act; and

(b) did not form part of allowable capital expenditure under the former Act; and

(c) did not entitle you to a deduction under section 330-235 of the former Act;

but only to the extent that you have not already applied the amount under this section.

40-77(4)    

Your assessable income includes an amount if:

(a) after 1 July 2001, you stop holding a mining, quarrying or prospecting right that you started to hold before that day; and

(b) you have deducted or can deduct an amount for it under Subdivision 330-C in relation to Subdivision 330-D or 330-E of the former Act.

The amount included is the amount you have deducted or can deduct.

40-77(5)    

Your assessable income also includes an amount if:

(a) after 1 July 2001, you stop holding a mining, quarrying or prospecting right that you started to hold before that day; and

(b) because of section 40-35 or 40-38 of this Act, you have deducted or can deduct an amount for a notional asset that relates to expenditure on the right under Division 40 of the new Act.

The amount included is the amount you have deducted or can deduct.

40-77(6)    

Division 110 of the new Act applies as if an amount included in assessable income under subsection (4) or (5) of this section were the reversal of a deduction under a provision of the new Act outside Parts 3-1 and 3-3 and Division 243.

40-77(7)    

An amount that would be included in your assessable income under subsection 40-285(1) of the new Act in respect of a mining, quarrying or prospecting right is reduced by an amount worked out under subsection (8) if:

(a) you acquired the right from an associate (except a company that is a member of the same wholly-owned group) on or after 1 July 2001; and

(b) the associate started to hold the right before that day.

40-77(8)    

The amount is reduced (but not below zero) by the difference between the capital cost that you incurred after that day and the amount to which the cost of the right is limited under subsection (2) of this section.

SECTION 40-80   Other expenditure incurred after 1 July 2001 on a depreciating asset  

40-80(1)    
This section applies to you if:

(a) you incur expenditure after 30 June 2001 that forms part of the cost of a depreciating asset; and

(b) the depreciating asset is one that you:

(i) started to hold under a contract entered into before 1 July 2001; or

(ii) constructed where the construction started before that day; or

(iii) started to hold in some other way before that day; and

(c) if you had incurred the expenditure before 1 July 2001, and had satisfied any relevant requirement for deductibility, you would have been able to deduct an amount for it under Division 44, 373 or 380, or Subdivision 46-B or 387-G, of the former Act.

40-80(2)    
Subdivision 40-B of the new Act applies to the asset on the basis that it has a cost, and an adjustable value, of zero at the start of 1 July 2001.

(Repealed) SECTION 40-95 Accelerated depreciation for split or merged plant  

40-95    
(Repealed by No 58 of 2006)

SECTION 40-100  

40-100   Commissioner's determination of effective life  
A determination by the Commissioner of the effective life of an asset that was made under section 42-110 of the former Act and that was in force at the end of 30 June 2001 has effect as if it had been made under section 40-100 of the new Act.

SECTION 40-105   Calculations of effective life  

40-105(1)    
This section applies to the following (the instrument ):

(a) a determination under section 40-100 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 of the effective life of an asset;

(b) a calculation under section 40-105 of that Act of the effective life of an asset;

if the instrument was in force immediately before the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Act 2011.

40-105(2)    
The instrument has effect, after that commencement, as if it had been made under that section as amended by the Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Act 2011.

Subdivision 40-BA - Backing business investment  

SECTION 40-120   Backing business investment - accelerated decline in value for businesses with turnover less than $500 million  

40-120(1)    
For the purposes of Division 40 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, the decline in value of a depreciating asset for an income year is the amount worked out under section 40-130 if:

(a)    the income year is the year in which you start to use the asset, or have it installed ready for use, for a taxable purpose; and

(b)    subsection (2) (about businesses with turnover less than $500 million) applies to you for the year and for the income year in which you started to hold the asset (if that was an earlier year); and

(c)    you are covered by section 40-125 for the asset; and

(d)    

you have not made a choice under section 40-137 in relation to the income year.

Note 1:

An effect of paragraph (1)(a) is that this Subdivision only applies to one income year per asset. See also subsection 40-135(1).

Note 2:

This subsection does not apply if Subdivision 40-BB of this Act applies: see section 40-145 of this Act.

Businesses with turnover less than $500 million

40-120(2)    
This subsection applies to you for an income year if you:

(a)    are a small business entity; or

(b)    would be a small business entity if:

(i) each reference in Subdivision 328-C of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (about what is a small business entity) to $10 million were instead a reference to $500 million; and

(ii) the reference in paragraph 328-110(5)(b) of that Act to a small business entity were instead a reference to an entity covered by this subsection.

Exception - assets for which the decline in value is worked out under section 40-82 or Subdivision 40-E or 40-F of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

40-120(3)    
However, this section does not apply to a depreciating asset for an income year if you work out the decline in value of the asset for the income year under any of the following:

(a)    section 40-82 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997;

(b)    Subdivision 40-E or 40-F of that Act.

SECTION 40-125   Backing business investment - when an asset of yours qualifies  

40-125(1)    
For the purposes of paragraph 40-120(1)(c) and section 328-182, you are covered by this section for a depreciating asset if, in the period beginning on 12 March 2020 and ending on 30 June 2021, you:

(a)    start to hold the asset; and

(b)    start to use it, or have it installed ready for use, for a taxable purpose.

Note:

Section 328-182 provides similar accelerated depreciation for small business entities that choose to use Subdivision 328-D of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

Exception - commitments already entered into

40-125(2)    
Despite subsection (1), you are not covered by this section for the asset if, before 12 March 2020, you:

(a)    entered into a contract under which you would hold the asset; or

(b)    started to construct the asset; or

(c)    started to hold the asset in some other way.

40-125(3)    
Despite subsection (1), you are not covered by this section for an asset (the post-12 March 2020 asset ) if:

(a)    on a day before 12 March 2020, you:

(i) enter into a contract under which you hold an asset on that day, or will hold the asset on a later day; or

(ii) start to construct an asset; or

(iii) start to hold an asset in some other way; and

(b)    on a day on or after 12 March 2020 (the conduct day ), you engage in conduct that results in you:

(i) entering into a contract under which you hold the post-12 March 2020 asset on the conduct day, or will hold that asset on an even later day; or

(ii) starting to construct the post-12 March 2020 asset; or

(iii) starting to hold the post-12 March 2020 asset in some other way; and

(c)    the post-12 March 2020 asset is the asset mentioned in paragraph (a), or an identical or substantially similar asset; and

(d)    you engage in that conduct for the purpose, or for purposes that include the purpose, of becoming covered by this section for the post-12 March 2020 asset.

40-125(4)    
For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), treat yourself as havingstarted to construct an asset at a time if you first incur expenditure in respect of the construction of the asset at that time.

40-125(5)    
To avoid doubt, for the purposes of this section, you do not enter into a contract under which you hold an asset merely because you acquire an option to enter into such a contract.

40-125(6)    
For the purposes of subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5), if a partner in a partnership does any of the following things, treat the partnership (instead of the partner) as having done the thing:

(a)    entering into a contract under which the partnership would hold the asset;

(b)    starting to construct the asset;

(c)    acquiring an option to enter into such a contract.

Exception - second hand assets

40-125(7)    
Despite subsection (1), you are not covered by this section for the asset if:

(a)    another entity held the asset when it was first used, or first installed ready for use, other than:

(i) as trading stock; or

(ii) merely for the purposes of reasonable testing or trialling; or

(b)    you started holding the asset under section 40-115 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (about splitting a depreciating asset) or section 40-125 of that Act (about merging depreciating assets); or

(c)    you were already covered by this section for the asset as a member of a consolidated group or a MEC group of which you are no longer a member.

40-125(7A)    

The exception in subsection (7) also applies in relation to an asset if:

(a)    the asset is a licence (including a sub-licence) relating to an intangible asset; and

(b)    the exception in that subsection applies in relation to the intangible asset.

40-125(8)    
However, paragraph (7)(a) does not apply in relation to an intangible asset unless the asset was used for the purpose of producing ordinary income before you first used it, or had it installed ready for use, for any purpose. In applying this subsection, disregard ordinary income that arises as a result of the disposal of the asset to you.

Exception - assets to which Division 40 does not apply

40-125(9)    
Despite subsection (1), you are not covered by this section for the asset if Division 40 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 does not apply to the asset because of section 40-45 of that Act.

Exception - assets not located in Australia

40-125(10)    
Despite subsection (1), you are not covered by this section for the asset if, at the time you first use the asset, or have it installed ready for use, for a taxable purpose:

(a)    it is not reasonable to conclude that you will use the asset principally in Australia for the principal purpose of carrying on a business; or

(b)    it is reasonable to conclude that the asset will never be located in Australia.

SECTION 40-130   Method for working out accelerated decline in value  

40-130(1)    
For the purposes of section 40-120, the decline in value for the income year in which paragraph 40-120(1)(a) is satisfied (the current year ) is:

(a) if the asset's start time occurs in the current year - the amount worked out under subsection (2); or

(b) if the asset's start time occurred in an earlier year - the amount worked out under subsection (4).

Note 1:

The asset's start time is when you first use it, or have it installed ready for use, for any purpose (including a non-taxable purpose): see subsection 40-60(2) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

Note 2:

A case covered by paragraph (b) is where you start to hold the asset in the period 12 March 2020 to 30 June 2020 and use it for only non-taxable purposes in that period, then first use it for a taxable purpose in the period 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Current year is the year the asset starts to decline in value

40-130(2)    
If this subsection applies, the amount for the current year is the sum of the following amounts:

(a) 50% of the asset's cost as at the end of the current year, disregarding any amount included in the second element of the asset's cost after 30 June 2021;

(b) the amount that would be the asset's decline in value for the current year under Division 40 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, assuming its cost were reduced by the amount worked out under paragraph (a).

Note:

Paragraph (a) effectively only requires you to disregard an amount included in the second element of cost if you have a substituted accounting period that ends after 30 June 2021.

40-130(3)    
However, the amount worked out under subsection (2) for an income year cannot be more than the amount that is the asset's cost for the year.

Asset had declined in value before the start of the current year

40-130(4)    
If this subsection applies, the amount for the current year is the sum of the following amounts:

(a) 50% of the sum of the asset's opening adjustable value for the current year and any amount included in the second element of its cost for that year, disregarding any amount included in that second element after 30 June 2021;

(b) the amount that would be the asset's decline in value for the current year under Division 40 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 assuming:

(i) for the diminishing value method - its base value were reduced by the amount worked out under paragraph (a); or

(ii) for the prime cost method - the component "Asset's *cost" in the formula in subsection 40-75(1) of that Act (as adjusted under that section) were reduced by the amount worked out under paragraph (a).

Note:

Paragraph (a) effectively only requires you to disregard an amount included in the second element of cost if you have a substituted accounting period that ends after 30 June 2021.

40-130(5)    
However, the amount worked out under subsection (4) for an income year cannot be more than:

(a) for the diminishing value method - the asset's base value for the year; or

(b) for the prime cost method - the sum of its opening adjustable value for the income year and any amount included in the second element of its cost for that year.

SECTION 40-135   Division 40 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to later years  

40-135(1)    
The decline in value of a depreciating asset is not worked out under this Subdivision for an income year if this Subdivision already applied in working out the decline in value of the asset for an income year.

40-135(2)    
For an income year later than the year in which the decline in value is worked out under this Subdivision, the decline in value is worked out under the other provisions of Division 40 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

Adjustment required for prime cost method

40-135(3)    
If you use the prime cost method for the asset, you must adjust the formula in subsection 40-75(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 for the later year in the manner set out in subsection 40-75(3) of that Act. The later year is the change year referred to in that subsection.

Balancing adjustment provisions

40-135(4)    
Subdivision 40-D of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 has effect as if the decline in value worked out under this Subdivision had been worked out under Subdivision 40-B of that Act.

SECTION 40-137   Choice to not apply this Subdivision to an asset  

40-137(1)    
You may choose that the decline in value of a particular depreciating asset for an income year, and subsequent income years, is not to be worked out under this Subdivision.

40-137(2)    
The choice must be in the approved form.

40-137(3)    
The choice cannot be revoked.

40-137(4)    
You must give the choice to the Commissioner by the day you lodge your income tax return for the first income year to which the choice relates.

Note:

The Commissioner may defer the time for giving the choice: see section 388-55 in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953.

Subdivision 40-BB - Temporary full expensing of depreciating assets  

SECTION 40-140  

40-140   Definitions  

In this Subdivision:

2020 budget time
means 7.30 pm, by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory, on 6 October 2020.

SECTION 40-145  

40-145   Interaction with other provisions  

If this Subdivision applies to work out the decline in value of a depreciating asset you hold for an income year, no other provision of this Act or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to work out that decline in value.

SECTION 40-150   When an asset of yours qualifies for full expensing  

40-150(1)    

For the purposes of this Subdivision, you are covered by this section for a depreciating asset if, on or before 30 June 2023:

(a)    you start to hold the asset; and

(b)    you start to use the asset, or have it installed ready for use, for a taxable purpose.

Exception - assets to which Division 40 does not apply

40-150(2)    
Despite subsection (1), you are not covered by this section for the asset if Division 40 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 does not apply to the asset because of section 40-45 of that Act.

Exception - assets not used or located in Australia

40-150(3)    
Despite subsection (1), you are not covered by this section for the asset if, at the time you first use the asset, or have it installed ready for use, for a taxable purpose:

(a)    it is not reasonable to conclude that you will use the asset principally in Australia for the principal purpose of carrying on a business; or

(b)    it is reasonable to conclude that the asset will never be located in Australia.

Exception - assets for which the decline in value is worked out under Subdivision 40-E or 40-F of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

40-150(4)    
Despite subsection (1), you are not covered by this section for the asset if:

(a)    the asset is allocated to a low-value pool, or expenditure on the asset is allocated to a software development pool (see Subdivision 40-E of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997); or

(b)    you or another taxpayer has deducted or can deduct amounts for the asset under Subdivision 40-F of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (about primary production depreciating assets).

SECTION 40-155  

40-155   Businesses with turnover under $5 billion  

This section covers you for an income year if:

(a)    you are a small business entity for the income year; or

(b)    you would be a small business entity for the income year if:

(i) each reference in Subdivision 328-C of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (about what is a small business entity) to $10 million were instead a reference to $5 billion; and

(ii) the reference in paragraph 328-110(5)(b) of that Act to a small business entity were instead a reference to an entity covered by this section.

SECTION 40-157   Corporate tax entities with income under $5 billion  

40-157(1)    
This section covers you for an income year if:

(a)    you are a corporate tax entity at any time in the income year; and

(b)    any of the following amounts is less than $5 billion:

(i) the sum of your ordinary income (if any) and statutory income (if any) for the 2018-19 income year;

(ii) if the 2019-20 income year ends on or before 6 October 2020 - the sum of your ordinary income (if any) and statutory income (if any) for the 2019-20 income year; and

(c)    the sum of the amounts worked out under subsection (3) for the 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 income years exceeds $100 million.

40-157(2)    
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), disregard non-assessable non-exempt income.

40-157(3)    
The amount under this subsection for an income year is worked out as follows:

(a)    firstly, identify each depreciating asset (other than an intangible asset) that:

(i) you hold at any time in the income year; and

(ii) you started to use, or have installed ready for use, for a taxable purpose in the income year;

(b)    next, work out the cost of each of those assets (including any amounts included in the second element of the asset's cost at a time that is in the income year);

(c)    finally, work out the total of those costs.

40-157(4)    
For the purposes of subsection (3), disregard an asset if, at the time you first used the asset, or had it installed ready for use, for a taxable purpose:

(a)    it was not reasonable to conclude that you would use the asset principally in Australia for the principal purpose of carrying on a business; or

(b)    it was reasonable to conclude that the asset would never be located in Australia.

40-157(5)    

For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), to work out the cost of a depreciating asset that is capital works (see section 43-20 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997):

(a)    disregard section 40-45 of that Act and work out the cost of the capital works using Subdivision 40-C of that Act; and

(b)    disregard section 40-215 of that Act.

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S 40-157(5) inserted by No 127 of 2021, s 3 and Sch 3 item 40, effective 8 December 2021 and applicable for working out the amounts under subsection 40-157(3) of the Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 for the 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 income years.

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S 40-157 inserted by No 141 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 4, effective 1 January 2021.

SECTION 40-160   Full expensing of first and second element of cost for post-2020 budget assets  

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40-160(1)    
For the purposes of Division 40 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, the decline in value of a depreciating asset you hold for an income year (the current year ) is the amount worked out under subsection (3) if:

(a)    you start to hold the asset at or after the 2020 budget time; and

(b)    you start to use the asset, or have it installed ready for use, for a taxable purpose in the current year; and

(c)    you are covered by section 40-150 for the asset; and

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you are covered for the current year by any of the following:

(i) section 40-155 (about businesses with turnover under $5 billion);

(ii) section 40-157 (about corporate tax entities with income under $5 billion); and

(e)    no balancing adjustment event happens to the asset in the current year; and

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you have not made a choice under section 40-190 in relation to the current year.

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S 40-160(1) amended by No 141 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 items 5 and 6, by substituting para (d) and inserting para (f), effective 1 January 2021. Para (d) formerly read:

(d) you are covered by section 40-155 (about businesses with turnover under $5 billion) for the current year; and

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40-160(2)    

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However, this section does not apply if:

(a)    where section 40-155 covers you for the current year (regardless whether section 40-157 also covers you for the current year) - an exclusion applies to you and the asset for the current year under section 40-165 (about exclusions for businesses with turnover of $50 million or more); or

(b)    where section 40-157 covers you for the current year (but section 40-155 does not):

(i) an exclusion applies to you and the asset for the current year under section 40-165; or

(ii) an exclusion applies to you and the asset for the current year under section 40-167 (about exclusions for corporate tax entities with income under $5 billion).

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S 40-160(2) substituted by No 141 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 7, effective 1 January 2021. S 40-160(2) formerly read:

40-160(2)
However, this section does not apply if an exclusion applies to you and the asset for the current year under section 40-165 (about exclusions for businesses with turnover of $50 million or more).

Amount of the decline in value

40-160(3)    
The decline in value for the current year is:

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if the asset's start time occurs in the current year - the asset's cost as at the end of the current year, disregarding any amount included in the asset's cost after 30 June 2023; or

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if the asset's start time occurred in an earlier year - the sum of its opening adjustable value for the current year and any amount included in the second element of its cost for the current year, disregarding any amount included in the asset's cost after 30 June 2023.

Note 1:

The asset's start time is when you first use it, or have it installed ready for use, for any purpose (including a non-taxable purpose): see subsection 40-60(2) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

Note 2:

A case covered by paragraph (b) is where you start to hold the asset in the period 6 October 2020 to 30 June 2021 and use it for only non-taxable purposes in that period, then first use it for a taxable purpose in the period 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

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S 40-160(3) amended by No 10 of 2022, s 3 and Sch 6 item 2, by substituting "30 June 2023" for "30 June 2022" in para (a) and (b), effective 1 April 2022.

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S 40-160 inserted by No 92 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 7 item 1, effective 1 January 2021.

SECTION 40-165   Exclusions - entities covered by section 40-155 or 40-157  

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40-165(1)    
For the purposes of subsection 40-160(2), an exclusion applies to you and an asset for an income year if:

(a)    

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where paragraph 40-160(2)(a) applies - section 40-155 would not cover you for the income year if the reference in that section to $5 billion were instead a reference to $50 million; and

(b)    any of the exclusions in this section applies in relation to the asset.

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S 40-165(1) amended by No 141 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 9, by inserting "where paragraph 40-160(2)(a) applies -" in para (a), effective 1 January 2021.

Exclusion - commitments already entered into

40-165(2)    
This exclusion applies in relation to the asset if, before the 2020 budget time, you:

(a)    entered into a contract under which you would hold the asset; or

(b)    started to construct the asset; or

(c)    started to hold the asset in some other way.

40-165(3)    
This exclusion applies in relation to the asset (the post-6 October 2020 asset ) if:

(a)    on a day before 6 October 2020, you:

(i) enter into a contract under which you hold an asset on that day, or will hold the asset on a later day; or

(ii) start to construct an asset; or

(iii) start to hold an asset in some other way; and

(b)    on a day on or after 6 October 2020 (the conduct day ), you engage in conduct that results in you:

(i) entering into a contract under which you hold the post-6 October 2020 asset on the conduct day, or will hold that asset on an even later day; or

(ii) starting to construct the post-6 October 2020 asset; or

(iii) starting to hold the post-6 October 2020 asset in some other way; and

(c)    the post-6 October 2020 asset is the asset mentioned in paragraph (a), or an identical or substantially similar asset; and

(d)    you engage in that conduct for the purpose, or for purposes that include the purpose, of satisfying paragraph 40-160(1)(a) for the post-6 October 2020 asset.

40-165(4)    
For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), treat yourself as having started to construct an asset at a time if you first incur expenditure in respect of the construction of the asset at that time.

40-165(5)    
To avoid doubt, for the purposes of this section, you do not enter into a contract under which you hold an asset merely because you acquire an option to enter into such a contract.

40-165(6)    
For the purposes of subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5), if a partner in a partnership does any of the following things, treat the partnership (instead of the partner) as having done the thing:

(a)    entering into a contract under which the partnership would hold an asset;

(b)    starting to construct an asset;

(c)    acquiring an option to enter into such a contract.

Exclusion - second hand assets

40-165(7)    
This exclusion applies in relation to the asset if:

(a)    another entity held the asset when it was first used, or first installed ready for use, other than:

(i) as trading stock; or

(ii) merely for the purposes of reasonable testing or trialling; or

(b)    you started holding the asset under section 40-115 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (about splitting a depreciating asset) or section 40-125 of that Act (about merging depreciating assets); or

(c)    you already satisfied paragraph 40-160(1)(a) of this Act for the asset as a member of a consolidated group or a MEC group of which you are no longer a member.

40-165(8)    
The exclusion in subsection (7) also applies in relation to an asset if:

(a)    the asset is a licence (including a sub-licence) relating to an intangible asset; and

(b)    the exclusion in that subsection applies in relation to the intangible asset.

40-165(9)    
However, paragraph (7)(a) does not apply in relation to an intangible asset unless the asset was used for the purpose of producing ordinary income before you first used it, or had it installed ready for use, for any purpose. In applying this subsection, disregard ordinary income that arises as a result of the disposal of the asset to you.

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S 40-165 inserted by No 92 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 7 item 1, effective 1 January 2021.

SECTION 40-167   Exclusions - entities covered by section 40-157  

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40-167(1)    
For the purposes of subsections 40-160(2) and 40-170(1A), an exclusion applies to you and an asset for an income year if any of the exclusions in this section applies in relation to the asset.

Exclusion - intangible assets

40-167(2)    
This exclusion applies in relation to the asset if the asset is an intangible asset.

Exclusion - assets previously held by associates

40-167(3)    
This exclusion applies in relation to the asset if it had been previously held by an associate of yours.

Exclusion - assets available for use by associates or foreign residents

40-167(4)    
This exclusion applies in relation to the asset if the asset is available for use, at any time in the income year, by any of the following:

(a)    an associate of yours;

(b)    an entity that is a foreign resident.

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S 40-167 inserted by No 141 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 10, effective 1 January 2021.

SECTION 40-170   Full expensing of eligible second element of cost  

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40-170(1)    
For the purposes of Division 40 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, the decline in value of a depreciating asset you hold for an income year (the current year ) is the amount worked out under this section if:

(a)    either:

(i) you start to use the asset, or have it installed ready for use, for a taxable purpose in the current year; or

(ii) you started to use the asset, or have it installed ready for use, for a taxable purpose in an earlier income year; and

(b)    you are covered by section 40-150 for the asset; and

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you are covered for the current year by any of the following:

(i) section 40-155 (about businesses with turnover under $5 billion);

(ii) section 40-157 (about corporate tax entities with income under $5 billion); and

(d)    the eligible second element worked out under section 40-175 for the asset for the year is greater than nil; and

(e)    no balancing adjustment event happens to the asset in the current year; and

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you have not made a choice under section 40-190 in relation to the current year.

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S 40-170(1) amended by No 141 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 items 11 and 13, by substituting para (c) and inserting para (f), effective 1 January 2021. Para (c) formerly read:

(c) you are covered by section 40-155 (about businesses with turnover under $5 billion) for the current year; and

Exclusions

40-170(1A)    

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However, this section does not apply if:

(a)    section 40-157 covers you for the current year (but section 40-155 does not); and

(b)    an exclusion applies to you and the asset for the current year under section 40-167 (about exclusions for corporate tax entities with income under $5 billion).

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S 40-170(1A) inserted by No 141 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 12, effective 1 January 2021.

Amount of the decline in value

40-170(2)    
The decline in value of the asset for the current year is:

(a)    if the asset's decline in value for the year would, apart from section 40-145, be worked out under section 40-82 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 - the amount worked out under subsection (3); or

(b)    if the asset's decline in value for the year would, apart from section 40-145, be worked out under Subdivision 40-BA of this Act - the amount worked out under subsection (4); or

(c)    otherwise - the amount worked out under subsection (5).

Assets affected by section 40-82 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (about assets costing less than $150,000, medium sized businesses)

40-170(3)    
If this subsection applies, the amount for the current year is the sum of:

(a)    the amount that would be the asset's decline in value for the year under section 40-82 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, assuming the reference in subparagraph 40-82(3A)(b)(ii) of that Act to 31 December 2020 were instead a reference to the 2020 budget time; and

(b)    the eligible second element worked out under section 40-175 of this Act forthe asset for the year.

Assets affected by Subdivision 40-BA (backing business investment)

40-170(4)    
If this subsection applies, the amount for the current year is the sum of:

(a)    the amount that would be worked out under paragraph 40-130(2)(a) or (4)(a) (whichever is applicable) for the year, assuming the references in paragraphs 40-130(2)(a) and (4)(a) to 30 June 2021 were instead references to the 2020 budget time; and

(b)    the eligible second element worked out under section 40-175 for the asset for the year; and

(c)    the amount that would be worked out under paragraph 40-130(2)(b) or (4)(b) (whichever is applicable) for the year, assuming the references in paragraphs 40-130(2)(b) and (4)(b) to "the amount worked out under paragraph (a)" were instead references to "the amounts worked out under paragraphs 40-170(4)(a) and (b)".

Other assets

40-170(5)    
If this subsection applies, the amount for the current year is the sum of:

(a)    the amount that would be the asset's decline in value for the year under Division 40 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, disregarding any amounts included in the eligible second element worked out under section 40-175 of this Act for the asset for the year; and

(b)    the eligible second element worked out under section 40-175 for the asset for the year.

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S 40-170 inserted by No 92 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 7 item 1, effective 1 January 2021.

SECTION 40-175  

40-175   When is an amount included in the eligible second element  

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The amount worked out under this section (the eligible second element ) for a depreciating asset for an income year is the sum of any amounts included in the second element of the asset's cost at a time that is in both of the following periods:

(a)    the income year;

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the period beginning at the 2020 budget time and ending on 30 June 2023.

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S 40-175 amended by No 10 of 2022, s 3 and Sch 6 item 3, by substituting "30 June 2023" for "30 June 2022" in para (b), effective 1 April 2022.

S 40-175 inserted by No 92 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 7 item 1, effective 1 January 2021.

SECTION 40-180   Division 40 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to later years  

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40-180(1)    
For an income year later than a year in which the decline in value is worked out under this Subdivision, the decline in value is worked out under the other provisions of Division 40 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

Adjustment required for prime cost method

40-180(2)    
If you use the prime cost method for the asset, you must adjust the formula in subsection 40-75(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 for the later year in the manner set out in subsection 40-75(3) of that Act. The later year is the change year referred to in that subsection.

Balancing adjustment provisions

40-180(3)    
Subdivision 40-D of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 has effect as if the decline in value worked out under this Subdivision had been worked out under Subdivision 40-B of that Act.

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S 40-180 inserted by No 92 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 7 item 1, effective 1 January 2021.

SECTION 40-185   Balancing adjustment for assets not used or located in Australia  

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40-185(1)    
This section applies if the decline in value for a depreciating asset for an income year is worked out under this Subdivision, and at a time (the balancing adjustment time ) in a later income year:

(a)    either:

(i) it becomes not reasonable to conclude that you will use the asset principally in Australia for the principal purpose of carrying on a business; or

(ii) it becomes reasonable to conclude that the asset will never be located in Australia; and

(b)    none of the requirements in paragraphs 40-295(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 are satisfied in relation to the asset.

Balancing adjustment event and termination value

40-185(2)    
For the purposes of Subdivision 40-D of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 assume that, at the balancing adjustment time, you stop using the asset, or having it installed ready for use, for any purpose and you expect never to use it, or have it installed ready for use, again.

Cost resulting from balancing adjustment event

40-185(3)    
For the purposes of section 40-180 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 assume that the reference in item 3 of the table in subsection 40-180(2) of that Act to "because you stop using it for any purpose expecting never to use it again" were instead a reference to "because of section 40-185 of the Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997".

Subdivision does not apply for income year after balancing adjustment event

40-185(4)    
If a balancing adjustment event happens to a depreciating asset you hold because of this section, this Subdivision cannot apply to work out the decline in value of the asset for a later income year.

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S 40-185 inserted by No 141 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 14, applicable even if the balancing adjustment time occurs before 1 January 2021.

SECTION 40-190   Choice to not apply this Subdivision to an asset for an income year  

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40-190(1)    
You may choose that the decline in value of a particular depreciating asset for an income year is not to be worked out under this Subdivision.

40-190(2)    
The choice must be in the approved form.

40-190(3)    
The choice cannot be revoked.

40-190(4)    
You must give the choice to the Commissioner by the day you lodge your income tax return for the income year to which the choice relates.

Note:

The Commissioner may defer the time for giving the choice: see section 388-55 in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953.

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S 40-190 inserted by No 141 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 14, effective 1 January 2021.

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Subdiv 40-C inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-230   Car limit  

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40-230(1)    
Division 40 of the new Act applies as if references in that Division to the car limit included references to:

(a) the car depreciation limit under Division 42 of the former Act; and

(b) the motor vehicle depreciation limit under former section 57AF of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

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S 40-230(1) amended by No 101 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 2 item 808, by amending the reference to a repealed inoperative provision in para (b), effective 14 September 2006. For application and savings provisions see the CCH Australian Income Tax Legislation archive.

40-230(2)    
If you:

(a) have a substituted accounting period; and

(b) start to hold a car in your 2001-02 income year but before 1 July 2001;

you must use as the car limit the car depreciation limit under section 42-80 of the former Act for the 2000-01 financial year.

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S 40-230 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

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Subdiv 40-D inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-285   Balancing adjustments  

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40-285(1)    
Paragraphs 40-285(1)(a) and (2)(a) of the new Act have effect in relation to a depreciating asset that you held at 1 July 2001 as if amounts you have deducted or can deduct for the asset under the former Act or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 were part of the asset's decline in value under Division 40.

40-285(2)    
You are entitled to a further deduction under subsection (3) if:

(a) you are entitled to a deduction under subsection 40-285(2) of the new Act for a balancing adjustment event happening to a depreciating asset:

(i) to which Division 58 of the former Act applied; or

(ii) to which former section 61A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 applied, or for which the transition time under Division 57 in Schedule 2D to that Act occurred before 1 July 2001; and

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(b) you would have been entitled to a further deduction under section 42-197 of the former Act.

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S 40-285(2) amended by No 41 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 5 item 397, by substituting "in Schedule 2D" for "of Schedule 2D" in para (a)(ii), effective 27 June 2011.

S 40-285(2) amended by No 101 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 2 item 809, by amending the reference to a repealed inoperative provision in para (a)(ii), effective 14 September 2006. For application and savings provisions see the CCH Australian Income Tax Legislation archive.

40-285(3)    
The amount of the further deduction is the amount worked out under section 42-197 of the former Act.

40-285(4)    
Division 40 of the new Act applies to a balancing adjustment event that occurs on or after 1 July 2001 for a depreciating asset you hold if you held the asset on that day.

40-285(5)    
The amount included in your assessable income under subsection 40-285(1) or section 40-370 of the new Act for a balancing adjustment event happening to a depreciating asset is reduced if:

(a) the asset is either:

(i) a depreciating asset that is not plant and that you started to hold under a contract entered into before 1 July 2001, you constructed where the construction started before that day or you started to hold in some other way before that day; or

(ii) plant that you acquired at or before 11.45 am, by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory, on 21 September 1999; and

(b) any capital gain or capital loss would be disregarded (if Part 3-1 of the new Act applied):

(i) because of section 118-5 (about cars, motor cycles and valour decorations); or

(ii) because of section 118-10 (about collectables); or

(iii) because of section 118-12 (about plant used to produce exempt income); or

(iv) because the asset was a pre-CGT asset at the time of the balancing adjustment event.

40-285(6)    
The reduction is:

where:

sum of reductions
is the sum of the reductions in your deductions for the asset because you did not use it for a particular purpose.

total decline
is the decline in value of the depreciating asset since you started to hold it.

40-285(7)    
Section 118-24 of the new Act applies to CGT event A1 (disposal of a CGT asset) happening to a depreciating asset if the event happens:

(a) if the depreciating asset is plant - at or before 11.45 am, by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory, on 21 September 1999; or

(b) if the depreciating asset is not plant - before 1 July 2001;

where:

(c) the time of the event is when you entered into the contract for the disposal of the asset; and

(d) the change in ownership constituting the disposal occurred after the applicable time mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).

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S 40-285 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-287   Disposal of pre-1 July 2001 mining depreciating asset to associate  

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40-287(1)    
This section applies if:

(a) on or after 1 July 2001, a company (the transferor ) disposes of a depreciating asset to another company; and

(b) the companies are members of the same linked group at the time of the disposal; and

(c) apart from this section, the disposal would have resulted in:

(i) an amount (the included amount ) being included in the assessable income of the transferor under subsection 40-285(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997; and

(ii) the transferor having an additional decline in value (the deductible amount ) under subsection 40-35(5), 40-38(5) or 40-40(4) of this Act; and

(d) the included amount is more than the deductible amount.

40-287(2)    
Subsection 40-35(5), 40-38(5) or 40-40(4) of this Act does not apply to the disposal.

40-287(3)    
The amount that is included in the transferor's assessable income under subsection 40-285(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 is the included amount reduced by the deductible amount.

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S 40-287 inserted by No 66 of 2003.

SECTION 40-288   Disposal of pre-1 July 2001 mining non-depreciating asset to associate  

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40-288(1)    
This section applies if:

(a) on or after 1 July 2001, a company (the transferor ) disposes of property that is not a depreciating asset to another company; and

(b) the companies are members of the same linked group at the time of the disposal; and

(c) apart from this section, the disposal would have resulted in the transferor having an additional decline in value (the deductible amount ) under subsection 40-35(5), 40-37(5), 40-40(4) or 40-43(4) of this Act; and

(d) the sum of:

(i) the money the transferor receives, or is entitled to receive, in respect of the disposal; and

(ii) the market value of any other property the transferor receives, or is entitled to receive, in respect of the disposal;

is more than the deductible amount.

40-288(2)    
There is no additional decline in value of the notional asset referred to in subsection 40-35(5), 40-37(5), 40-40(4) or 40-43(4) as a result of the disposal.

40-288(3)    
Any amount that would be included in the transferor's assessable income under subsection 40-35(6), 40-37(6), 40-38(6), 40-40(5) or 40-43(5) of this Act, or subsection 40-830(6) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, as a result of the disposal is reduced by the deductible amount.

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S 40-288 inserted by No 66 of 2003.

SECTION 40-289  

40-289   Surrendered firearms  

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If a balancing adjustment event for a firearm that you hold occurs because you surrender it after the commencement of this section under firearms surrender arrangements, any amount by which its termination value exceeds its adjustable value is not included in your assessable income under subsection 40-285(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

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S 40-289 inserted by No 101 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 2 item 810, effective 14 September 2006. For application and savings provisions see the CCH Australian Income Tax Legislation archive.

SECTION 40-290  

40-290   Reduction of deductions under former Act etc.  

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Subsection 40-290(2) of the new Act has effect in relation to a depreciating asset that you held at 1 July 2001 as if:

(a) any amount by which your deductions for the asset were reduced under the former Act or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 because you did not use it for a particular purpose were an amount by which your deductions for the asset were reduced under section 40-25 of the new Act; and

(b) the total decline element of the formula in that subsection included all amounts you have deducted or can deduct for the asset under the former Act or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

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S 40-290 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-292   Balancing adjustment - assets used for both general tax purposes and R&D activities  

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R&D entity has old law R&D decline in value deductions

40-292(1)    
This section applies to an R&D entity if:

(a)    a balancing adjustment event happens in an income year (the event year ) commencing on or after 1 July 2011 for an asset held by the R&D entity and:

(i) the R&D entity can deduct, for an income year, an amount under section 40-25 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (the new Act ), as that section applies apart from Division 355 of that Act and former section 73BC of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (the old Act ); or

(ii) the R&D entity could have deducted, for an income year, an amount as described in subparagraph (i) if it had used the asset; and

(b)    either or both of the following subparagraphs apply:

(i) the R&D entity can deduct (the old law deductions ) under former section 73BA or 73BH of the old Act an amount for one or more income years for the asset;

(ii) the R&D entity chooses tax offsets under former section 73I of the old Act instead of deductions (also the old law deductions ) under those former sections for one or more income years for the asset.

Note:

This section applies even if the R&D entity is entitled under section 355-100 of the new Act to tax offsets for one or more income years for deductions under section 355-305 of that Act for the asset.

Section 40-290 to be applied as if use for carrying on R&D activities were use for a taxable purpose

40-292(2)    
In applying section 40-290 of the new Act (including references in that section to the reduction of deductions under section 40-25 of that Act) in relation to the asset, assume that using the asset for a taxable purpose includes using it for:

(a)    the purpose of the carrying on, by or on behalf of the R&D entity, of the research and development activities (within the meaning of former section 73B of the old Act) to which the old law deductions relate; or

(b)    if the R&D entity is entitled under section 355-100 of the new Act to tax offsets for one or more income years for deductions (the new law deductions ) under section 355-305 of that Act for the asset - the purpose of conducting the R&D activities to which the new law deductions relate.

Increase in amounts deductible or assessable under section 40-285

40-292(3)    

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Any amount (the section 40-285 amount ):

(a)    that the R&D entity can deduct for the asset under section 40-285 of the new Act (after applying subsection (2) of this section) for the event year; or

(b)    that is included in the R&D entity's assessable income for the asset under section 40-285 of the new Act (after applying subsection (2) of this section) for the event year;

is taken to be increased under section 40-292 of the new Act by the following amount:

where:

adjusted section 40-285 amount
means:

(a) if the section 40-285 amount is a deduction - the amount of the deduction; or

(b) if the section 40-285 amount is an amount included in the R&D entity's assessable income - so much of the section 40-285 amount as does not exceed the total decline in value.

old law 1.25 rate deductions
means the sum of the R&D entity's notional Division 40 deductions, and notional Division 42 deductions, (if any) for the asset that were multiplied by 1.25 in working out the old law deductions.

total decline in value
means the cost of the asset less its adjustable value.

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S 40-292(3) amended by No 92 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 5 item 41, by substituting the formula, effective 1 January 2021 and applicable in relation to assessments for income years commencing on or after 1 July 2021. The formula formerly read:

Application of Division 355

40-292(3A)    

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In applying Division 355 of the new Act in relation to the asset for the income year, the R&D entity is taken to have:

(a)    if the section 40-285 amount is an amount included in the R&D entity's assessable income - a clawback amount under section 355-447 of the new Act for the income year; or

(b)    if the section 40-285 amount is a deduction - a catch up amount under section 355-466 of the new Act for the income year;

equal to the following amount:

Adjusted section 40-285 amount	×	Sum of new law deductions
		Total decline in value

where:

adjusted section 40-285 amount
means:

(a) if the section 40-285 amount is a deduction - the amount of the deduction; or

(b) if the section 40-285 amount is an amount included in the R&D entity's assessable income - 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.

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S 40-292(3A) inserted by No 92 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 5 item 42, effective 1 January 2021 and applicable in relation to assessments for income years commencing on or after 1 July 2021.

Normal rules do not apply for the asset and the event

40-292(4)    
Neither of the following sections:

(a)    section 40-292 of the new Act (as amended by the Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Act 2011);

(b)    section 40-292 of the new Act (as that section applies because of Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Act 2011);

to the extent that they would otherwise apply apart from this section to the R&D entity for the event, do so apply to the R&D entity for the event.

Note 1:

The section 40-292 of the new Act mentioned in paragraph (a) would otherwise apply for the event in a case where the R&D entity had new law deductions.

Note 2:

The section 40-292 of the new Act mentioned in paragraph (b) would otherwise apply for the event in respect of the old law deductions.

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S 40-292 inserted by No 93 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 4 item 12, effective 8 September 2011. For application, savings and transitional provisions see note under Div 355 heading.

SECTION 40-293   Balancing adjustment - partnership assets used for both general tax purposes and R&D activities  

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Partners have old law R&D decline in value deductions

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 ) commencing on or after 1 July 2011 for an asset held by the R&D partnership and:

(i) the R&D partnership can deduct, for an income year, an amount under section 40-25 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (the new Act ), as that section applies apart from Division 355 of that Act and former section 73BC of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (the old Act ); 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)    either or both of the following subparagraphs apply:

(i) one or more partners of the R&D partnership can deduct (the old law deductions ) under former section 73BA or 73BH of the old Act amounts for one or more income years for the asset;

(ii) one or more partners of the R&D partnership choose tax offsets under former section 73I of the old Act instead of deductions (also the old law deductions ) under those former sections for one or more income years for the asset.

Note:

This section applies even if the partners are entitled under section 355-100 of the new Act to tax offsets for one or more income years for deductions under section 355-520 of that Act for the asset.

Section 40-290 to be applied as if use for carrying on R&D activities were use for a taxable purpose

40-293(2)    
In applying section 40-290 of the new Act (including references in that section to the reduction of deductions under section 40-25 of that Act) in relation to the asset, assume that using the asset for a taxable purpose includes using it for:

(a)    the purpose of the carrying on, by or on behalf of the R&D partnership, of the research and development activities (within the meaning of former section 73B of the old Act) to which the old law deductions relate; or

(b)    if one or more partners of the R&D partnership are entitled under section 355-100 of the new Act to tax offsets for one or more income years for deductions (the new law deductions ) under section 355-520 of that Act for the asset - the purpose of conducting the R&D activities to which the new law deductions relate.

Increase in amounts deductible or assessable under section 40-285

40-293(3)    

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Any amount (the section 40-285 amount ):

(a)    that the R&D partnership can deduct for the asset under section 40-285 of the new Act (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 of the new Act (after applying subsection (2) of this section) for the event year;

is taken to be increased under section 40-293 of the new Act by the following amount:

where:

adjusted section 40-285 amount
means:

(a) if the section 40-285 amount is a deduction - 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 - so much of the section 40-285 amount as does not exceed the total decline in value.

old law 1.25 rate deductions
means the sum of the partners' notional Division 40 deductions, and notional Division 42 deductions, (if any) for the asset that were multiplied by 1.25 in working out the old law deductions.

total decline in value
means the cost of the asset less its adjustable value.

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S 40-293(3) amended by No 92 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 5 item 43, by substituting the formula, effective 1 January 2021 and applicable in relation to assessments for income years commencing on or after 1 July 2021. The formula formerly read:

Application of Division 355

40-293(3A)    

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In applying Division 355 of the new Act in relation to the asset for the income year, an R&D entity (the partner) that is a partner in the R&D partnership and is entitled to one or more new law deductions for one or more income years for the asset, is taken to have:

(a)    if the section 40-285 amount is an amount included in the R&D partnership's assessable income - a clawback amount under section 355-449 of the new Act for the income year; or

(b)    if the section 40-285 amount is a deduction - a catch up amount under section 355-468 of the new Act for the income year;

equal to the partner's proportion of the following amount:

Adjusted section 40-285 amount	×	Sum of new law deductions
		Total decline in value

where:

adjusted section 40-285 amount
means:

(a) if the section 40-285 amount is a deduction - 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 - so much of the section 40-285 amount as does not exceed the total decline in value.

sum of new law deductions
means the sum of each partner's new law deductions mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) of this section.

total decline in value
means the cost of the asset less its adjustable value.

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S 40-293(3A) inserted by No 92 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 5 item 44, effective 1 January 2021 and applicable in relation to assessments for income years commencing on or after 1 July 2021.

Normal rules do not apply for the asset and the event

40-293(4)    
Section 40-293 of the new Act, to the extent that it would otherwise apply apart from this section to the R&D partnership or its partners for the event, does not so apply to the R&D partnership and the partners for the event.

Note:

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S 40-293 inserted by No 93 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 4 item 12, effective 8 September 2011. For application, savings and transitional provisions see note under Div 355 heading.

SECTION 40-295   Later year relief  

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40-295(1)    
You may exclude an amount that has been included in your assessable income for plant as a result of a balancing adjustment event that occurred in your 1999-2000 or 2000-01 income year to the extent that you choose under section 42-290 of the former Act to treat that amount as an amount you have deducted for the decline in value of replacement plant.

40-295(2)    
You can only make this choice for the replacement plant if:

(a) you acquire it:

(i) within 2 income years after the end of the income year in which the balancing adjustment event occurred; and

(ii) in your 2001-02 or 2002-2003 income year; and

(b) at the end of the income year in which you acquired it, you used it, or had it installed ready for use, wholly for the purpose of producing assessable income; and

(c) you can deduct an amount for its decline in value; and

(d) you had not made a choice under section 42-285 or 42-293 of the former Act for the balancing adjustment event.

40-295(3)    
The adjustable value of the replacement plant is reduced by the amount covered by the choice as at the first day of the income year in which you acquired it.

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S 40-295 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-340   Roll-overs  

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40-340(1)    
This section applies to an entity (the transferee ) if:

(a) there is roll-over relief under section 40-340 of the new Act as a result of a balancing adjustment event happening to plant; and

(b) the transferor referred to in that section was working out the decline in value of the plant under subsection 40-10(3) or 40-12(3) of this Act.

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S 40-340(1) amended by No 119 of 2002.

Plant acquired before 21 September 1999

40-340(2)    
The transferee works out the decline in value of the plant under subsection 40-10(3) or 40-12(3) of this Act using the same method as the transferor if:

(a) the transferor started to hold the plant under a contract entered into at or before 11.45 am, by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory, on 21 September 1999; or

(b) the transferor constructed it and the construction started at or before that time; or

(c) the transferor acquired it in some other way at or before that time; or

(d) the transferor acquired it from an entity that was working out the decline in value of the plant under subsection 40-10(3) or 40-12(3) of this Act and paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this subsection applied to that entity or to the earliest successive transferor.

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S 40-340(2) amended by No 119 of 2002.

Small business taxpayers

40-340(3)    
The transferee also works out the decline in value of the plant under subsection 40-10(3) or 40-12(3) of this Act using the same method as the transferor if:

(a) the plant was not acquired as mentioned in subsection (2); and

(b) the transferor, or an earlier successive transferor, was using a rate for the plant under subsection 42-160(1) or 42-165(1) of the former Act; and

(c) the conditions set out in this table are satisfied:

Conditions for small business taxpayers retaining accelerated rates
Item	Condition
1	The transferee must have been a small business taxpayer for the income year (the start year ) that includes the time when the entity first used the plant, or first had it installed ready for use.
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2	At that time, at least 50% of the transferee's intended use of the plant must be in carrying on a business for the purpose of producing assessable income.
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3	At that time, neither of these applies:
	(a)	it could reasonably be expected that, because of the plant's use, whether in connection with another asset or not, the transferee would not be a small business taxpayer for the income year following the start year or for either of the next 2 income years;
	(b)	the plant is being or is intended to be let predominantly on a lease of a kind specified in subsection (5).

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S 40-340(3) amended by No 119 of 2002.

40-340(4)    
For the purposes of item 2 in the table in subsection (3), an entity is treated as if it is not carrying on a business in relation to the activities of a partnership in which the entity is a partner unless the entity is connected with the partnership.

40-340(5)    
A lease of plant referred to in item 3 of the table in subsection (3) is an agreement (including a renewal of an agreement) under which the holder of the plant grants a right to use the plant to another entity, but not a hire purchase agreement or a short-term hire agreement.

40-340(6)    
The transferee works out the decline in value of the plant by:

(a) for the diminishing value method - replacing the component in the formula in subsection 40-70(1) of the new Act that includes the plant's effective life with the rate the transferor, or the earliest successive transferor, was using; or

(b) for the prime cost method:

(i) replacing the component in the formula in subsection 40-75(1) of the new Act that includes the plant's effective life with the rate the transferor, or the earliest successive transferor, was using; and

(ii) increasing the plant's cost under Division 42 of the former Act by any amounts included in the second element of the plant's cost after 30 June 2001.

Meaning of small business taxpayer

40-340(7)    
An entity is a small business taxpayer for an income year if:

(a) the entity carries on a business in that year; and

(b) the entity's average turnover for that year is less than $1,000,000.

Note:

An entity is treated as carrying on a business if it is winding up a business and it was previously a small business taxpayer: see subsection (11).

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S 40-340(7) inserted by No 80 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 8 item 8, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.

Meaning of average turnover

40-340(8)    
An entity's average turnover for an income year (the current year ) is:

Sum of relevant group turnovers

Number of averaging years

where:

number of averaging years
is:

(a) 3; or

(b) if the entity did not carry on a business in each of the current year and the 2 years before the current year, the number of those income years in which the entity carried on a business.

Note:

An entity is treated as carrying on a business if it is winding up a business and it was previously a small business taxpayer: see subsection (11).

sum of relevant group turnovers
is the sum of:

(a) the entity's group turnover for the current year; and

(b) the entity's group turnover (if any) for the 2 preceding income years.

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S 40-340(8) inserted by No 80 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 8 item 8, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.

Meaning of group turnover

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The group turnover of an entity (the primary entity ) for an income year is the sum of:

(a) the value of the business supplies the primary entity made in the income year; and

(b) the value of the business supplies entities connected with the primary entity made in the income year;

reduced by:

(c) that part of the value of the business supplies the primary entity made in the income year that is attributable to supplies it made during the year to entities connected with it when they were connected with it; and

(d) that part of the value of the business supplies entities connected with the primary entity made in the income year that is attributable to supplies the connected entities made during the year to the primary entity when they were connected with it; and

(e) that part of the value of the business supplies another entity made in the income year that is attributable to supplies the other entity made to a third entity at a time when both the other entity and third entity were connected with the primary entity.

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S 40-340(9) inserted by No 80 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 8 item 8, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.

Value of business supplies

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The value of the business supplies an entity makes in an income year is the sum of:

(a) for taxable supplies (if any) the entity makes during the year in the course of carrying on a business - the value (as defined by section 9-75 of the GST Act) of the supplies; and

(b) for other supplies the entity makes during the year in the course of carrying on a business - the prices (as defined by section 9-75 of the GST Act) of the supplies.

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S 40-340(10) inserted by No 80 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 8 item 8, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.

Winding up a business

40-340(11)    

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Subsections (7) and (8) apply to an entity as if it carried on a business in an income year if:

(a) in that year the entity was winding up a business it previously carried on; and

(b) the entity was a small business taxpayer for the income year in which it stopped carrying on that business.

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S 40-340(11) inserted by No 80 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 8 item 8, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.

S 40-340 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-345   Balancing adjustments for depreciating assets that retain CGT indexation  

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40-345(1)    
The amount included in your assessable income under subsection 40-285(1) or 104-240(1) of the new Act as a result of a balancing adjustment event occurring for:

(a) plant that you acquired at or before 11.45 am, by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory, on 21 September 1999; or

(b) a depreciating asset that is not plant and that you acquired before 1 July 2001;

is reduced (but not below nil) if:

(c) for a paragraph (a) case - there would have been a reduction under subsection 42-192(2) of the former Act as a result of that event; or

(d) for a paragraph (b) case - there would have been a reduction under subsection 42-192(2) of the former Act as a result of that event if the asset were plant.

40-345(2)    
The amount of the reduction is the amount worked out under subsection 42-192(2) of the former Act.

40-345(3)    
There is no reduction under subsection (1) to an amount included in your assessable income under subsection 104-240(1) if the balancing adjustment event results in a discount capital gain under Division 115.

40-345(4)    
However, you can choose not to make a reduction under subsection (1) and instead take advantage of the discount capital gain.

40-345(5)    
Subsection (6) applies to an entity (the transferee ) if there is roll-over relief under section 40-340 of the new Act as a result of a balancing adjustment event happening to a depreciating asset held by the transferee.

40-345(6)    
Subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) apply also to the transferee if:

(a) for a depreciating asset that is plant:

(i) the transferor referred to in section 40-340 of the new Act started to hold the plant under a contract entered into at or before 11.45 am, by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory, on 21 September 1999; or

(ii) the transferor constructed it and the construction started at or before that time; or

(iii) the transferor acquired it in some other way at or before that time; or

(iv) the transferor acquired it from an entity that was working out the decline in value of the plant under subsection 40-10(3) or 40-12(3) of this Act and subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph applied to that entity or to the earliest successive transferor; or

(b) for a depreciating asset that is not plant:

(i) the transferor started to hold the asset under a contract entered into before 1 July 2001; or

(ii) the transferor constructed it and the construction started at or before that day; or

(iii) the transferor acquired it in some other way before that day.

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S 40-345 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-365  

40-365   Involuntary disposals  

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Section 40-365 of the new Act applies to a case where:

(a) a balancing adjustment event occurred for plant in the circumstances mentioned in subsection 42-293(2) of the former Act before 1 July 2001; and

(b) you start to hold a replacement asset or assets after that day; and

(c) the conditions in subsections 40-365(3) and (4) of the new Act are satisfied.

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S 40-365 inserted by No 66 of 2003.

Subdivision 40-E - Low-value and software development pools  

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Subdiv 40-E inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-420   Low-value pools under Division 42 continue  

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40-420(1)    
A low-value pool you created under Subdivision 42-M of the former Act continues under the new Act as if it had been created under Subdivision 40-E of the new Act.

40-420(2)    
For the purposes of working out the decline in value of depreciating assets in such a pool for your income year in which 1 July 2001 occurs, step 3 of the method statement in subsection 40-440(1) of the new Act applies to the pool closing balance, worked out under section 42-470 of the former Act, for the income year before that year.

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S 40-420 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

40-425   (Repealed) SECTION 40-425 Allocating depreciating assets to low-value pools  
(Repealed by No 119 of 2002)

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S 40-425 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-430  

40-430   Allocating assets to low-value pools  

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For the purposes of Subdivision 40-E of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, you cannot allocate a depreciating asset to a low-value pool if:

(a) you can deduct an amount for the asset under former section 73BA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936; or

(b) you could so deduct an amount if you had not chosen a tax offset under former section 73I of that Act;

for a period before, or starting at the same time as, the allocation has effect.

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S 40-430 inserted by No 93 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 4 item 13, effective 8 September 2011. For application, savings and transitional provisions see note under Div 355 heading.

SECTION 40-450  

40-450   Software development pools  

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Subsection 40-450(2) of the new Act has effect as if the reference to expenditure being allocated to a software development pool included a reference to expenditure being allocated to a software pool under Division 46 of the former Act.

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S 40-450 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

Subdivision 40-F - Primary production depreciating assets  

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Subdiv 40-F inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-515   Water facilities, grapevines and horticultural plants  

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40-515(1)    
This section applies to you if you have deducted or can deduct an amount under Division 387 of the former Act for an amount (the qualifying amount ) of expenditure on any of these (the primary production asset ):

(a) the construction, manufacture, installation or acquisition of a water facility; or

(b) the establishment of horticultural plants; or

(c) the establishment of grapevines;

and you would have been able to deduct amounts for the qualifying amount for the income year in which 1 July 2001 occurs under the former Act if it had continued to apply.

40-515(2)    
Subdivision 40-F of the new Act applies to the primary production asset on this basis:

(a) the qualifying amount is taken to be:

(i) for a water facility - the amount of capital expenditure you incurred on the construction, manufacture, installation or acquisition of the water facility; or

(ii) for a horticultural plant or a grapevine - the amount of capital expenditure incurred that is attributable to the establishment of the plant or grapevine; and

(b) for horticultural plants, you use the effective life determined under section 387-175 of the former Act; and

(c) amounts that have been deducted or can be deducted for the qualifying amount under the former Act or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 are taken to be a decline in value under Subdivision 40-F of the new Act.

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S 40-515 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-520   Special rule for water facilities you no longer hold  

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40-520(1)    
This section applies to you if:

(a) you have deducted or can deduct an amount under Division 387 of the former Act for an amount (the qualifying amount ) of expenditure on a water facility; and

(b) you do not hold the water facility at the start of 1 July 2001.

40-520(2)    
Subdivision 40-F of the new Act applies to the water facility on the basis specified in subsection 40-515(2) of this Act, and no other taxpayer can deduct amounts for it under the new Act.

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S 40-520 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-525  

40-525   Amounts deducted for water facilities  

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The reference in subsection 40-555(1) of the new Act to a person having deducted or being able to deduct an amount under Subdivision 40-F of the new Act for expenditure on a water facility includes a reference to the person having deducted or being able to deduct an amount for it under:

(a) Subdivision 387-B of the former Act; or

(b) former section 75B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

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S 40-525 amended by No 101 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 2 item 811, by amending the reference to a repealed inoperative provision in para (b), effective 14 September 2006. For application and savings provisions see the CCH Australian Income Tax Legislation archive.

S 40-525 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

Subdivision 40-G - Capital expenditure of primary producers and other landholders  

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Subdiv 40-G inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-645   Electricity supply and telephone lines  

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40-645(1)    
This section applies to you if you have deducted or can deduct an amount under Division 387 of the former Act for an amount (the qualifying amount ) of expenditure on:

(a) connecting or upgrading the supply of mains electricity to land; or

(b) a telephone line on land;

and you hold the land to which the electricity or telephone line relates at the start of 1 July 2001.

40-645(2)    
You deduct amounts for the qualifying amount under Subdivision 40-G of the new Act in the same way you were writing it off under Division 387 of the former Act.

40-645(3)    
A reference in subsection 40-650(4), (5) or (7) of the new Act to an amount being deducted under Subdivision 40-G of that Act includes a reference to an amount being deducted under:

(a) Subdivision 387-F of the former Act; or

(b) former section 70 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

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S 40-645(3) amended by No 101 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 2 item 812, by amending the reference to a repealed inoperative provision in para (b), effective 14 September 2006. For application and savings provisions see the CCH Australian Income Tax Legislation archive.

S 40-645 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-650   Special rule for land that you no longer hold  

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40-650(1)    
This section applies to you if:

(a) you have deducted or can deduct an amount under Division 387 of the former Act for an amount (the qualifying amount ) of expenditure on connecting or upgrading the supply of mains electricity to land or a telephone line on land; and

(b) you do not hold the land to which the electricity or telephone line relates at the start of 1 July 2001.

40-650(2)    
Subdivision 40-G of the new Act applies to the qualifying amount on the basis specified in that Subdivision, and no other taxpayer can deduct amounts for it under the new Act.

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S 40-650 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-670  

40-670   Farm consultants  

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A person approved as a farm consultant under Subdivision 387-A of the former Act is taken to be approved as a farm consultant under section 40-670 of the new Act.

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S 40-670 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

Subdivision 40-I - Capital expenditure that is deductible over time  

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Subdiv 40-I inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-825  

40-825   Genuine prospectors  

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The exemption provided by section 330-60 of the former Act continues to apply to ordinary income derived before 20 August 2001.

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S 40-825 inserted by No 77 of 2001.

SECTION 40-832  

40-832   New method not to apply in some cases  

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If:

(a) on or after 10 May 2006 you abandon, sell or otherwise dispose of a project; and

(b) you have deducted or can deduct amounts for project amounts in relation to that project; and

(c) on or after that day, you start to operate that project again; and

(d) it is reasonable to conclude that you did this for the main purpose of ensuring that deductions for project amounts in relation to that project would be worked out under section 40-832 of that Act;

the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to you as if the project had started to operate before 10 May 2006.

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S 40-832 inserted by No 55 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 5 item 4, effective 19 June 2006.

Subdivision 40-J - Ships depreciated under section 57AM of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936  

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Subdiv 40-J inserted by No 101 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 2 item 813, effective 14 September 2006. For application and savings provisions see the CCH Australian Income Tax Legislation archive.

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SECTION 40-840   Ships depreciated under section 57AM of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936  

40-840(1)    
This section applies if:

(a) you have deducted or can deduct amounts for a ship under section 57AM of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 as in force before its repeal by Schedule 1 to the Tax Laws Amendment (Repeal of Inoperative Provisions) Act 2006; and

(b) you hold the ship when this section commences.

40-840(2)    
Division 40 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to the ship after the commencement of this section.

40-840(3)    
For the purposes of that application:

(a) the cost of the ship when this section commences is its cost under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 just before that time; and

(b) the ship's adjustable value when this section commences is its depreciated value under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 just before that time; and

(c) paragraphs 40-285(1)(a) and (2)(a) have effect as if amounts you have deducted or can deduct under section 57AM of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, as in force before its repeal, are taken to be part of the ship's decline in value under Subdivision 40-B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

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S 40-840 renumbered from s 40-830 by No 64 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 3 item 123, effective 1 July 2020.

Former s 40-830 inserted by No 101 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 2 item 813, effective 14 September 2006. For application and savings provisions see the CCH Australian Income Tax Legislation archive.

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Div 41 and 42 repealed as inoperative by No 101 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 1 item 270, effective 14 September 2006. For application and savings provisions and for former wording see the CCH Australian Income Tax Legislation archive.

Division 43 - Deductions for capital works  

SECTION 43-100  

43-100   Application of Division 43 to quasi-ownership rights over land  
Division 43 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to quasi-ownership rights over land granted in respect of:

(a) capital works being a hotel building or an apartment building begun after 30 June 1997; and

(b) other capital works begun after 26 February 1992.

SECTION 43-105  

43-105   Application of subsections 43-50(1) and (2) to hotel buildings and apartment buildings  
Subsections 43-50(1) and (2) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 do not apply to capital works being a hotel building or an apartment building begun before 1 July 1997.

SECTION 43-110  

43-110   Application of subsection 43-75(3)  
Subsection 43-75(3) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 does not apply to capital works being a hotel building or an apartment building begun before 1 July 1997.

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S 43-110 inserted by No 16 of 1997.

Division 45 - Disposal of leases and leased plant  

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Div 45 inserted by No 169 of 1999.

SECTION 45-1  

45-1   Application of Division 45 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

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Division 45 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the income year in which 22 February 1999 occurs and later income years.

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S 45-1 inserted by No 169 of 1999.

SECTION 45-3   Application of Division 45 to disposals between February 1999 and September 1999  

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45-3(1)    
For disposals of plant or interests in plant on or after 22 February 1999 and before 11.45 am, by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory, on 21 September 1999, Division 45 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies with the modifications specified in this section.

45-3(2)    
That Division applies as if subsection 45-5(2) were replaced by this provision:

(2)
The amount included is the lesser of:

(a) the excess referred to in paragraph (1)(e); and

(b) the amounts you have deducted or can deduct for depreciation of the plant or, if you disposed of an interest in the plant, so much of those amounts as is attributable to that interest.

It is included for the income year in which the disposal occurred.

45-3(3)    
That Division applies as if paragraph 45-5(5)(a) were replaced by this provision:

(a) it is included in that assessable income under a provision of this Act outside this Division and Parts 3-1 and 3-3 (about capital gains and losses); or

45-3(4)    
That Division applies as if subsection 45-10(2) were replaced by this provision:

(2)
The amount included is the lesser of:

(a) the excess referred to in paragraph (1)(f); and

(b) that part of the amounts the partnership has deducted or can deduct for depreciation of the plant that has been or would be reflected in your interest in the partnership net income or partnership loss (your partnership amount ) or, if you disposed of part of your interest in the plant, so much of your partnership amount as is attributable to that part of that interest.

It is included for the income year in which the disposal occurred.

45-3(5)    
That Division applies as if paragraph 45-10(5)(a) were replaced by this provision:

(a) it is included in that assessable income under a provision of this Act outside this Division and Parts 3-1 and 3-3 (about capital gains and losses); or

45-3(6)    
That Division applies as if this section were added at the end of that Division:

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SECTION 45-40   Application of Division to plant formerly owned by exempt entities  

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45-40(1)    
There are the consequences set out in this table for a transition entity that disposes of the plant, interest in plant or interest (or part) in a partnership to an entity specified in subsection (3).

Consequences for transition entities
Item	In this situation:	There are these consequences:
1	The entity chooses, under section 58-20, that depreciation deductions and balancing adjustments are to be calculated by reference to the notional written down value of plant	(a)	section 45-5 has effect as if paragraph 45-5(2)(b) were omitted and replaced by paragraph 58-85(8)(a); and
		(b)	section 45-10 has effect as if paragraph 45-10(2)(b) operated on that part of the amount worked out under paragraph 58-85(8)(a) that has been or would be reflected in the entity's interest in the partnership net income or partnership loss if that amount were an amount deducted for depreciation of the plant.
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2	The entity chooses, under section 58-20, that depreciation deductions and balancing adjustments are to be calculated by reference to the undeducted pre-existing audited book value of plant	(a)	section 45-5 has effect as if paragraph 45-5(2)(b) were omitted and replaced by paragraph 58-145(8)(a); and
		(b)	section 45-10 has effect as if paragraph 45-10(2)(b) operated on that part of the amount worked out under paragraph 58-145(8)(a) that has been or would be reflected in the entity's interest in the partnership net income or partnership loss if that amount were an amount deducted for depreciation of the plant.

45-40(2)    
There are the consequences set out in this table for an entity that:

(a)    acquired the plant from a tax exempt vendor in connection with the acquisition of a business; and

(b)    disposes of the plant, interest in plant or interest (or part) in a partnership to an entity specified in subsection (3).

Consequences for transition entities
Item	In this situation:	There are these consequences:
1	The entity chooses, under section 58-155, that depreciation deductions and balancing adjustments are to be calculated by reference to the notional written down value of plant	(a)	section 45-5 has effect as if paragraph 45-5(2)(b) were omitted and replaced by paragraph 58-215(3)(a); and
		(b)	section 45-10 has effect as if paragraph 45-10(2)(b) operated on that part of the amount worked out under paragraph 58-215(3)(a) that has been or would be reflected in the entity's interest in the partnership net income or partnership loss if that amount were an amount deducted for depreciation of the plant.
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2	The entity chooses, under section 58-155, that depreciation deductions and balancing adjustments are to be calculated by reference to the undeducted pre-existing audited book value of plant	(a)	section 45-5 has effect as if paragraph 45-5(2)(b) were omitted and replaced by paragraph 58-270(3)(a); and
		(b)	section 45-10 has effect as if paragraph 45-10(2)(b) operated on that part of the amount worked out under paragraph 58-270(3)(a) that has been or would be reflected in the entity's interest in the partnership net income or partnership loss if that amount were an amount deducted for depreciation of the plant.

45-40(3)    
The entities are:

(a)    an exempt entity; or

(b)    the trustee of a complying superannuation fund; or

(c)    the trustee of a complying approved deposit fund; or

(d)    the trustee of a pooled superannuation trust; or

(e)    an entity that is not an Australian resident; or

(f)    an entity that is a State/Territory body for the purposes of Division 1AB of Part III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 and whose income is exempt under that Division.

Apportionment

45-40(4)    
If the entity concerned disposed of an interest in the plant rather than the plant (for a paragraph 45-5(2)(b) case), instead of the amount worked out under the table in subsection (1) or (2), the entity uses so much of that amount as is attributable to that interest.

45-40(5)    
If the entity concerned disposed of part of its interest in the plant rather than all of it (for a paragraph 45-10(2)(b) case), instead of the amount worked out under the table in subsection (1) or (2), the entity uses so much of that amount as is attributable to that part of that interest.

PART 2-15 - NON-ASSESSABLE INCOME  

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Pt 2-15 heading substituted by No 124 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 11 item 7, applicable in relation to income years starting on or after 1 July 2008. The heading formerly read:

PART 2-15 - EXEMPT INCOME

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Division 50 - Exempt entities  

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Div 50 inserted by No 121 of 1997.

SECTION 50-1  

50-1   Application of Division 50 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

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Division 50 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the 1997-98 income year and later income years.

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S 50-1 inserted by No 121 of 1997.

SECTION 50-50  

50-50   Charities established prior to 1 July 1997  

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Disregard the use of the following amounts in determining (for the purposes of Subdivision 50-A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997) whether a fund established before 1 July 1997 operates and pursues its purposes in Australia:

(a) an amount received by the entity before 1 July 1997;

(b) an amount derived from an amount mentioned in paragraph (a) or this paragraph.

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S 50-50 amended by No 124 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 11 item 4, by omitting ", as amended by Schedules 1 and 2 to the Tax Laws Amendment (Special Conditions for Not-for-profit Concessions) Act 2012", effective 3 December 2012.

S 50-50 inserted by No 169 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 item 40, effective 3 December 2012.

Division 51 - Exempt amounts  

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Div 51 inserted by No 121 of 1997.

SECTION 51-1  

51-1   Application of Division 51 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

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Division 51 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the 1997-98 income year and later income years.

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S 51-1 inserted by No 121 of 1997.

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Division 52 - Certain pensions, benefits and allowances are exempt from income tax  

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Div 52 inserted by No 121 of 1997.

SECTION 52-1  

52-1   Application of Division 52 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

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Division 52 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the 1997-98 income year and later income years.

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S 52-1 inserted by No 121 of 1997.

52-5   (Repealed) SECTION 52-5 Application of Subdivision 52-D of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  
(Repealed by No 83 of 1999)

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S 52-5 inserted by No 196 of 1997.

Division 53 - Various exempt payments  

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Div 53 inserted by No 121 of 1997.

SECTION 53-1  

53-1   Application of Division 53 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

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Division 53 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the 1997-98 income year and later income years.

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S 53-1 inserted by No 121 of 1997.

Division 54 - Exemption for certain payments made under structured settlements and structured orders  

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Div 54 inserted by No 139 of 2002.

SECTION 54-1   Application of Division 54 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

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54-1(1)    
Division 54 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the 2001-2002 income year and later income years.

54-1(2)    
However, the Division does not apply unless the date of the settlement or order is 26 September 2001 or a later date.

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S 54-1 inserted by No 139 of 2002.

Division 55 - Payments that are not exempt from income tax  

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Div 55 inserted by No 121 of 1997.

SECTION 55-1  

55-1   Application of Division 55 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

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Division 55 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the 1997-98 income year and later income years.

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S 55-1 inserted by No 121 of 1997.

Division 59 - Particular amounts of non-assessable non-exempt income  

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Div 59 inserted by No 124 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 11 item 8, applicable in relation to income years starting on or after 1 July 2008.

Subdivision 59-N - Native title benefits  

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Subdiv 59-N inserted by No 124 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 11 item 8, applicable in relation to income years starting on or after 1 July 2008.

SECTION 59-50  

59-50   Indigenous holding entities  

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Without limiting subsection 59-50(6) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, an entity was an Indigenous holding entity at a time if:

(a) the time occurred:

(i) during an income year starting on or after 1 July 2008; and

(ii) before the commencement of Chapter 2 of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012; and

(b) at that time, the entity was endorsed under Subdivision 50-B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 as exempt from income tax because the entity was covered by item 1.1, 1.5, 1.5A or 1.5B of the table in section 50-5 of that Act, as in force at that time.

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S 59-50 inserted by No 124 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 11 item 8, applicable in relation to income years starting on or after 1 July 2008.

PART 2-20 - TAX OFFSETS  

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Pt 2-20 inserted by No 80 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 6 item 8, effective 30 June 2006.

Division 61 - Generally applicable tax offsets  

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Div 61 inserted by No 80 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 6 item 8, effective 30 June 2006.

Subdivision 61-L - Tax offset for Medicare levy surcharge (lump sum payments in arrears)  

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Subdiv 61-L inserted by No 80 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 6 item 8, effective 30 June 2006.

SECTION 61-575  

61-575   Application of Subdivision 61-L of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997  

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Subdivision 61-L (Tax offset for Medicare levy surcharge (lump sum payments in arrears)) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the 2005-06 income year and later income years.

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S 61-575 inserted by No 80 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 6 item 8, effective 30 June 2006.

(Repealed) Division 67 - Refundable tax offset rules  

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Div 67 repealed by No 8 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 8 item 47, effective 1 April 2019.

Div 67 inserted by No 88 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 5 item 10, effective 29 June 2013.

(Repealed) Subdivision 67-L - Notices of totals of tax offset refunds for 2012-13 income year  

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Subdiv 67-L repealed by No 8 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 8 item 47, effective 1 April 2019.

Subdiv 67-L inserted by No 88 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 5 item 10, effective 29 June 2013.

(Repealed) Giving notices

67-100   (Repealed) SECTION 67-100 Notices of total of tax offset refunds  
(Repealed by No 8 of 2019)

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S 67-100 repealed by No 8 of 2019, s 3 and Sch 8 item 47, effective 1 April 2019. S 67-100 formerly read:

SECTION 67-100 Notices of total of tax offset refunds  
67-100(1)
The Commissioner may at any time give you a notice specifying:

(a) the amount the Commissioner has ascertained as being the total of your tax offset refunds for the 2012-13 income year; or

(b) that the Commissioner has ascertained that you can get no such refunds for the 2012-13 income year.

Note:

The total of your tax offset refunds for later income years is included in your assessment for those years: see Part IV of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

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S 67-100(1) amended by No 88 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 5 item 21, applicable to assessments made on or after 1 July 2013 for the 2013-14 income year or later income years.

67-100(2)
The notice may be included in any notice the Commissioner gives to you, including a notice