ATO Interpretative Decision

ATO ID 2001/731 (Withdrawn)

Income Tax

CGT-Deceased Estate - Cost base of CGT asset - legal costs to representing a family member who had been assaulted.
FOI status: may be released

This ATO ID is withdrawn as it is a simple statement of the law and does not contain an interpretative decision.

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Issue

Do legal costs incurred by the executor of a deceased estate in representing a family member who was assaulted form part of the cost base of the estate's assets pursuant to subsection 110-25(6) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA 1997)?

Decision

No, legal costs incurred in representing the family member do not form part of the cost base of the estate's assets under subsection 110-25(6) of the ITAA 1997.

Facts

The executor, in their capacity as solicitor for the late taxpayer's family, represented a relative of the deceased who was assaulted by another family member.

Reasons for Decision

The legal costs incurred in representing someone in relation to an alleged assault are not directly related to the assets of the deceased estate. Therefore they do not form part of the cost base of the assets of the estate as they are outside the operation of section 110-25 of the ITAA 1997.

Date of decision: 27 September 2001

Legislative References:
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
Section 110-25
Subsection 110-25(6)

Related ATO Interpretative Decisions
ATO ID 2001/729
ATO ID 2001/730
ATO ID 2001/732
ATO ID 2001/733
ATO ID 2001/734
ATO ID 2003/1048

Keywords
Capital gains tax
Capital gains
CGT asset issues
CGT cost base
CGT deceased estates
Capital Gains Tax CoE

Business Line: CoE(CGT)

Date of publication: 30 November 2001

ISSN: 1445-2782

history

	Date:	Version:
	27 September 2001	Original statement
You are here	20 July 2007	Archived

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