ATO Interpretative Decision

ATO ID 2003/487 (Withdrawn)

Income Tax

Application of section 82KZMG of ITAA 1936 if trees are grown for their produce
FOI status: may be released

This ATO ID is withdrawn from the database because it contains a view in respect of section 82KZMG of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936. That section does not apply for the 2008-09 income year and later income years. This ATO ID continues to be a precedential view in respect of decisions for income years up to, and including, the 2007-08 income year.

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Issue

Does the concession in section 82KZMG of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (ITAA 1936), apply to allow an immediate deduction for certain prepaid expenditure incurred under a plantation forestry managed agreement, when the trees are planted and tended for their produce such as bark, fruit or leaves?

Decision

No. Section 82KZMG of the ITAA 1936 only applies if the trees are planted and tended for felling.

Facts

A taxpayer prepays an investment of $10,000 in a managed agreement to plant and tend trees that will be harvested annually for their fruit and bark. The prepaid investment relates to seasonally dependent agronomic activities that must be undertaken by the manager during the establishment period of the planting of trees.

Reasons for Decision

Paragraph 82KZMG(3)(a) of the ITAA 1936 provides that section 82KZMG of the ITAA 1936 will only apply where the agreement is for the planting and tending of trees for felling.

Accordingly, the requirement in paragraph 82KZMG(3)(a) of the ITAA 1936 is not satisfied.

Date of decision: 11 June 2003

Year of income: Year ended 30 June 2003

Legislative References:
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
section 82KZMG
subsection 82KZMG(3)

Related Public Rulings (including Determinations)
Taxation Determination TD 2003/12

Related ATO Interpretative Decisions
ATO ID 2003/488

Keywords
Advance expenses & payments for certain forestry expenditure
Deductions & expenses
Forestry agreement
Seasonally dependent agronomic activity

Business Line: Finance and Investment Centre of Expertise

Date of publication: 27 June 2003

ISSN: 1445-2782

history

	Date:	Version:
	11 June 2003	Original statement
You are here	6 July 2012	Archived

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