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Ruling
Subject: Interest expenses
Question
Are you entitled to a deduction under 8-1 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA 1997) for the interest you incur on your new loan?
Answer:
Yes
This ruling applies for the following period
Year ended 30 June 2013
The scheme commenced on
1 July 2012
Relevant facts and circumstances
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You will purchase a property in your name solely which you use as an income producing rental property.
You will fund this purchase by obtaining a private borrowing.
You will refinance the loan from a new loan from a bank in your name solely approximately six months after the purchase.
Relevant legislative provisions
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 8-1
Reasons for decision
Section 8-1 of the ITAA 1997 allows you a deduction for any loss or outgoing that is incurred in gaining or producing your assessable income, to the extent that it is not of a private, capital or domestic nature.
Whether interest has been incurred in the course of gaining or producing assessable income generally depends on the purpose of the borrowing and the use to which the borrowed funds are put.
Where a borrowing is used to acquire an assessable income producing asset, or relates to expenses of an assessable income producing activity, the interest on this borrowing is considered to be incurred in the course of gaining or producing assessable income. The character of a new loan which refinances a previous loan follows from that previous loan: Taxation Ruling TR 95/25
In your situation, it is accepted the new loan will refinance a borrowing referable to an income producing purpose. Accordingly you are entitled to a deduction for the interest incurred on the new loan in respect of your rental property.
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