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Authorisation Number: 1012983869616

Date of advice: 11 March 2016

Ruling

Subject: Small Business Concessions

Question

Will the Commissioner exercise his discretion under subsection 152-80(3) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA 1997) to extend the time limit until XX/XX/XXXX to allow the small business concessions to be applied to the properties that were acquired by you?

Answer

Yes.

This ruling applies for the following period

Year ended 30 June 20XX

Year ended 30 June 20XX

The scheme commences on

1 July 20XX

Relevant facts and circumstances

The deceased had owned X blocks of land.

These blocks were left to you in the will of the deceased.

The will was subsequently contested, preventing you from disposing of the properties as intended.

For you to put the blocks on the market, you had to prepare the blocks for sale.

Due to the nature of the blocks of land not being premium farming land they have been slow to sell, but have been actively marketed.

The deceased would have been entitled to access the small business CGT concessions prior to their death.

Settlement date for the final block of land was XX/XX/XXXX.

Relevant legislative provisions

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 152-80

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Subsection 152-80(3)

Reasons for decision

Section 152-80 of the ITAA 1997 allows either the legal personal representative of an estate or the beneficiary to apply the small business CGT concessions in respect of the sale of the deceased's asset in certain circumstances.

Specifically, the following conditions must be met:

In determining whether the discretion to allow further time would be exercised, the Commissioner has considered the following factors:

Having regards to your full circumstances and the above principles, the Commissioner will allow an extension of time until XX/XX/XXXX.


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