Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
Part 3-10 inserted by No 72 of 2001.
Div 250 inserted by
No 164 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 25 September 2007.
No 164 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 1 item 71 contains the following application provision:
For the purposes of applying paragraph (c), assume that the asset was in existence and was being put to the tax preferred use immediately before 1 July 2007.
arrangement
asset
Division 16D
Division 250
section 51AD
tax preferred use
Application
(1)
Subject to subitems (4), (6) and (8), Division 250 applies in relation to a tax preferred use of an asset if, and only if, the tax preferred use:
(a)
starts on or after 1 July 2007; and
(b)
does not occur under a legally enforceable arrangement that was entered into before 1 July 2007.
(2)
This subitem applies to an asset that is put to a tax preferred use if:
(a)
the tax preferred use starts on or after 1 July 2007; and
(b)
the tax preferred use occurs under a legally enforceable arrangement that was entered into before 1 July 2007; and
(c)
but for this subitem:
(i)
section
51AD
would apply to the asset in relation to a taxpayer; or
(ii)
Division
16D
would apply to the asset; and
(d)
you elect to have this subitem apply to the asset.
(3)
An election under paragraph (2)(d) in relation to an asset that is put to a tax preferred use:
(a)
must be made by the day you lodge your income tax return for the income year in which the tax preferred use starts; and
(b)
must be made for the whole of the arrangement period for the tax preferred use of the asset; and
(c)
must extend to all assets that are, or are to be, put to a tax preferred use under the arrangement under which the asset is put to that use; and
(d)
is irrevocable.
(4)
If subitem (2) applies:
(a)
section
51AD
and Division
16D
do not apply to the asset; and
(b)
Division 250 applies to the tax preferred use of the asset.
(5)
This subitem applies to an asset that is put to a tax preferred use if:
(a)
the tax preferred use starts on or after 1 July 2007; and
(b)
the tax preferred use occurs under a legally enforceable arrangement that was entered into before 1 July 2007; and
(c)
immediately before 1 July 2007:
(i)
section
51AD
did not apply to the asset in relation to a taxpayer; and
(ii)
Division
16D
did not apply to the asset; and
(d)
the arrangement referred to in paragraph (b) is materially altered on or after 1 July 2007; and
(e)
but for this subitem and subitem (6):
(i)
section
51AD
would apply to the asset in relation to a taxpayer immediately after the alteration; or
(ii)
Division
16D
would apply to the asset immediately after the alteration.
(6)
If subitem (5) applies:
(a)
section
51AD
and Division
16D
do not apply to the asset; and
(b)
Division 250 applies to the tax preferred use of the asset after the alteration instead.
(7)
This subitem applies to an asset that is put to a tax preferred use if:
(a)
the tax preferred use started before 1 July 2007; and
(b)
immediately before 1 July 2007:
(i)
section
51AD
did not apply to the asset in relation to a taxpayer; and
(ii)
Division
16D
did not apply to the asset; and
(c)
the arrangement under which the tax preferred use of the asset occurs is materially altered on or after 1 July 2007; and
(d)
but for this subitem and subitem (8):
(i)
section
51AD
would apply to the asset in relation to a taxpayer immediately after the alteration; or
(ii)
Division
16D
would apply to the asset immediately after the alteration.
(8)
If subitem (7) applies:
(a)
section
51AD
and Division
16D
do not apply to the asset; and
(b)
Division 250 applies to the tax preferred use of the asset after the alteration instead.
(9)
For the purposes of applying subparagraphs (5)(c)(ii) and (e)(ii) and (7)(b)(ii) and (d)(ii), disregard the operation of section
159GL
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
.
(10)
For the purposes of applying Division 250 to the tax preferred use of an asset in accordance with subitem (6) or (8), the
arrangement period
for the tax preferred use of the asset is taken to start on the day on which the alteration referred to in paragraph (5)(d) or (7)(c) occurs.
(11)
Section
51AD
does not apply to an asset for the income year commencing on 1 July 2007, or a later income year, if:
(a)
the asset is put to a tax preferred use under a legally enforceable arrangement; and
(b)
the arrangement was entered into before 1 July 2007; and
(c)
the tax preferred use of the asset starts on or after 1 July 2003 and before 1 July 2007.
…
(13)
In this item:
has the same meaning as in the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
.
includes property (within the meaning of section
51AD
and Division
16D
).
means Division
16D
of Part
III
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
.
means Division 250 of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
.
means section
51AD
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
.
has the same meaning as in the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
.
Subdiv 250-B inserted by No 164 of 2007 , s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 25 September 2007. For application provision, see note under Div 250 heading.
SECTION 250-125 Effectively non-cancellable, long term arrangement test 250-125(1)
You lack a predominant economic interest in an asset at a particular time if:
(a) any *arrangement that relates to:
(i) the *tax preferred use of the asset; or
is *effectively non-cancellable (see section 250-130 ); and
(ii) the *financial benefits to be *provided by the *members of the tax preferred sector in relation to the tax preferred use of the asset;
(b) the *arrangement period for the tax preferred use of the asset is:
(i) greater than 30 years; or
(ii) if the arrangement period is less than or equal to 30 years - 75% or more of that part of the asset's *effective life that remains when the tax preferred use of the asset starts.
250-125(2)
Disregard section 40-102 in working out the asset's *effective life for the purposes of subparagraph (1)(b)(ii).
S 250-125 inserted by No 164 of 2007 , s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 25 September 2007. For application provision, see note under Div 250 heading.
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