Tax Law Improvement Act (No. 1) 1998 (46 of 1998)

7   Environment (new Division 400)

2   Consequential amendment of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

4   Section 40-30 (table items dealing with environmental impact studies and environment protection)

Repeal the items, substitute:

Environmental impact assessment

Expenditure on assessing the environmental impact of an income-producing project

Any entity with an income-producing project

Generally 10 years, but may be less, depending on the estimated life of the project

This is not applicable

Subdivision 400-A

Environmental protection activities

Expenditure incurred in dealing with pollution or waste

Any entity incurring expenditure to deal with pollution or waste from its income-producing activity or from or on the site of that activity

Immediate 100% write off

This is not applicable

Subdivision 400-B


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