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Ruling
Subject: non-commercial losses
Question:
Is your business considered to have passed the assessable income test in the 2010-11 financial year?
Answer:
Yes.
This ruling applies for the following period
Year ended 30 June 2011
The scheme commenced on
1 March 2010
Relevant facts and circumstances
Half way through the 2011 financial year you commenced a business.
Had you been operating the business for the full financial year you would have expected to earn over $20,000 in assessable income.
For non-commercial loss purposes, your taxable income in the 2010-11 financial year was below $250,000.
Relevant legislative provisions
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 - Division 35
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 - section 35-10
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 - section 35-30
Reasons for decision
For the 2009-10 and later income years, Division 35 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 will apply to defer a non-commercial loss from a business activity unless:
· you satisfy the income requirement and you pass one of the four tests
· the exceptions apply, or
· the Commissioner exercises his discretion.
In your situation, none of the exceptions would apply and although you satisfy the income requirement, you do not meet any of the four tests in the years of income under consideration.
However, where a business activity is not in operation for the whole of an financial year, paragraph 35-30(b) of the ITAA 1997 applies, so that the assessable income test is then based on a reasonable estimate of what the assessable income from the business activity would have been if the activity was carried on for the whole of that year.
Taxation Ruling TR 2001/14 discusses instances of how a reasonable estimate may be made and includes where the amount that could have been derived for a full income year based on a pro rata calculation of the assessable income already derived for the part of the year.
In your case, it is reasonable to assume that you would have made over $20,000 in assessable income had you been operating for a full financial year.
Therefore your business activity is considered to have passed the assessable income test in the 2010-11 financial year.