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Authorisation Number: 1051322192544

Date of advice: 21 December 2017

Ruling

Subject: Deductibility of expenditure, capital gains tax and the application of Part IVA

The ruling relates to an arrangement that the taxpayer entered into concerning a vertically integrated business that included mining operations, the deductibility of associated expenditure, capital gains tax, and the following provisions of the income tax legislation:

Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 Part IVA

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 8-1

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 40-25

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 40-30

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 40-40

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 40-85

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 40-185

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 40-190

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 40-285

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 40-295

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 40-300

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 40-305

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 40-735

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 40-755

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 104-10

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 108-5

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 705-47

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Section 705-70

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Division 711