Part C – Instructions for companies, trusts and funds (entities)

Are you an individual?

If you are completing a tax return on behalf of an individual (rather than an entity) and you do not wish to use the worksheets, read part B.

If you need help completing the:

Capital gain or capital loss worksheet (PDF, 127KB), read step 1 of this part (ignoring the word ‘entity’)

CGT summary worksheet 2014 (PDF, 169KB), read steps 2 and 3in this part.

Is your entity a company, trust or fund?

Read this part.

Do you expect your entity’s total capital gains or total capital losses for the 2013–14 income year to be $10,000 or less?

Yes	Work through steps 1 to 3.
No	Work through steps 1 to 4. Step 4 will show you how to complete the CGT schedule.

Introduction

The instructions in this part are designed to help companies, trusts and funds (your entity) to calculate a capital gain or capital loss and to complete the capital gains items on the relevant tax return:

• Company tax return 2014 item 7
• Trust tax return 2014 item 21
• Fund income tax return 2014 item 10
• Self-managed superannuation fund annual return 2014 item 11.

Funds include superannuation funds, approved deposit funds and pooled superannuation trusts.

A self-managed superannuation fund is a fund with fewer than five members that meets the requirements of section 17A of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993.

The labels to complete at these items on your entity’s tax return are:

• G Did you have a CGT event during the year?
• M Have you applied an exemption or rollover?
• A Net capital gain

You will also need to complete V Net capital losses carried forward to later income years at the Losses information item on your entity’s tax return.

The relevant item number on each tax return is:

• Company tax return 2014 item 13
• Trust tax return 2014 item 27
• Fund income tax return 2014 item 13
• Self-managed superannuation fund annual return 2014 item 14.

Worksheets

The worksheets provided in this guide are the:

• Capital gain or capital loss worksheet (PDF, 127KB) (to calculate the capital gain or capital loss from each CGT event)
• CGT summary worksheet 2014 (PDF, 169KB) for 2013 tax returns (to calculate the net capital gain for the 2013–14 income year or net capital losses carried forward to later income years and to complete the CGT labels on the 2014 tax return).

You can print out the worksheets and complete them as you work through this part.

The worksheets are optional and your entity may prefer to use a different worksheet or a computer-based alternative. We have used these worksheets throughout this part of the guide as examples to help you complete the capital gains item on your entity’s tax return, and a CGT schedule if this is required.

CGT schedule

Your entity must complete this schedule for the 2013–14 income year if the:

• total current year capital gains are greater than $10,000, or
• total current year capital losses are greater than $10,000.

If your entity is required to complete a CGT schedule, you must attach it to your entity’s 2014 tax return.

In the worksheets and CGT schedule at the back of this guide, ‘current year capital gain’ (CYCG), ‘current year capital losses’ (CYCL) and ‘prior year net capital losses’ (PYNCL) refer to ‘current income year’ and ‘prior income year’.

Steps you need to take

The completion of the CGT labels on your entity’s 2014 tax return involves a three-step process (for entities with capital gains or capital losses under the $10,000 threshold) or a four-step process (for entities with capital gains or capital losses over the $10,000 threshold):

• Step 1 Calculate the capital gain or capital loss for each CGT event that happens during the 2013–14 income year using the Capital gain or capital loss worksheet.
• Step 2 Calculate the net capital gain for the 2013–14 income year or net capital losses carried forward to later income years using the CGT summary worksheet.
• Step 3 Complete the capital gains item on your entity’s tax return.
• Step 4 If required, complete a CGT schedule.