CHAPTER 3
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SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES
PART 3-1
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CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES: GENERAL TOPICS
History
Pt 3-1 inserted by No 46 of 1998.
Division 104
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CGT events
History
Div 104 inserted by No 46 of 1998.
Subdivision 104-I
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Australian residency ends
SECTION 104-165
Exception for individuals
104-165(1)
(Repealed by No 32 of 2006)
History
S 104-165(1) repealed by No 32 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 1 item 20, applicable if the relevant CGT event happens on or after 1 July 2006. S 104-165(1) formerly read:
Short term Australian residents
104-165(1)
A *capital gain or *capital loss from a *CGT asset covered by *CGT event I1 is disregarded if you are an individual and you were an Australian resident for less than 5 years during the 10 years before you stopped being one and:
(a)
you owned the asset before last becoming one; or
(b)
you *acquired the asset (after last becoming one) because of someone
'
s death.
S 104-165(1) amended by No 41 of 2005.
Choosing to disregard making a gain or loss
104-165(2)
If you are an individual, you can choose to disregard making a *capital gain or a *capital loss from all *CGT assets covered by *CGT event I1.
104-165(3)
If you do so choose, each of those assets is taken to be *taxable Australian property until the earlier of:
(a)
a *CGT event happening in relation to the asset, if the CGT event involves you ceasing to own the asset;
(b)
you again becoming an Australian resident.
Note:
If you are an individual who was in Australia on 6 April 2006, and you remain an Australian resident from that day until you stop being one, and you were an Australian resident for less than 5 years during the 10 years before you stopped being one, see section
104-166
of the
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
.
History
S 104-165(3) amended by
No 168 of 2006
, s 3 and Sch 4 items 6 and 7, by substituting
"
be *taxable Australian property
"
for
"
have the *necessary connection with Australia
"
and inserting
"
, if the CGT event involves you ceasing to own the asset
"
after
"
asset
"
in para (a), applicable to CGT events that happen on or after 12 December 2006.
S 104-165(3) amended by No 41 of 2005.
S 104-165 amended by
No 168 of 2006
, s 3 and Sch 4 item 8, by inserting the note at the end, applicable to CGT events that happen on or after 12 December 2006.
S 104-165 inserted by No 46 of 1998.