Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
CHAPTER 3 - SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES
PART 3-1 - CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES: GENERAL TOPICS
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Hide history noteDivision 115 - Discount capital gains and trusts ' net capital gains
Subdivision 115-C - Rules about trusts with net capital gains
Operative provisions
SECTION 115-215 Assessing presently entitled beneficiaries
Purpose
115-215(1)
The purpose of this section is to ensure that appropriate amounts of the trust estate
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s net income attributable to the trust estate
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s *capital gains are treated as a beneficiary
'
s capital gains when assessing the beneficiary, so:
(a)
the beneficiary can apply *capital losses against gains; and
(b)
the beneficiary can apply the appropriate *discount percentage (if any) to gains.
115-215(2)
(Repealed by No 62 of 2011)
Extra capital gains
115-215(3)
If you are a beneficiary of the trust estate, for each *capital gain of the trust estate, Division 102 applies to you as if you had:
(a)
if the capital gain was not reduced under either step 3 of the method statement in subsection
102-5(1)
(discount capital gains) or Subdivision
152-C
(small business 50% reduction)
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a capital gain equal to the amount mentioned in subsection
115-225(1)
; and
(b)
if the capital gain was reduced under either step 3 of the method statement or Subdivision
152-C
but not both (even if it was further reduced by the other small business concessions)
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a capital gain equal to twice the amount mentioned in subsection
115-225(1)
; and
(c)
if the capital gain was reduced under both step 3 of the method statement and Subdivision
152-C
(even if it was further reduced by the other small business concessions)
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a capital gain equal to 4 times the amount mentioned in subsection
115-225(1)
.
Note:
This subsection does not affect the amount (if any) included in your assessable income under Division 6 of Part III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 because of the capital gain of the trust estate. However, Division 6E of that Part may have the effect of reducing the amount included in your assessable income under Division 6 of that Part by an amount related to the capital gain you have under this subsection.
115-215(4)
For each *capital gain of yours mentioned in paragraph (3)(b) or (c):
(a)
if the relevant trust gain was reduced under step 3 of the method statement in subsection
102-5(1)
-
Division
102
also applies to you as if your capital gain were a *discount capital gain, if you are the kind of entity that can have a discount capital gain; and
(b)
if the relevant trust gain was reduced under Subdivision
152-C
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the capital gain remaining after you apply step 3 of the method statement is reduced by 50%.
Note:
This ensures that your share of the trust estate ' s net capital gain is taxed as if it were a capital gain you made (assuming you made the same choices about cost bases including indexation as the trustee).
115-215(4A)
To avoid doubt, subsection (3) treats you as having a *capital gain for the purposes of Division 102 , despite section 102-20 .
Section 118-20 does not reduce extra capital gains
115-215(5)
To avoid doubt, section
118-20
does not reduce a *capital gain that subsection (3) treats you as having for the purpose of applying Division
102
.
115-215(6)
(Repealed by No 62 of 2011)
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