CHAPTER 3
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SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES
PART 3-10
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FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
History
Part 3-10 inserted by No 72 of 2001.
Division 250
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Assets put to tax preferred use
History
Div 250 inserted by
No 164 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 25 September 2007.
No 164 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 1 item 71 contains the following application provision:
Application
(1)
Subject to subitems (4), (6) and (8), Division 250 applies in relation to a tax preferred use of an asset if, and only if, the tax preferred use:
(a)
starts on or after 1 July 2007; and
(b)
does not occur under a legally enforceable arrangement that was entered into before 1 July 2007.
(2)
This subitem applies to an asset that is put to a tax preferred use if:
(a)
the tax preferred use starts on or after 1 July 2007; and
(b)
the tax preferred use occurs under a legally enforceable arrangement that was entered into before 1 July 2007; and
(c)
but for this subitem:
(i)
section
51AD
would apply to the asset in relation to a taxpayer; or
(ii)
Division
16D
would apply to the asset; and
(d)
you elect to have this subitem apply to the asset.
(3)
An election under paragraph (2)(d) in relation to an asset that is put to a tax preferred use:
(a)
must be made by the day you lodge your income tax return for the income year in which the tax preferred use starts; and
(b)
must be made for the whole of the arrangement period for the tax preferred use of the asset; and
(c)
must extend to all assets that are, or are to be, put to a tax preferred use under the arrangement under which the asset is put to that use; and
(d)
is irrevocable.
(4)
If subitem (2) applies:
(a)
section
51AD
and Division
16D
do not apply to the asset; and
(b)
Division 250 applies to the tax preferred use of the asset.
(5)
This subitem applies to an asset that is put to a tax preferred use if:
(a)
the tax preferred use starts on or after 1 July 2007; and
(b)
the tax preferred use occurs under a legally enforceable arrangement that was entered into before 1 July 2007; and
(c)
immediately before 1 July 2007:
(i)
section
51AD
did not apply to the asset in relation to a taxpayer; and
(ii)
Division
16D
did not apply to the asset; and
(d)
the arrangement referred to in paragraph (b) is materially altered on or after 1 July 2007; and
(e)
but for this subitem and subitem (6):
(i)
section
51AD
would apply to the asset in relation to a taxpayer immediately after the alteration; or
(ii)
Division
16D
would apply to the asset immediately after the alteration.
For the purposes of applying paragraph (c), assume that the asset was in existence and was being put to the tax preferred use immediately before 1 July 2007.
(6)
If subitem (5) applies:
(a)
section
51AD
and Division
16D
do not apply to the asset; and
(b)
Division 250 applies to the tax preferred use of the asset after the alteration instead.
(7)
This subitem applies to an asset that is put to a tax preferred use if:
(a)
the tax preferred use started before 1 July 2007; and
(b)
immediately before 1 July 2007:
(i)
section
51AD
did not apply to the asset in relation to a taxpayer; and
(ii)
Division
16D
did not apply to the asset; and
(c)
the arrangement under which the tax preferred use of the asset occurs is materially altered on or after 1 July 2007; and
(d)
but for this subitem and subitem (8):
(i)
section
51AD
would apply to the asset in relation to a taxpayer immediately after the alteration; or
(ii)
Division
16D
would apply to the asset immediately after the alteration.
(8)
If subitem (7) applies:
(a)
section
51AD
and Division
16D
do not apply to the asset; and
(b)
Division 250 applies to the tax preferred use of the asset after the alteration instead.
(9)
For the purposes of applying subparagraphs (5)(c)(ii) and (e)(ii) and (7)(b)(ii) and (d)(ii), disregard the operation of section
159GL
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
.
(10)
For the purposes of applying Division 250 to the tax preferred use of an asset in accordance with subitem (6) or (8), the
arrangement period
for the tax preferred use of the asset is taken to start on the day on which the alteration referred to in paragraph (5)(d) or (7)(c) occurs.
(11)
Section
51AD
does not apply to an asset for the income year commencing on 1 July 2007, or a later income year, if:
(a)
the asset is put to a tax preferred use under a legally enforceable arrangement; and
(b)
the arrangement was entered into before 1 July 2007; and
(c)
the tax preferred use of the asset starts on or after 1 July 2003 and before 1 July 2007.
…
(13)
In this item:
arrangement
has the same meaning as in the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
.
asset
includes property (within the meaning of section
51AD
and Division
16D
).
Division 16D
means Division
16D
of Part
III
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
.
Division 250
means Division 250 of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
.
section 51AD
means section
51AD
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
.
tax preferred use
has the same meaning as in the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
.
Subdivision 250-E
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Taxation of deemed loan
History
Subdiv 250-E inserted by
No 164 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 25 September 2007. For application provision, see note under Div
250
heading.
The accruals method
SECTION 250-255
When to re-estimate
When re-estimation necessary
250-255(1)
You re-estimate a gain or loss from the *financial arrangement under subsection (4) if circumstances arise that materially affect:
(a)
the amount or value; or
(b)
the timing;
of *financial benefits that were taken into account in working out the amount of the gain or loss. You must re-estimate the gain or loss as soon as reasonably practicable after you become aware of the circumstances referred to in paragraph (b).
250-255(2)
Without limiting subsection (1), the following are circumstances of the kind referred to in paragraph (1)(b):
(a)
a material change in market conditions that are relevant to the amount or value of the *financial benefits to be received or provided under the *financial arrangement;
(b)
cash flows that were previously estimated becoming known and the difference between the cash flows that become known and the cash flows that were previously estimated is not insignificant;
(c)
a right to, or a part of a right to, a financial benefit under the arrangement is written off as a bad debt.
250-255(3)
You do not re-estimate a gain or loss from a *financial arrangement under subsection (4) merely because of any one or more of the following:
(a)
a change in the credit rating, or the creditworthiness, of a party or parties to the financial arrangement;
(b)
the impairment (within the meaning of the *accounting standards) of the arrangement or a debt that forms part of the arrangement.
Nature of re-estimation
250-255(4)
Making a re-estimation in relation to a gain or loss under this subsection involves:
(a)
a fresh determination of the amount of the gain or loss; and
(b)
a reapplication of the accruals method to the redetermined gain or loss to make a fresh allocation of the part of the redetermined gain or loss that has not already been allocated to intervals ending before the re-estimation is made to intervals ending after the re-estimation is made.
Basis for re-estimation
250-255(5)
You may make the fresh allocation of the gain or loss under subsection (4) on either of the following bases:
(a)
by maintaining the rate of return being used and adjusting the amount to which you apply the rate of return to the present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the maintained rate of return;
(b)
adjusting the rate of return and maintaining the amount to which you apply the rate of return.
The object to be achieved by both bases is allow you to bring the remainder of the gain or loss based on the new estimates properly to account over the remainder of the period over which you spread the gain or loss.
[
CCH Note:
The wording of the paragraph immediately after para (b) in s 250-255(5) reflects the wording in Act
No 164 of 2007
as assented.]
250-255(6)
If you adopt a particular basis under subsection (5) for a gain or loss from the *financial arrangement, you must use the same basis for all the re-estimations you make under this section in relation to your gains and losses from all your financial arrangements.
Balancing adjustment if rate of return maintained
250-255(7)
If you make a fresh allocation of the gain or loss on the basis referred to in paragraph (5)(a), you must make the following balancing adjustment:
(a)
if you re-estimate a gain and the amount to which you apply the rate of return increases
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you make a gain from the *financial arrangement, for the income year in which you make the re-estimation, equal to the amount of the increase;
(b)
if you re-estimate a gain and the amount to which you apply the rate of return decreases
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you make a loss from the arrangement, for the income year in which you make the re-estimation, equal to the amount of the decrease;
(c)
if you re-estimate a loss and the amount to which you apply the rate of return increases
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you make a loss from the arrangement, for the income year in which you make the re-estimation, equal to the amount of the increase;
(d)
if you re-estimate a loss and the amount to which you apply the rate of return decreases
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you make a gain from the arrangement, the income year in which you make the re-estimation, equal to the amount of the decrease.
History
S 250-255 inserted by
No 164 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 25 September 2007. For application provision, see note under Div
250
heading.