CHAPTER 3
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SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES
PART 3-45
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RULES FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS
Division 328
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Small business entities
History
Div 328 (heading) substituted by
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 1, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years. The heading formerly read:
Division 328
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STS taxpayers
Div 328 inserted by No 78 of 2001.
Subdivision 328-D
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Capital allowances for small business entities
History
Subdiv 328-D (heading) substituted by
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 3, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years. The heading formerly read:
Subdivision 328-D
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Capital allowances for STS taxpayers
Subdiv 328-D inserted by No 78 of 2001.
Operative provisions
SECTION 328-185
Pooling
328-185(1)
If you are a *small business entity for an income year and you have chosen to use this Subdivision for that year, you deduct amounts for your
*
depreciating assets (except assets for which you have deducted or can deduct an amount under section
328-180
) through a pool, which allows you to deduct amounts for them as if they were a single asset, thereby simplifying your calculations. You use one rate for the pool.
History
S 328-185(1) amended by No 23 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 item 14, by omitting
"
*low-cost
"
before
"
assets for which you have deducted
"
, applicable in relation to the 2012-13 income year and later income years.
S 328-185(1) amended by
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 18, by substituting
"
If you are a *small business entity for an income year and you have chosen to use this Subdivision for that year
"
for
"
As an *STS taxpayer
"
, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.
328-185(2)
There is a
general small business pool
to which *depreciating assets are allocated.
History
S 328-185(2) substituted by No 23 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 item 15, applicable in relation to the 2012-13 income year and later income years. S 328-185(2) formerly read:
328-185(2)
There are 2 kinds of pools:
(a)
a
general small business pool
to which
*
depreciating assets having
*
effective lives of less than 25 years are allocated; and
(b)
a
long life small business pool
to which depreciating assets having effective lives of 25 years or more are allocated.
S 328-185(2) amended by
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 items 19 and 20, by substituting
"
general small business pool
"
for
"
general STS pool
"
in para (a) and substituting
"
long life small business pool
"
for
"
long life STS pool
"
in para (b), applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.
Allocating assets to a pool
328-185(3)
A
*
depreciating asset:
(a)
that you
*
hold just before, and at the start of, the first income year for which you are, or last were, a *small business entity; and
(b)
for which you calculate your deductions under this Subdivision instead of under Division
40
; and
(c)
that has not previously been allocated to your
*
general small business pool; and
(d)
that you have started to use, or have
*
installed ready for use, for a
*
taxable purpose;
is automatically allocated to your general small business pool.
History
S 328-185(3) amended by No 23 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 items 16
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17, by omitting
"
or *long life small business pool
"
after
"
*general small business pool
"
in para (c), and omitting
"
or long life small business pool according to its *effective life
"
from the end of the subsection, applicable in relation to the 2012-13 income year and later income years.
S 328-185(3) amended by
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 items 21 and 22, by substituting
"
were, a *small business entity
"
for
"
became, an *STS taxpayer
"
in para (a) and substituting
"
small business pool
"
for
"
STS pool
"
(wherever occurring), applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.
328-185(4)
A
*
depreciating asset that you start to use, or have
*
installed ready for use, for a
*
taxable purpose during an income year for which you are a *small business entity and you choose to use this Subdivision is allocated to the *general small business pool at the end of that year.
Note:
The allocation happens even if you no longer hold the asset at the end of that income year.
History
S 328-185(4) amended by No 23 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 item 18, by substituting
"
*general small business
"
for
"
appropriate
"
, applicable in relation to the 2012-13 income year and later income years.
S 328-185(4) amended by
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 23, by substituting
"
for which you are a *small business entity and you choose to use this Subdivision
"
for
"
while you are an *STS taxpayer
"
, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.
Exception for assets used or installed before 1 July 2001
328-185(5)
You can choose not to have a
*
depreciating asset allocated to the *general small business pool if you started to use it, or have it
*
installed ready for use, for a
*
taxable purpose before 1 July 2001.
Note:
If you make this choice, you would continue to deduct amounts for the asset under Division
40
.
History
S 328-185(5) amended by No 23 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 item 20, by substituting
"
the *general small business pool
"
for
"
a *long life small business pool to which it would otherwise have been allocated
"
, applicable in relation to the 2012-13 income year and later income years.
S 328-185(5) amended by
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 24, by substituting
"
small business
"
for
"
STS
"
, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.
328-185(6)
You must make that choice for the first income year for which you are a *small business entity and you choose to use this Subdivision. Once you have made the choice for an asset, you cannot change it.
History
S 328-185(6) amended by
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 25, by substituting
"
a *small business entity and you choose to use this Subdivision
"
for
"
an *STS taxpayer
"
, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years.
No re-allocation
328-185(7)
Once a
*
depreciating asset is allocated to your
*
general small business pool, it is not re-allocated, even if you are not a *small business entity for a later income year or you do not choose to use this Subdivision for that later year.
Note:
If you chose to use this Subdivision for an income year, you continue to use it for your general small business pool for a later income year even if you are not a small business entity, or do not choose to use this Subdivision, for the later year: see section
328-220
.
History
S 328-185(7) amended by No 23 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 items 21
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23, by omitting
"
or *long life small business pool
"
after
"
*general small business pool
"
, substituting
"
general small business pool
"
for
"
small business pools
"
in the note, and repealing the example at the end, applicable in relation to the 2012-13 income year and later income years. The example formerly read:
Example:
Greg is not a small business entity for the 2008-09 income year. At that time his long life small business pool contains one depreciating asset with an effective life of 26 years. Greg still holds that asset in the 2010-11 income year. Greg is a small business entity for that income year and chooses to use this Subdivision. The asset has remained in the pool since the end of the 2008-09 income year. The asset is not re-allocated when he recommences deducting amounts for depreciating assets under this Subdivision, even though its remaining effective life is now 24 years.
S 328-185(7) amended by
No 80 of 2007
, s 3 and Sch 3 items 26 to 29, by substituting
"
small business pool
"
for
"
STS pool
"
(wherever occurring), substituting
"
even if you are not a *small business entity for a later income year or you do not choose to use this Subdivision for that later year
"
for
"
even if you stop being an *STS taxpayer and again become one
"
, substituting the note and substituting the example, applicable in relation to the 2007-08 income year and later income years. The note and the example formerly read:
Note:
You continue to use this Subdivision for your STS pools after you leave the STS: see section
328-220
.
Example:
Greg chooses to leave the STS for the 2002-03 income year. At that time, his long life STS pool contains one depreciating asset that has an effective life of 28 years.
When Greg chooses to re-enter the STS for the 2008-09 income year, he still holds that asset. The asset has remained in the pool since Greg left the STS and is not re-allocated when he re-enters, even though its remaining effective life is now 22 years.
History
S 328-185 inserted by No 78 of 2001.