Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

CHAPTER 2 - LIABILITY RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION  

PART 2-10 - CAPITAL ALLOWANCES: RULES ABOUT DEDUCTIBILITY OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE  

Division 40 - Capital allowances  

Subdivision 40-F - Primary production depreciating assets  

Operative provisions

SECTION 40-565   Extra deduction for destruction of a horticultural plant  

40-565(1)    


You can deduct the amount worked out under subsection (2) for a * horticultural plant for an income year if its * effective life is 3 years or more and it is destroyed during the income year while you own it and use it for * commercial horticulture.

40-565(2)    


Work out your deduction as follows: Method statement

Step 1.

Work out the total of the amounts you could have deducted under this Subdivision for the * horticultural plant for the period:

  • (a) starting when the plant could first be used for * commercial horticulture; and
  • (b) ending when it was destroyed;
  • assuming that, during that period, you satisfied a condition in section 40-525 for the plant and used it for commercial horticulture.


    Step 2.

    Subtract from the capital expenditure that is attributable to the establishment of the * horticultural plant:

  • (a) the result from step 1; and
  • (b) any amount you received (under an insurance policy or otherwise) for the destruction.
  • The remaining amount (if any) is your deduction under subsection (1).


    40-565(3)    


    This deduction is in addition to any deduction for the income year under section 40-545 .

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