Tax Laws Amendment (2004 Measures No. 2) Act 2004 (83 of 2004)

Schedule 1 Life insurance companies

Add:

(9) Division 42 has effect in relation to an asset covered by subsection (6), (7) or (8) as if:

(a) in relation to the sale of the asset that is taken to have occurred under that subsection:

(i) the sale were a *balancing adjustment event; and

(ii) the *termination value of the asset for that event were equal to the consideration for the sale; and

(iii) the company had ceased to be the owner or *quasi-owner of the asset at the time of the sale; and

(b) in relation to the purchase of the asset that is taken to have occurred under that subsection:

(i) the company had only become the owner or quasi-owner of the asset after the purchase; and

(ii) the asset's cost were equal to the consideration for the purchase under that subsection; and

(iii) the company had acquired the asset from an *associate of the company.

Note: This means that, amongst other things, as a result of the transfer:

· the asset's cost for the purposes of working out a deduction under Division 42 is reset; and

· the company's assessable income might be adjusted under section 42-30 if the transfer is a transfer to the company's segregated exempt assets.