Taxation Determination
TD 93/117
Income tax: can section 82KZM of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 apply to a prepayment for a service to be provided over a 12 month period?
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1. Yes. Section 82KZM applies to prepaid expenditure incurred under an agreement for a thing to be done over a 12 month period, if the agreement does not require the thing to be wholly done within 13 months after the day on which the prepaid expenditure is incurred.
2. Subdivision H of Division 3 of Part III comprising section 82KZL to section 82KZO has the effect of denying an immediate deduction for certain prepaid expenditure (except excluded expenditure as defined in subsection 82KZL(1) ) which is incurred under an agreement entered into after 25 May 1988. This expenditure which would otherwise be deductible under subsection 51(1) must be apportioned over the eligible service period.
3. The 'eligible service period' is defined in subsection 82KZL(1).
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- the day, or the first day, on which the thing to be done under the agreement may commence to be done, or
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- the day on which the expenditure is incurred.
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- the last day on which the thing to be done may cease to be done, or
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- 10 years from the beginning of the eligible service period.
Example:
Where an agreement provides for services to be provided over a 12 month period commencing at any time during the 1992 calendar year, the eligible service period will be the period from midnight on 31 December 1991 to midnight on 31 December 1993 (731 days).
If a prepayment of $10,000 for this service was made on 1 January 1992 the expenditure would be deductible as follows:
- Year ended 30/6/92 $2,490 ($10,000 x 182/731)
- Year ended 30/6/93 $4,993 ($10,000 x 365/731)
- Year ended 30/6/94 $2,517 ($10,000 x 184/731)
Commissioner of Taxation
24/6/93
Previously issued as Draft TD92/D223
References
ATO references:
NO NEW TD29
Related Rulings/Determinations:
TD 93/118
TD 93/119
Subject References:
premium
interest
leases
prepayments
eligible service period
Legislative References:
ITAA 51(1)
ITAA 82KZL
ITAA 82KZM