Law Companion Guideline
LCG 2016/2A1 - Addendum
Small Business Restructure Roll-over: consequences of a roll over
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Addendum
This Addendum amends Draft Law Companion Guideline LCG 2016/D2 following consulation.
LCG 2016/D2 is amended as follows:
At the top of all pages, omit:
Page status: draft only - for comment
insert:
Page status: legally binding
2. First page header and all footers
Omit 'Draft Law Companion Guideline LCG 2016/D2'; substitute 'Law Companion Guideline LCG 2016/2'.
Omit the preamble; substitute:
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Relying on this Guideline
This Guideline is a public ruling for the purposes of the Taxation Administration Act 1953. This Guideline describes how the Commissioner will apply the law as amended by the Tax Laws Amendment (Small Business Restructure Roll over) Act 2016 to entities that rely on the Guideline in good faith. If you rely on this Guideline in good faith, you will not have to pay any underpaid tax, penalties or interest in respect of matters covered by the Guideline if it does not correctly state how a relevant provision applies to you. |
Omit:
| What this Guideline is about | 1 |
| Explanation | 4 |
| Your comments | 70 |
Insert:
| What this Guideline is about | 1 |
| Background | 4 |
(a) Omit 'draft' from the paragraph and heading.
(b) Before 'consequences', insert 'income taxes'.
(a) Omit 'draft' in all instances from the paragraph.
(b) Omit '2016/D3'; substitute '2016/3'.
(c) At the end of the paragraph insert 'and related matters'.
Omit 'draft' from the footnote.
(a) Omit 'Proposed date' from the heading, substitute 'Date'.
(b) Omit 'draft from the first line.
(c) Omit 'assets', substitute 'asset'.
(a) Omit 'Explanation' from the heading, substitute 'Background'.
(b) After the first instance of 'businesses' omit 'and', substitute 'which alter'.
After the paragraph insert;
5A. The SBRR does not affect other tax liabilities (for example, fringe benefits tax or goods and services tax), or prevent any liability for stamp duty from arising under State legislation. Existing obligations under other regulatory regimes, such as the corporations law, must still be complied with. Furthermore, care should be taken that any transactions involving a trust are within the power or duties of the trustee. The following examples are provided to illustrate these consequences.
(a) In the first dash of the first dot point omit 'No'; substitute 'no'.
(b) In the second dash of the first dot point omit 'The'; substitute 'the'.
(c) In the final dot point, after 'the' insert 'current'.
Omit (except petty cash)'; substitute '(except petty cash[4A])'.
(a) In the first sentence omit 'rollover'; substitute 'roll-over'.
(b) In the final dot point, omit '(that are not depreciating assets)'; substitute '(that are not depreciating assets[6A])'.
Omit '(,' ; substitute '('.
After the paragraph insert:
23A. If Pep and Sally transferred their shares in Vitamin Pty Ltd to the trustee of the newly established P&S Trust, Pep and Sally would not be able to choose to apply the SBRR for those shares.[16A]
In the second dot point, omit 'Assumption'; substitute 'assumptions'.
(a) Omit 'Where'; substitute 'Generally where'.
(b) Omit 'roll over costs'; substitute 'tax values[17A]'.
(c) After the paragraph insert new heading;
Step 1 - Tax values of assets
After the paragraph insert new heading;
Step 2 - Liabilities
After the paragraph insert new heading;
Step 3 - Consideration other than membership interests
(a) Omit 'calculated sum', substitute 'calculated sum[20A]'.
(b) After the paragraph insert new heading;
Step 4 - Cost base for new membership interest
In the second sentence omit 'rents out to'; substitute 'rents out'.
After '328-180(6)'; insert 'of the'.
In the final sentence omit 'Trust'; substitute 'trustee'.
Omit 'Subdivision 328-G', substitute 'Subdivision 328-G[25A]'
Omit 'This is because'; substitute 'This consequence is recognised because'.
At the second instance omit 'trust'; substitute 'trustee'.
Omit heading and paragraph.
Omit:
ITAA 1997 40-345(2)
ITAA 1997 328-455(2)(a)
Insert:
ITAA 1936 109N
ITAA 1997 40-85
ITAA 1997 40-340
ITAA 1997 Subdiv 328-D
ITAA 1997 328-190
ITAA 1997 328-210
ITAA 1997 328-247
ITAA 1997 328-430(1)(d)
ITAA 1997 328-450(2)(b)
IT(TP)A 1997
IT(TP)A 1997 328-180(6)
TAA 1953
29. Related Rulings/Determinations
Omit 'LCG 2016/D3'; substitute 'LCG 2016/3'.
This Addendum applies on and from 13 July 2016.
Commissioner of Taxation
13 July 2016
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Footnotes
See paragraph 328-430(1)(d).
There is some uncertainty about whether or not a transfer of a depreciating asset under the SBRR will have direct consequences under the income tax law, notwithstanding section 328-450. As a matter of practical administration, the Commissioner will treat transfers of depreciating assets in the same way as other assets for the purposes of compliance with section 328-450.
The shares are not active assets relevantly under paragraph 328-430(1)(d).
These are nil for pre-CGT assets, the adjustable value of depreciating assets and the roll-over cost for other assets.
Step 1 amount less Step 2 amount.
See also footnote 9.