Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

CHAPTER 3 - SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES  

PART 3-10 - FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS  

Division 242 - Leases of luxury cars  

Subdivision 242-C - Deductions allowable to lessee  

Operative provisions

SECTION 242-50   Extent to which deductions are allowable to lessee  

242-50(1)    
If a *luxury car lease payment period for the lease of a *car occurs wholly during an income year of the lessee, the lessee can deduct the accrual amount for that period for that income year.

Note 1:

If a luxury car lease payment period would otherwise be longer than 6 months, subsection 242-35(3) divides the original period into periods of no longer than 6 months.

Note 2:

For accrual amount , see subsection 242-35(1) .

242-50(2)    
If part of a *luxury car lease payment period for the lease of a *car occurs during an income year of the lessee, the lessee can deduct so much of the accrual amount for that period as many appropriately be related to that income year in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

242-50(3)    
The lessee can deduct an accrual amount, or part of an accrual amount, for a *luxury car lease payment period under subsection (1) or (2) for an income year only to the extent that the lessee could deduct the luxury car lease payments made for that year apart from this Division.