New Business Tax System (Capital Allowances - Transitional and Consequential) Act 2001 (77 of 2001)

Schedule 2   General consequential amendments

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

262   Section 108-60

Repeal the section, substitute:

108-60 Depreciating asset that is part of a building is a separate asset

A *depreciating asset that is part of a building or structure is taken to be a separate *CGT asset from the building or structure.

Example: You own a factory from which you carry on a business. You install rest rooms for your employees. The plumbing fixtures and fittings are depreciating assets. These are taken to be a separate CGT asset from the factory.


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