New Business Tax System (Consolidation and Other Measures) Act (No. 1) 2002 (117 of 2002)

Schedule 3   Consolidation: effect on cost base rules etc. of loss of pre-CGT status of membership interests

Part 2   Consequential CGT amendments

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

6   At the end of Division 104

Add:

Subdivision 104-L - Consolidated groups

Table of sections

104-500 Loss of pre-CGT status of membership interests in entity becoming subsidiary member: CGT event L1

104-500 Loss of pre-CGT status of membership interests in entity becoming subsidiary member: CGT event L1

(1) CGT event L1 happens if, under section 705-57 (including in its application in accordance with Subdivisions 705-B to 705-E), there is a reduction in the*tax cost setting amount of assets of an entity that becomes a*subsidiary member of a*consolidated group.

(2) The time of the event is just after the entity becomes a*subsidiary member of the group.

(3) For the head company core purposes mentioned in subsection 701-1(2), the*head company makes a capital loss equal to the reduction.

(4) The amount of the capital loss that can be applied to reduce the head company's*capital gains for the first income year ending after the entity becomes a*subsidiary member of the group (the first income year ) cannot exceed1/5of the*capital loss.

(5) The amount of the*net capital loss from the first income year, to the extent the amount is attributable to the*capital loss (the extent being the event L1 attributable loss ), that can be applied to reduce the head company's*capital gains for a later income year cannot exceed the amount worked out for the year using the following table:

Limit on applying event L1 attributable loss

Item

For this income year:

The amount of the event L1 attributable loss that can be applied cannot exceed:

1

For the second income year ending after the entity became a*subsidiary member

The difference between:

(a)2/5 of the*capital loss; and

(b) the amount of the capital loss that was applied in accordance with subsection (4) for the first income year.

2

For the third income year ending after the entity became a*subsidiary member

The difference between:

(a)3/5 of the*capital loss; and

(b) the sum of the amount mentioned in paragraph (b) of item 1 and the amount of the event L1 attributable loss that was applied to reduce the entity's*capital gains for the next income year after the first income year.

3

For the fourth income year ending after the entity became a*subsidiary member

The difference between:

(a)4/5 of the*capital loss; and

(b) the sum of the amount mentioned in paragraph (b) of item 1 and the amounts of the event L1 attributable loss that were applied to reduce the entity's*capital gains for earlier income years ending after the first income year.

4

For the fifth income year ending after the entity became a*subsidiary member, or for any later income year

The difference between:

(a) the*capital loss; and

(b) the sum of the amount mentioned in paragraph (b) of item 1 and the amounts of the event L1 attributable loss that were applied to reduce the entity's*capital gains for earlier income years ending after the first income year.


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