Taxation Laws Amendment Act 1990 (Cth)

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Taxation Laws Amendment Act 1990

Act No. 35 of 1990 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 14 September 2010

taking into account amendments up to Act No. 75 of 2010

The text of any of those amendments not in force

on that date is appended in the Notes section

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be

affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,

Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

Section

1.

Short title [see Note 1]

2.

Commencement [see Note 1]

PART 2 - AMENDMENT OF THE INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1936

3.

Principal Act

4.

Interpretation

5.

Insertion of new section:

6F.

Dual resident investment company

6.

Exemption of certain pensions

7.

Assessable income to include annuities and superannuation

pensions

8.

Expenditure on research and development activities

9.

Insertion of new section:

73CA.

Guaranteed returns to investors

10.

Reduction of deductions

11.

Gifts, pensions etc.

12.

Transfer of loss within company group

13.

Part applies in respect of disposals of assets

14.

What constitutes a disposal or acquisition

15.

Disposals by bare trustees and persons enforcing securities

16.

Reductions of capital gains in certain circumstances

17.

Exemption of certain gains and losses

18.

Consideration in respect of disposal

19.

Cost base, indexed cost base and reduced cost base

20.

Indexation of amounts for purposes of indexed cost base

21.

Return of capital on shares

22.

Return of capital on investment in trust

23.

Transfer of net capital loss within company group

24.

Application

25.

Application

26.

Insertion of new section:

160ZYYA.

Division not to apply to traditional securities

27.

Insertion of new section:

160ZZBAA. Division not to apply to traditional securities

28.

Insertion of new Division:

Division 12B - Convertible Notes that are Traditional

Securities

160ZZBE.

Conversion of notes into shares

160ZZBF.

Conversion of notes into units

29.

Options

30.

Transfer of asset to wholly-owned company

31.

Transfer of asset between companies in the same group

32.

Insertion of new section:

160ZZOA.

Transfer of asset from subsidiary to holding company for

no consideration

33.

Insertion of new sections:

160ZZPG.

Strata title conversions

160ZZPH.

Conversion of incorporated association to company

incorporated under company law

34.

Exemption of principal residence

35.

Disposal of shares or interest in partnership or trust

36.

Payment of interest by taxpayer where assessment amended

37.

Interpretation

38.

Application of amendments

39.

Transitional - section 27H of the amended Act

40.

Transitional - elections under subsection 160ZZQ (5) of the amended

Act

PART 3 - AMENDMENT OF THE INDUSTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 1986

42.

Principal Act

43.

Insertion of new section:

39LA.

Certificate as to core technology

44.

Joint registration

45.

Application of amendments

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend the law relating to taxation

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 1

Short title [see Note 1]

1. This Act may be cited as the Taxation Laws Amendment Act 1990.

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 2

Commencement [see Note 1]

2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

PART 2 - AMENDMENT OF THE INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1936

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 3

Principal Act

3. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Income Tax Assessment Act

1936.*1*

*1* No. 27, 1936, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 88, 1936; No.

5, 1937; No. 46, 1938; No. 30, 1939; Nos. 17 and 65, 1940; Nos. 58 and 69,

1941; Nos. 22 and 50, 1942; No. 10, 1943; Nos. 3 and 28, 1944; Nos. 4 and 37,

1945; No. 6, 1946; Nos. 11 and 63, 1947; No. 44, 1948; No. 66, 1949; No. 48,

1950; No. 44, 1951; Nos. 4, 28 and 90, 1952; Nos. 1, 28, 45 and 81, 1953; No.

43, 1954; Nos. 18 and 62, 1955; Nos. 25, 30 and 101, 1956; Nos. 39 and 65,

1957; No. 55, 1958; Nos. 12, 70 and 85, 1959; Nos. 17, 18, 58 and 108, 1960;

Nos. 17, 27 and 94, 1961; Nos. 39 and 98, 1962; Nos. 34 and 69, 1963; Nos. 46,

68, 110 and 115, 1964; Nos. 33, 103 and 143, 1965; Nos. 50 and 83, 1966; Nos.

19, 38, 76 and 85, 1967; Nos. 4, 70, 87 and 148; 1968; Nos. 18, 93 and 101,

1969; No. 87, 1970; Nos. 6, 54 and 93, 1971; Nos. 5, 46, 47, 65 and 85, 1972;

Nos. 51, 52, 53, 164 and 165, 1973; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20,

1974); Nos. 26 and 126, 1974; Nos. 80 and 117, 1975; Nos. 50, 53, 56, 98, 143,

165 and 205, 1976; Nos. 57, 126 and 127, 1977; Nos. 36, 57, 87, 90, 123, 171

and 172, 1978; Nos. 12, 19, 27, 43, 62, 146, 147 and 149, 1979; Nos. 19, 24,

57, 58, 124, 133, 134 and 159, 1980; Nos. 61, 92, 108, 109, 110, 111, 154 and

175, 1981; Nos. 29, 38, 39, 76, 80, 106 and 123, 1982; Nos. 14, 25, 39, 49,

51, 54 and 103, 1983; Nos. 14, 42, 47, 63, 76, 115, 124, 165 and 174, 1984;

No. 123, 1984 (as amended by No. 65, 1985); Nos. 47, 49, 104, 123, 168 and

174, 1985; No. 173, 1985 (as amended by No. 49, 1986); Nos. 41, 46, 48, 51,

109, 112 and 154, 1986; No. 49, 1986 (as amended by No. 141, 1987);

No. 52,

1986 (as amended by No. 141, 1987); No. 90, 1986 (as amended by No. 141,

1987); Nos. 23, 58, 61, 120, 145 and 163, 1987; No. 62, 1987 (as amended by

No. 108, 1987); No. 108, 1987 (as amended by No. 138, 1987); No. 138, 1987 (as

amended by No. 11, 1988); No. 139, 1987 (as amended by Nos. 11 and 78, 1988);

Nos. 8, 11, 59, 75, 78, 80, 87, 95, 97, 127 and 153, 1988; Nos. 2, 11, 56, 70,

73, 105, 107, 129, 163 and 167, 1989; No. 97, 1989 (as amended by No. 105,

1989); and No. 20, 1990.

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 4

Interpretation

4. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1)

the following definition:

" 'dual resident investment company' has the meaning given by section 6F;".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 5

5. After section 6CA of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Dual resident investment company

"6F. (1) For the purposes of this Act, a company (other than a company in

the capacity of trustee) is a dual resident investment company in relation to

a year of income if:

(a)

at any time during the year of income the company is a resident of

Australia; and

(b)

the company is liable to tax in a foreign country in respect of some or

all of the income or profits of the company of the year of income (or would be

so liable if the company derived income or profits) because:

(i)

the company is treated as a resident of that country for the purposes

of the relevant law of that country; or

(ii)

the company is treated as domiciled in that country for the purposes

of the relevant law of that country; or

(iii)

the company's management and control is treated as being located in

that country for the purposes of the relevant law of that country; and

(c)

at any time during the year of income when the company was in

existence:

(i)

the company was not carrying on business with a reasonable view to

profit; or

(ii)

a substantial purpose of the company (whether or not stated in its

constituent document) was to acquire or hold shares, securities or other

investments in related companies (whether directly or indirectly through one

or more companies, partnerships or trusts).

"(2) For the purposes of this section, companies are related to each other

if they are controlled (as defined by subsection (3) ) by the same person,

either alone or together with associates (whether or not the same associates

are involved in relation to each company).

"(3) For the purposes of this section, a person, either alone or together

with associates, controls a company if:

(a)

the person, either alone or together with associates:

(i)

controls or is capable of controlling, either directly or through one

or more interposed companies, partnerships or trusts, at least 50% of the

maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the

company; or

(ii)

is beneficially entitled to receive, directly or indirectly, at least

50% of any dividends that are or might be paid, or of any distribution of

capital that is or may be made, by the company; or

(iii)

is capable, under a scheme, of gaining such control or such an

entitlement; or

(b)

the company or its directors are accustomed or under an obligation

(whether formal or informal), or might reasonably be expected, to act in

accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of the person, either

alone or together with associates.

"(4) Section 159GZH applies for the purposes of this section in determining

the beneficial entitlement of a person to receive indirectly the whole or a

particular fraction of a dividend that is, or might be, paid by a company or

of a distribution of capital of a company.

"(5) In this section:

'associate' has the same meaning as in subsection 26AAB (14);

'scheme' means:

(a)

any agreement, arrangement, understanding, promise or undertaking,

whether express or implied and whether or not enforceable, or intended to be

enforceable, by legal proceedings; and

(b)

any scheme, plan, proposal, action, course of action or course of

conduct, whether there are 2 or more parties or only one party involved.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 6

Exemption of certain pensions

6. Section 23AD of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting "relative" from paragraph (b) of the definition of "carer's

pension" in subsection (1) and substituting "severely handicapped veteran";

(b) by omitting "or a relative of the person" from subparagraph (b) (ii) of

the definition of "excepted payment" in subsection (1) and substituting ", a

relative of the person or the veteran being cared for by the person";

(c)

by omitting paragraph (b) of the definition of "excepted pension" in

subsection (1);

(d)

by omitting "or a relative of a person" from paragraph (c) of the

definition of "excepted pension" in subsection (1) and substituting ", a

relative of a person or the veteran being cared for by a person";

(e)

by adding "or" at the end of paragraph (a) of the definition of "wife's

pension" in subsection (1);

(f)

by omitting "or" from the end of paragraph (b) of the definition of

"wife's pension" in subsection (1);

(g) by omitting paragraph (c) of the definition of "wife's pension" in

subsection (1).

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 7

Assessable income to include annuities and superannuation

pensions

7. Section 27H of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting from paragraph (3) (d) "approved" (wherever occurring);

(b),by omitting the definition of "approved actuary" from subsection (4);

(c) by inserting in subsection (4) the following definition:

" 'actuary' means a Fellow or Accredited Member of the

Institute of Actuaries of Australia;".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 8

Expenditure on research and development activities

8. (1) Section 73B of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

paragraph (a) of the definition of "aggregate research and development amount"

in subsection (1) the following paragraph:

"(aa)

the core technology expenditure incurred by the company during the

year of income;".

(2) Section 73B of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection

(1) the following definitions:

" 'core technology', in relation to research and development activities,

means technology that is core technology in relation to those activities as

provided by subsection (1AB);

'core technology expenditure', in relation to an eligible company, means

expenditure incurred by the company after 7 September 1989 and before the end

of the deduction period in acquiring, or in acquiring the right to use,

technology for the purposes of research and development activities carried on

by or on behalf of the company, being technology that is core technology in

relation to those activities;

'knowledge' means any knowledge or other information, whether or not the

possessor of the knowledge or information has legally enforceable rights in

relation to it;

'technology' means knowledge or anything produced by the application of

knowledge;".

(3) Section 73B of the Principal Act is amended by inserting "core

technology expenditure or" after "other than" in the definition of "research

and development expenditure" in subsection (1).

(4) Section 73B of the Principal Act is amended by inserting ", 73CA" after

"73C" in subsection (1AA) and in paragraphs (3A) (c), (d) and (f).

(5) Section 73B of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

subsection (1AA) the following subsection:

"(1AB) For the purposes of this section, technology is core technology in

relation to particular research and development activities if:

(a)

the purpose of the activities was or is:

(i)

to obtain new knowledge based on that technology; or

(ii)

to create new or improved materials, products, devices, processes,

techniques or services to be based on that technology; or

(b)

the activities were or are an extension, continuation, development or

completion of the activities that produced that technology.".

(6) Section 73B of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

subsection (11) the following subsection:

"(12) Subject to this section, where an eligible company incurs core

technology expenditure during a year of income, the amount of that expenditure

is allowable as a deduction from the assessable income of the company of the

year of income.".

(7) Section 73B of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

subsection (27) the following subsections:

"(27A) Subject to subsections (27B) and (27C), where an eligible company

that has incurred any expenditure on research and development activities in

respect of which:

(a)

a deduction under this section has been allowed or is allowable to the

company; or

(b)

in the case of a company whose income was exempt from tax when the

expenditure was incurred - a deduction under this section would have been

allowable if the company's income had not been so exempt from tax;

receives or is entitled to receive:

(c)

an amount in respect of the results of any of the activities; or

(d)

an amount attributable to the company having incurred the expenditure,

including an amount that it is entitled to receive irrespective of the results

of the activities;

the assessable income of the company of the year of income in which the

company received or became entitled to receive that amount includes that

amount.

"(27B) The reference in subsection (27A) to a company receiving or being

entitled to receive an amount in respect of the results of any research and

development activities includes a reference to:

(a)

the company receiving or being entitled to receive an amount from the

grant of access to, or the grant of a right to use, any of those results; and

(b)

the company receiving or being entitled to receive an amount from the

disposal of, or of an interest in, any plant (including pilot plant) or from

the grant of a right to use any plant (including pilot plant) where, as a

result of the disposal or grant, another person has acquired a right of access

to, or a right to use, any of those results; and

(c)

the company receiving or being entitled to receive an amount from the

disposal of, or of an interest in, or from the grant of a right to occupy or

use, a building where, as a result of the disposal or grant, another person

has acquired a right of access to, or a right to use, any of those results;

but does not include a reference to the company receiving or being entitled to

receive an amount in consequence of the use by the company of any of those

results.

"(27C) Where a company receives or is entitled to receive an amount as

mentioned in paragraph (27B) (b) or (c), the amount to be included in the

company's assessable income by virtue of subsection (27A) is:

(a)

in a case to which paragraph (27B) (b) applies - only so much (if any)

of the amount referred to in that paragraph as exceeds the cost to the company

of acquiring or constructing the plant or pilot plant concerned; or

(b)

in a case to which paragraph (27B) (c) applies - only so much (if any)

of the amount referred to in that paragraph as exceeds the sum of the

deductions that have been allowed or are allowable to the company under

subsection (17) in relation to the building concerned.".

(8) Section 73B of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

subsection (34) the following subsection:

"(35) If the Board gives to the Commissioner a certificate stating whether

particular technology that a specified eligible company has acquired, or has

acquired the right to use, for the purpose of particular research and

development activities that have been or are being carried on by or on behalf

of the company is core technology in relation to those activities, that

certificate is binding on the Commissioner for the purpose of making an

assessment of the company's taxable income of any year of income in which the

company incurred expenditure in acquiring that technology or the right to use

that technology.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 9

9. After section 73C of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Guaranteed returns to investors

"73CA. (1) For the purposes of interpretation, this section is to be read

and construed as if it were part of section 73B.

"(2) Where:

(a)

an amount or amounts would, but for this section and section 73D, be

allowable as a deduction or deductions under section 73B as affected by

section 73C to an eligible company in respect of expenditure incurred in a

year of income; and

(b)

that amount or the sum of those amounts exceeds the amount of the

expenditure; and

(c)

the Commissioner is satisfied that, when the expenditure was incurred,

the company was not at risk in respect of the whole or a part of the

expenditure;

the following provisions of this section have effect.

"(3) If the Commissioner is so satisfied in respect of the whole of the

expenditure, the amount, or the sum of the amounts, referred to in paragraph

(2) (a) is taken to be reduced by the amount of the excess referred to in

paragraph (2) (b).

"(4) If the Commissioner is so satisfied in respect of part of the

expenditure, the amount, or the sum of the amounts, referred to in paragraph

(2) (a) is taken to be reduced by an amount ascertained in accordance with the

formula:

Part of expenditure not at risk

Excess

X -------------------------------

The amount of the expenditure

where:

Excess means the amount of the excess referred to in paragraph (2) (b);

Part of expenditure not at risk means the part of the expenditure in respect

of which the Commissioner is satisfied that the company was not at risk when

the expenditure was incurred.

"(5) For the purposes of the application of this section in relation to any

expenditure incurred by a company, the company is taken to have not been at

risk at the time when the expenditure was incurred in respect of so much of

the expenditure as does not exceed any consideration that, in the opinion of

the Commissioner, because of:

(a)

any act that occurred, transaction or agreement that was entered into,

or circumstance that existed, before or at that time; or

(b)

any act that was likely to occur, any transaction or agreement that was

likely to be entered into, or any circumstance that was likely to exist, after

that time;

the company or any associate of the company could reasonably have expected at

that time to receive as the direct or indirect result of the incurring of the

expenditure.

"(6) In this section:

'agreement' means any agreement, arrangement, understanding or scheme,

whether formal or informal, whether express or implied, and whether or not

intended to be enforceable by legal proceedings.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 10

Reduction of deductions

10. Section 73D of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection

(2) "section 73C" and substituting "sections 73C and 73CA".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 11

Gifts, pensions etc.

11. Section 78 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subparagraph (1)

(a) (lxxxvi) and substituting the following subparagraph:

"(lxxxvi)

the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

Limited;".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 12

Transfer of loss within company group

12. Section 80G of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after paragraph

(6) (b) the following paragraph:

"(ba)

the loss company is not a dual resident investment company in

relation to the loss year nor in relation to the income year;".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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Part applies in respect of disposals of assets

13. Section 160L of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by adding "or" at the end of paragraphs (3) (a), (4) (a) and (5) (a);

(b) by adding at the end of subsection (3) the following word and

paragraph:

"; or (d) as a result of the disposal an amount has been or will be included

in the assessable income of the taxpayer of any year of income by virtue of

subsection 73B (27A).";

(c) by adding at the end of subsection (4) the following word and

paragraph:

"; or (d) as a result of the disposal an amount has been or will be included

in the assessable income of the beneficiary, or the net income of the trust

estate, of any year of income by virtue of subsection 73B (27A).";

(d) by adding at the end of subsection (5) the following word and

paragraph:

"; or (d) as a result of the disposal an amount has been or will be included

in the assessable income of a partner in the partnership of any year of income

by virtue of subsection 73B (27A).";

(e) by adding at the end the following subsection:

"(8) Where:

(a)

an asset was disposed of by a taxpayer before 23 May 1986; and

(b)

the asset was created after 19 September 1985 (whether the asset

existed, either by itself or as part of another asset, before the disposal or

was created by the disposal); and

(c)

the asset consisted of a legal or equitable estate or interest in, or a

right, power or privilege over, or in connection with, another asset that was

acquired by that taxpayer before 20 September 1985;

this Part is taken not to have applied in respect of the disposal.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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What constitutes a disposal or acquisition

14. Section 160M of the Principal Act is amended:

(a)

by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

"(1A) It is declared for the avoidance of doubt that a change in the legal

ownership of an asset does not constitute a change in the ownership of the

asset for the purposes of this Part unless there is also a change in the

beneficial ownership of the asset.";

(b)

by inserting after subsection (7) the following subsection:

"(7A) Subsection (7) is taken not to have applied in relation to an act or

transaction that took place in relation to an asset during the period that

commenced on 20 September 1985 and ended on 22 May 1986, or an event affecting

an asset that occurred during that period, if the person who received, or was

entitled to receive, the amount of money or other consideration referred to in

paragraph (7) (b) by reason of the act, transaction or event acquired the

asset before 20 September 1985.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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Disposals by bare trustees and persons enforcing securities

15. Section 160V of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

subsection (1) the following subsection:

"(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1), where a person holds an asset as

trustee for another person, the other person is not taken not to be absolutely

entitled to the asset as against the trustee merely because the other person

is under a legal disability.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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Reductions of capital gains in certain circumstances

16. Section 160ZA of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (4)

and substituting the following subsection:

"(4) Where:

(a)

but for this subsection a capital gain (in this subsection called the

'notional capital gain') would be deemed for the purposes of this Part to have

accrued to a taxpayer during the year of income in respect of the disposal of

an asset; and

(b)

as a result of the disposal of the asset an amount or amounts (in this

subsection called the 'included amount' or the 'included amounts') has or have

been, or will be, included in the assessable income of the taxpayer in respect

of any year of income under a provision of this Act other than this Part (not

being an amount or amounts so included under a provision having effect where

the taxpayer recoups capital expenditure which was incurred in respect of an

asset and in respect of which a deduction has been allowed or is allowable to

the taxpayer);

the following paragraphs have effect:

(c)

if the notional capital gain exceeds the included amount or the sum of

the included amounts - the amount of the capital gain that is deemed for the

purposes of this Part to have accrued to the taxpayer during the year of

income in respect of the disposal of the asset is an amount equal to the

excess;

(d)

if the notional capital gain does not exceed the included amount or the

sum of the included amounts - no capital gain is deemed for the purposes of

this Part to have accrued to the taxpayer during the year of income in respect

of the disposal of the asset.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 17

Exemption of certain gains and losses

17. Section 160ZB of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (6)

and substituting the following subsection:

"(6) Where a taxpayer has disposed of a traditional security, within the

meaning of section 26BB, that was acquired by the taxpayer after 10 May 1989

and:

(a)

the security was not acquired by the taxpayer as consideration for the

disposal after 15 August 1989 of an asset to which part IIIA did not apply

because of section 160ZZO; or

(b)

the security was not a debt whose cost base, indexed cost base or

reduced cost base is reduced under subsection 160ZP (13) because of the giving

of a notice under paragraph 160ZP (7) (c) after 15 August 1989;

a capital gain is not taken to have accrued to the taxpayer, and a capital

loss is not taken to have been incurred by the taxpayer, as a result of the

disposal of the security.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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Consideration in respect of disposal

18. Section 160ZD of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting from subsection (2) "to another person";

(b) by omitting paragraph (2) (c) and substituting the following paragraph:

"(c)

the amount that would, but for this paragraph, be taken to be the

consideration received by the taxpayer in respect of the disposal is greater

or less than the market value of the asset at the time of the disposal and, in

the case where the asset was disposed of to another person, the taxpayer and

that other person were not dealing with each other at arm's length in

connection with the disposal;";

(c) by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:

"(2A) For the purposes of the application of subsection (2) to the disposal

of an asset otherwise than to another person, the market value of the asset at

the time of the disposal is the amount that would have been the market value

at that time if that disposal did not occur and was never proposed to occur.

"(2B) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to a disposal constituted by

the loss or destruction of an asset.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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Cost base, indexed cost base and reduced cost base

19. Section 160ZH of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by inserting after "person" in paragraph (9) (a) "(not being an

acquisition resulting from the doing by that other person of an act or thing

that did not constitute a disposal of the asset by that other person for the

purposes of this Part)";

(b) by adding "or" at the end of paragraph (9) (a);

(c) by omitting paragraph (9) (c) and substituting the following paragraph:

"(c)

both of the following subparagraphs apply:

(i) the amount that would, but for this paragraph, be taken to be the

consideration paid or given by the taxpayer in respect of the acquisition

was:

(a)

if the taxpayer acquired the asset as a result of the disposal of the

asset by another person - greater or less than the market value of the asset

at the time of the acquisition; or

(b)

if the taxpayer acquired the asset as a result of the doing by another

person of an act or thing that did not constitute a disposal of the asset by

that other person for the purposes of this Part - greater than the market

value of the asset at the time of the acquisition;

(ii) the taxpayer and the person from whom the taxpayer acquired the asset

were not dealing with each other at arm's length in connection with the

acquisition;".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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Indexation of amounts for purposes of indexed cost base

20. Section 160ZJ of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsections

(4), (5) and (6) and substituting the following subsections:

"(3A) Where, in respect of an asset, a taxpayer has paid or given or is

required to pay or give any consideration referred to in paragraph 160ZH (2)

(a), the indexed amount of the consideration in respect of the acquisition of

the asset is the amount or the total of the amounts calculated as follows:

(a) if the taxpayer acquired the asset:

(i)

as a result of the doing by a person of an act that did not constitute

a disposal of the asset for the purposes of this Part; or

(ii)

from a person to whose acquisition of the asset subparagraph (i) or

this subparagraph applied;

the indexed amount of so much of the consideration as was required to be paid

to the person referred to in subparagraph (i) (in this paragraph called the

'relevant consideration') is the sum of the amounts ascertained under

whichever of the following subparagraphs is or are applicable:

(iii)

where the whole or a part of the amount of the relevant consideration

was paid or given at or before the time of the acquisition - that amount, or

that part of that amount, as the case may be, multiplied by the factor

ascertained in accordance with subsections (5) and (6) in relation to that

amount or that part of that amount;

(iv)

where the whole or a part of the amount of the relevant consideration

was paid or given at a later time - that amount or that part of that amount,

as the case may be, multiplied by the factor ascertained in accordance with

subsections (5A) and (6) in relation to that amount or that part of that

amount;

(v)

where the whole or a part of the amount of the relevant consideration

has not been paid or given - that amount or that part of that amount;

and the indexed amount of the remainder of the consideration is the amount of

that remainder multiplied by the factor ascertained in accordance with

subsections (5) and (6) in relation to that amount; and

(b)

if the taxpayer did not acquire the asset as mentioned in paragraph

(a), the indexed amount of the consideration is the amount of the

consideration multiplied by the factor ascertained in accordance with

subsections (5) and (6) in relation to that amount.

"(4) Where, in respect of an asset, a taxpayer has incurred any costs

referred to in paragraph 160ZH (2) (b) or (e) or any expenditure referred to

in paragraph 160ZH (2) (c) or (d), the reference in paragraph 160ZH (2) (b) or

(e) to the indexed amount of the costs, or the reference in paragraph 160ZH

(2) (c) or (d) to the indexed amount of the expenditure, in relation to the

asset is a reference to the amount of the costs or the amount of the

expenditure, as the case may be, multiplied by the factor ascertained in

accordance with subsections (5) and (6) in relation to that amount.

"(5) The factor to be ascertained for the purposes of subparagraph (3A) (a)

(iii), paragraph (3A) (b) or subsection (4) in relation to an amount of

consideration, an amount of costs or an amount of expenditure is:

(a)

the number (calculated to 3 decimal places) ascertained by dividing the

index number in respect of the quarter of the year in which the asset was

disposed of by the taxpayer by the index number in respect of the quarter of

the year in which the liability to pay or give the consideration arose, the

costs were incurred or the expenditure was incurred, as the case may be; or

(b)

the number 1;

whichever is the higher number.

"(5A) The factor to be ascertained for the purposes of subparagraph (3A) (a)

(iv) in relation to an amount of consideration is:

(a)

the number (calculated to 3 decimal places) ascertained by dividing the

index number in respect of the quarter of the year in which the asset was

disposed of by the taxpayer by the index number in respect of the quarter of

the year in which that amount of consideration was paid or given; or

(b)

the number 1;

whichever is the higher number.

"(6) Where the factor ascertained in accordance with subsection (5) or (5A)

in relation to any amount would, if it were calculated to 4 decimal places,

end with a number greater than 4, that factor is to be taken to be the factor

calculated to 3 decimal places in accordance with that subsection and

increased by 0.001.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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Return of capital on shares

21. Section 160ZL of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (4)

and substituting the following subsection:

"(4) If the taxpayer disposed of the shares (otherwise than because of the

application of this section) within 12 months after the taxpayer acquired the

shares (otherwise than because of the application of this section),

subsections (2) and (3) have effect as if the references in those subsections

to the indexed cost base to the taxpayer in respect of the shares were

references to the cost base to the taxpayer in respect of those shares.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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Return of capital on investment in trust

22. Section 160ZM of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (4)

and substituting the following subsection:

"(4) If the taxpayer disposed of the interest or units (otherwise than

because of the application of this section) within 12 months after the

taxpayer acquired the interest or units (otherwise than because of the

application of this section), subsections (2) and (3) have effect as if the

references in those subsections to the indexed cost base to the taxpayer in

respect of the interest or units were references to the cost base to the

taxpayer in respect of the interest or units.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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Transfer of net capital loss within company group

23. (1) Section 160ZP of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

paragraph (7) (b) the following paragraph:

"(ba)

the loss company is not a dual resident investment company in

relation to the loss year nor in relation to the gain year;".

(2) Section 160ZP of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

subsection (7) the following subsections:

"(7A) Subject to subsection (7B), where an amount is specified in a notice

given by the loss company and the gain company under paragraph (7) (c) stating

that the whole or a part of a net capital loss should be treated as a capital

loss incurred by the gain company during the gain year:

(a)

if, at the time when the notice was given:

(i)

no company that is a group company in relation to the loss company in

relation to the gain year held shares in the loss company that were acquired

by that group company after 19 September 1985; and

(ii)

the loss company was not, in respect of any loan made to the loss

company, indebted to a company that is a group company in relation to the loss

company in relation to the gain year in respect of an indebtedness that

commenced to be owed after 19 September 1985;

this section has effect as if the notice had not been given; or

(b)

if paragraph (a) does not apply and the amount specified in the notice

exceeds the sum of:

(i)

if any company or companies (in this subparagraph called the 'parent

company' or 'parent companies') which, or each of which, is a group company in

relation to the loss company in relation to the gain year held, at the time

when the notice was given, shares in the loss company that were acquired by

the parent company or parent companies after 19 September 1985 - the amount

that, if the shares were disposed of at that time, would have been the cost

base to the parent company, or the sum of the cost bases to the parent

companies, as the case may be, of the shares; and

(ii)

if, at the time when the notice was given, the loss company was, in

respect of a loan or loans made to the loss company, indebted to a company or

companies (in this subparagraph called the 'creditor company' or 'creditor

companies') which, or each of which, is a group company in relation to the

loss company in relation to the gain year, being an indebtedness that

commenced to be owed to the creditor company or creditor companies after 19

September 1985 - the amount that, if the debt or debts were disposed of at

that time, would have been the cost base to the creditor company or the sum of

the cost bases to the creditor companies, as the case may be, of the debt or

debts;

the amount specified in the notice is taken to be reduced by the excess.

"(7B) Subsection (7A) does not apply in relation to a notice given by the

loss company and the gain company under paragraph (7) (c) if the gain company

is a subsidiary of the loss company.".

(3) Section 160ZP of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the

following subsection:

"(13) Where:

(a)

an amount has been specified by the loss company in a notice under

paragraph (7) (c); and

(b)

either:

(i)

a company (in this subsection called a 'parent company') that is a

group company in relation to the loss company in relation to the gain year

holds shares in another company that is such a group company, being shares

that were acquired by the parent company after 19 September 1985; or

(ii)

a company (in this subsection called a 'creditor company') that is a

group company in relation to the loss company in relation to the gain year is

owed a debt by another company that is such a group company in respect of a

loan made to that other company, being a debt that commenced to be owed to the

creditor company after 19 September 1985; and

(c)

either:

(i)

the other company referred to in subparagraph (b) (i) or (ii), as the

case may be, is the loss company; or

(ii)

the money paid to acquire the shares or the money lent, as the case

may be, has indirectly, through one or more interposed companies, trusts or

partnerships, been applied in the acquisition of shares in the loss company by

a company that is a group company in relation to the loss company in relation

to the gain year or in the making of a loan to the loss company by a company

that is such a group company;

the cost base, the indexed cost base or the reduced cost base, as the case may

be, to the parent company of the shares or to the creditor company of the debt

is reduced by such amount as is appropriate having regard to the direct or

indirect interest of the parent company or creditor company in the loss

company.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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Application

24. Section 160ZYK of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (b)

and substituting the following paragraph:

"(b)

both of the following subparagraphs apply:

(i)

a company (in this paragraph called the 'issuing company') issues to

the shareholder rights (in this Division called the 'rights') to acquire

shares (in this Division called the 'new shares') in the issuing company or to

acquire an option (in this Division called the 'option') to acquire shares in

the issuing company;

(ii)

either:

(a)

the issuing company is the company referred to in paragraph (a); or

(b)

the issuing company is, or but for the issuing of the rights would be,

another company that is, for the purposes of section 160ZZO, a group company

in relation to the company referred to in paragraph (a) in relation to the

year of income in which the rights are issued; and".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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Application

25. Section 160ZYR of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (b)

and substituting the following paragraph:

"(b)

both of the following subparagraphs apply:

(i)

a company (in this paragraph called the 'issuing company') issues to

the shareholder an option (in this Division called the 'option') to acquire

shares (in this Division called the 'new shares') in the issuing company;

(ii)

either:

(a)

the issuing company is the company referred to in paragraph (a); or

(b)

the issuing company is, or but for the issuing of the option would be,

another company that is, for the purposes of section 160ZZO, a group company

in relation to the company referred to in paragraph (a) in relation to the

year of income in which the option is issued; and".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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26. After section 160ZYY of the Principal Act the following section is

inserted:

Division not to apply to traditional securities

"160ZYYA. This Division does not apply in relation to a convertible note

that is a traditional security within the meaning of section 26BB.".

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27. After section 160ZZBA of the Principal Act the following section is

inserted:

Division not to apply to traditional securities

"160ZZBAA. This Division does not apply in relation to a convertible note

that is a traditional security within the meaning of section 26BB.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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28. After Division 12A of part IIIA of the Principal Act the following

Division is inserted:

"Division 12B - Convertible Notes that are Traditional

Securities

Conversion of notes into shares

"160ZZBE. (1) In this section:

'convertible note' means a convertible note within the meaning of Division

12 that is a traditional security within the meaning of section 26BB.

"(2) A taxpayer who acquired shares by the conversion of a convertible note

acquired after 10 May 1989 and on or before 15 August 1989 is taken, for the

purposes of this Part, to have paid as consideration in respect of the

acquisition of the shares an amount equal to:

(a)

if the market value of the shares at the time of the conversion is not

less than the sum of the consideration paid or given for the acquisition of

the convertible note and the amount paid by the taxpayer in respect of the

conversion - that market value; or

(b)

if the market value of the shares at the time of the conversion is less

than that sum - the consideration that would be deemed to have been paid or

given in respect of the acquisition of the shares under section 160ZZA if

Division 12 had applied in relation to the convertible note.

"(3) A taxpayer who acquired shares by the conversion of a convertible note

acquired after 15 August 1989 is taken, for the purposes of this Part, to have

paid as consideration in respect of the acquisition of the shares an amount

equal to the market value of the shares at the time of the conversion.

Conversion of notes into units

"160ZZBF. (1) In this section:

'convertible note' means a convertible note within the meaning of Division

12A that is a traditional security within the meaning of section 26BB.

"(2) A taxpayer who acquired units by the conversion of a convertible note

acquired after 10 May 1989 and on or before 15 August 1989 is taken, for the

purposes of this Part, to have paid as consideration in respect of the

acquisition of the units an amount equal to:

(a)

if the market value of the units at the time of the conversion is not

less than the sum of the consideration paid or given for the acquisition of

the convertible note and the amount paid by the taxpayer in respect of the

conversion - that market value; or

(b)

if the market value of the units at the time of the conversion is less

than that sum - the consideration that would be deemed to have been paid or

given in respect of the acquisition of the units under section 160ZZA if

Division 12A had applied in relation to the convertible note.

"(3) A taxpayer who acquired units by the conversion of a convertible note

acquired after 15 August 1989 is taken, for the purposes of this Part, to have

paid as consideration in respect of the acquisition of the units an amount

equal to the market value of the units at the time of the conversion.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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Options

29. Section 160ZZC of the Principal Act is amended:

(a)

by omitting from subsection (3) "subsection (3A)" and substituting

"subsections (3A), (3AA) and (3AB)";

(b)

by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsections:

"(3AA) If an option was granted after 19 September 1985 but before 23 May

1986 that binds the grantor to dispose of an asset acquired before 20

September 1985, the grant of the option is not taken to have constituted the

disposal of the option by the grantor but this subsection does not affect the

operation of subsections (7) and (8) in relation to the option.

"(3AB) If an option was granted after 19 September 1985 but before 23 May

1986 that binds the grantor to acquire an asset and the option expires without

being exercised or is cancelled, released or abandoned, the grant of the

option is not taken to have constituted the disposal of the option by the

grantor.";

(c) by adding at the end of subparagraph (3A) (e) (ii) "; and";

(d) by inserting after subparagraph (3A) (e) (ii) the following

subparagraph:

"(iii)

subsection 160ZD (2) does not apply in respect of the disposal.".

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Transfer of asset to wholly-owned company

30. Section 160ZZN of the Principal Act is amended:

(a)

by omitting paragraph (2) (b) and substituting the following

paragraphs:

"(b)

subject to subsection (5A), the consideration in respect of the

disposal consists only of non-redeemable shares in the company;

(ba)

the market value of the shares is substantially the same as the market

value of the asset, reduced, if the company assumes in connection with the

disposal a liability or liabilities in respect of the asset, by the amount of

the liability or the total of the amounts of the liabilities;";

(b)

by omitting paragraph (4) (b) and substituting the following

paragraphs:

"(b)

subject to subsection (5A), the consideration in respect of the

disposal consists only of non-redeemable shares in the company;

(ba)

the market value of the shares is substantially the same as the market

value of the asset, reduced, if the company assumes in connection with the

disposal a liability or liabilities in respect of the asset, by the amount of

the liability or the total of the amounts of the liabilities;";

(c)

by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsection:

"(5A) The consideration in respect of the disposal of an asset is not taken

not to consist only of non-redeemable shares in the company merely because the

company assumes in connection with the disposal a liability or liabilities in

respect of the asset but, if the company so assumes such a liability or

liabilities, neither subsection (2) nor subsection (4) applies in relation to

the disposal unless:

(a)

if the asset was acquired by the taxpayer before 20 September 1985 -

the amount of the liability or the total of the amounts of the liabilities

does not exceed the market value of the asset at the time of the disposal; or

(b)

if the asset was acquired by the taxpayer on or after 20 September 1985

- the amount of the liability or the total of the amounts of the liabilities

does not exceed the amount that, if this Part had applied in respect of the

disposal of the asset by the taxpayer to the company, would have been:

(i)

if the asset was disposed of within the period of 12 months after the

day on which the asset was acquired by the taxpayer - the cost base to the

taxpayer of the asset; or

(ii)

if the asset was disposed of after that period - the indexed cost base

to the taxpayer of the asset.";

(d)

by omitting from subsection (7) "or securities" (wherever occurring);

(e)

by inserting after "company" in subparagraph (7) (b) (i) ", reduced, if

the company assumed in connection with the disposal a liability or liabilities

in respect of the asset, by the amount of the liability or the total of the

amounts of the liabilities";

(f)

by adding at the end of subparagraph (7) (b) (ii) ", reduced, if the

company assumed in connection with the disposal a liability or liabilities in

respect of the asset, by the amount of the liability or the total of the

amounts of the liabilities";

(g)

by omitting from subsection (8) "or securities" (wherever occurring).

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Transfer of asset between companies in the same group

31. Section 160ZZO of the Principal Act is amended:

(a)

by inserting after paragraph (1) (a) the following paragraphs:

"(aa)

subject to subsection (2A), the consideration in respect of the

disposal consists only of:

(i)

if the transferor is prohibited by law from

acquiring shares in the transferee - securities of the transferee; or

(ii)

otherwise - non-redeemable shares in or

securities of the transferee;

(ab)

the market value of the shares or securities is substantially the same

as the market value of the asset, reduced, if the transferee assumes in

connection with the disposal a liability or liabilities in respect of the

asset, by the amount of the liability or the total of the amounts of the

liabilities;

(ac)

the market value of the asset at the time of the disposal is not less

than the amount that would have been the reduced cost base to the transferor

of the asset for the purposes of this Part if this Part had applied in respect

of the disposal;";

(b)

by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:

"(2A) The consideration in respect of the disposal of an asset is not taken

not to consist only of securities of, or only of non-redeemable shares in or

securities of, as the case may be, the transferee merely because the

transferee assumes in connection with the disposal a liability or liabilities

in respect of the asset but, if the transferee so assumes such a liability or

liabilities, subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the disposal

unless:

(a)

where the asset was acquired by the transferor before 20 September 1985

- the amount of the liability or the total of the amounts of the liabilities

does not exceed the market value of the asset at the time of the disposal; or

(b)

where the asset was acquired by the transferor on or after 20 September

1985 - the amount of the liability or the total of the amounts of the

liabilities does not exceed the amount that, if this Part had applied in

respect of the disposal, would have been:

(i)

where the asset was disposed of within 12 months after the day on which

the asset was acquired by the transferor - the cost base to the transferor of

the asset; or

(ii)

where the asset was disposed of later than 12 months after that day -

the indexed cost base to the transferor of the asset.

"(2B) The shares or securities that constituted the

consideration for the disposal:

(a)

are, where the asset was acquired by the transferor before 20 September

1985, taken for the purposes of this Part to have been acquired by the

transferor before that date; or

(b)

are, where the asset was acquired by the transferor on or after 20

September 1985, taken for the purposes of this Part to have been acquired by

the transferor for a consideration equal to:

(i)

for the purpose of ascertaining whether a capital gain accrued to the

transferor in the event of a subsequent disposal of the shares or securities

by the transferor - the amount that would have been the indexed cost base to

the transferor of the asset for the purposes of this Part if this Part had

applied in respect of the disposal of the asset by the transferor to the

transferee, reduced, if the transferee assumed in connection with the disposal

a liability or liabilities in respect of the asset, by the amount of the

liability or the total of the amounts of the liabilities; or

(ii)

for the purpose of ascertaining whether the transferor incurred a

capital loss in the event of a subsequent disposal of the shares or securities

by the transferor - the amount that would have been the reduced cost base to

the transferor of the asset for the purposes of this Part if this Part had

applied in respect of the disposal of the asset by the transferor to the

transferee, reduced, if the transferee assumed in connection with the disposal

a liability or liabilities in respect of the asset, by the amount of the

liability or the total of the amounts of the liabilities.

"(2C) If, in the case of shares or securities to

which paragraph (2B) (b) applies, the shares or securities are disposed of by

the transferor within 12 months after the day on which the asset was acquired

by the transferor, the reference in that paragraph to the indexed cost base to

the transferor of the asset is a reference to the cost base to the transferor

of the asset.";

(c)

by adding at the end the following subsection:

"(10) This section does not apply in respect of a

disposal of an asset to which section 160ZZOA applies.".

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32. After section 160ZZO of the Principal Act the following section is

inserted:

Transfer of asset from subsidiary to holding company for no consideration

"160ZZOA. (1) Where:

(a)

one of the following subparagraphs applies:

(i)

a company (in this section called the 'transferor') that, at the time

of the disposal concerned, was a resident of Australia has, after 15 August

1989, disposed of an asset to another company (in this section called the

'transferee') that was a resident of Australia at that time;

(ii)

a company (in this section also called the 'transferor') that was not

a resident of Australia at the time of the disposal concerned has, after 15

August 1989, disposed of a taxable Australian asset to another company (in

this section also called the 'transferee') that was a resident of Australia at

that time;

(iii)

a company (in this section also called the 'transferor') has, after

15 August 1989, disposed of a taxable Australian asset to another company (in

this section also called the 'transferee') that was not a resident of

Australia at the time of the disposal and, immediately after the disposal, the

asset was a taxable Australian asset of the transferee; and

(b)

the transferor was a subsidiary of the transferee:

(i)

during the whole of the year of income in which the disposal took

place; or

(ii)

if the transferor or the transferee was not, or both the transferor

and the transferee were not, in existence during part of that year of income -

during that part of that year of income during which both the transferor and

the transferee were in existence; and

(c)

the market value of the asset at the time of the disposal was not less

than the amount that would have been the reduced cost base to the transferor

of the asset for the purposes of this Part if this Part had applied in respect

of the disposal; and

(d)

the transferee did not pay or give any consideration in respect of the

disposal other than consideration constituted by assuming any liability or

liabilities in respect of the asset; and

(e)

the transferee is not a person whose income of the year of income in

which the disposal took place is exempt from tax by virtue of a relevant

exempting provision; and

(f)

the transferor and the transferee have, by notice in writing given to

the Commissioner on or before the date of lodgment of the return of income of

the transferor for the year of income in which the disposal took place, or

within such further period as the Commissioner allows, elected that this

section is to apply in respect of the disposal;

this Part (other than this section) does not apply in respect of the disposal

and:

(g)

if the asset was acquired by the transferor before 20 September 1985 -

the transferee is taken to have acquired the asset before that date; or

(h)

if the asset was acquired by the transferor on or after 20 September

1985, the transferee is taken to have paid as consideration in respect of the

acquisition of the asset an amount equal to:

(i)

for the purpose of ascertaining whether a capital gain accrued to the

transferee in the event of a subsequent disposal of the asset by the

transferee - the amount that would have been the indexed cost base to the

transferor of the asset for the purposes of this Part if this Part had applied

in respect of the disposal of the asset by the transferor to the transferee;

or

(ii)

for the purpose of ascertaining whether the transferee incurred a

capital loss in the event of a subsequent disposal of the asset by the

transferee - the amount that would have been the reduced cost base to the

transferor of the asset for the purposes of this Part if this Part had applied

in respect of the disposal of the asset by the transferor to the transferee.

"(2) If, in the case of an asset to which paragraph (1) (h) applies, the

asset is disposed of by the transferee within 12 months after the day on which

the asset was acquired by the transferor, the reference in that paragraph to

the indexed cost base to the transferor of the asset is taken to be a

reference to the cost base to the transferor of the asset.

"(3) If, after the acquisition of the asset by the transferee:

(a)

any shares in the transferor (being shares acquired by the holder of

the shares on or after 20 September 1985) are disposed of; or

(b)

a debt owed by the transferor (being a debt acquired by the creditor on

or after 20 September 1985) is disposed of;

the cost base, the indexed cost base or the reduced cost base of the shares or

debt to the holder of the shares or the creditor, as the case may be, is

reduced by such amount as is reasonable having regard to the reduction in the

value of those shares or of that debt resulting from the disposal of the

asset, being a reduction in value calculated by reference to:

(c)

if the asset was acquired by the transferor before 20 September 1985 -

the market value of the asset at the time of the disposal less, if the

transferee assumed in connection with the disposal any liability or

liabilities in respect of the asset, the amount of that liability or the total

of the amounts of those liabilities; or

(d)

if the asset was acquired by the transferor on or after 20 September

1985 - the amount that, if this Part had applied to the disposal of the asset

by the transferor to the transferee, would have been:

(i)

for the purpose of the application of this subsection in ascertaining

the reduction to be effected in the cost base of the shares or debt - the cost

base to the transferor of the asset; or

(ii)

for the purpose of the application of this subsection in ascertaining

the reduction to be effected in the indexed cost base of the shares or debt -

the indexed cost base to the transferor of the asset; or

(iii)

for the purpose of the application of this subsection in ascertaining

the reduction to be effected in the reduced cost base of the shares or debt -

the reduced cost base to the transferor of the asset;

less, if the transferee assumed in connection with the disposal any liability

or liabilities in respect of the asset, the amount of that liability or the

total of the amounts of those liabilities.

"(4) Where, if:

(a)

any shares in the transferor (being shares acquired by the holder of

the shares on or after 20 September 1985); or

(b)

a debt owed by the transferor (being a debt acquired by the creditor on

or after 20 September 1985);

were disposed of at the time immediately after the acquisition by the

transferee of the asset, the amount of the reduction applicable in relation to

the shares or debt under subsection (3) would exceed the indexed cost base of

the shares or debt, as the case may be, to the holder of the shares or the

creditor, a capital gain equal to the excess is taken to have accrued to the

holder or creditor at that time.

"(5) If a holder of shares or creditor referred to in subsection (4)

acquired any of those shares, or acquired the debt,

within 12 months before

the asset was acquired by the transferee, that subsection has effect in

relation to those last-mentioned shares or in relation to the debt as if the

reference in that subsection to the indexed cost base of the shares or debt to

the holder of the shares or the creditor were a reference to the cost base of

the shares or debt to the holder of the shares or the creditor, as the case

may be.

"(6) Subsections 160ZZO (4) to (9), inclusive, have effect for the purposes

of this section as they have effect for the purposes of section 160ZZO.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 33

33. After section 160ZZPF of the Principal Act the following sections are

inserted:

Strata title conversions

"160ZZPG. (1) This section applies where:

(a)

under a strata title law of a State or Territory or of a foreign

country, land on which is erected one or more buildings is or was subdivided

into stratum units, or into stratum units and common property; and

(b)

immediately before the subdivision, a taxpayer (in this section called

the 'converting taxpayer') held a particular asset (in this section called the

'original asset'), being an asset in relation to the land.

"(2) If:

(a)

the converting taxpayer has elected that this subsection is to apply to

the taxpayer in respect of the subdivision; and

(b)

the Commissioner is satisfied, having regard to the following matters:

(i)

the extent (if any) to which any interests in relation to the stratum

units are or were held by persons who did not hold assets in relation to the

land immediately before the subdivision;

(ii)

the extent (if any) to which the rights of occupancy in relation to

the stratum units differ from the rights of occupancy held immediately before

the subdivision;

(iii)

any other matters that the Commissioner considers relevant;

that it is appropriate to grant CGT roll-over relief in relation to the

taxpayer in respect of the subdivision;

the Commissioner must take such steps as are necessary to grant CGT roll-over

relief in relation to the taxpayer in respect of the subdivision.

"(3) The steps that the Commissioner may take include:

(a)

if the taxpayer disposed of an original asset - treating the original

asset as if this Part did not apply in respect of the disposal; or

(b)

if an original asset was acquired by the taxpayer before 20 September

1985 - treating a particular asset held by the taxpayer as having been

acquired by the taxpayer before 20 September 1985; or

(c)

if an original asset was acquired by the taxpayer on or after 20

September 1985 - treating the taxpayer as having paid, as consideration in

respect of the acquisition of a particular asset held by the taxpayer, an

amount equal to:

(i)

for the purpose of ascertaining whether a capital gain accrued to the

taxpayer in the event of a subsequent disposal of the asset by the taxpayer -

such amount as is ascertained in a manner that the Commissioner determines to

be appropriate; or

(ii)

for the purpose of ascertaining whether the taxpayer incurred a

capital loss in the event of the subsequent disposal of the asset by the

taxpayer - such amount as is ascertained in a manner that the Commissioner

determines to be appropriate.

"(4) A determination under paragraph (3) (c) may provide for the amount

concerned to be ascertained in a different manner in different circumstances.

"(5) An election for the purposes of subsection (2) is to be in writing and

lodged with the Commissioner on or before the date of lodgment of the

taxpayer's return of income of the later of the following years of income:

(a)

the year of income in which the subdivision concerned occurred;

(b)

the year of income in which this section commenced;

or within such further period as the Commissioner allows.

"(6) A reference in this section to an asset in relation to land includes a

reference to a share in a company that owns a legal or equitable estate or

interest in the land, being a share that entitles the holder to a right of

occupancy to, or to a part of, a building erected on the land.

"(7) In this section:

'strata title law' means a law relating to strata title, group title,

cluster title, unit title or similar title;

'stratum unit', in relation to a strata title law, means a lot or unit

(however described in that law).

Conversion of incorporated association to company incorporated under company

law

"160ZZPH. (1) This section applies where:

(a)

a company that is not incorporated under company law does any act or

thing that results in the company becoming a company incorporated under

company law at a particular time (in this section called the 'conversion

time') without the creation of a new legal entity; and

(b)

immediately before the conversion time, each of 2 or more taxpayers (in

this section called the 'converting taxpayers') held a particular asset (in

this section called the 'original asset'), being an interest of a member in,

or in relation to, the company; and

(c)

at or about the conversion time, the company issued shares (in this

section called the 'new shares') to each converting taxpayer; and

(d)

the original assets held by each converting taxpayer were disposed of

at or about the conversion time; and

(e)

the consideration in respect of each of the disposals consists only of

the new shares.

"(2) If:

(a)

either of the following conditions is satisfied in relation to a

particular converting taxpayer:

(i)

the taxpayer is a resident of Australia;

(ii)

each disposal of an original asset by the taxpayer constitutes a

disposal of a taxable Australian asset; and

(b)

the taxpayer has elected that this subsection is to apply in respect of

the disposal of all of the original assets held by the taxpayer; and

(c)

the Commissioner is satisfied, having regard to the following matters:

(i)

the extent to which each converting taxpayer owned the new shares in

the company in the same proportion as the taxpayer held the original assets in

the company that were disposed of;

(ii)

the extent (if any) to which the ratio worked out using the following

formula:

Market value of taxpayer's original assets

------------------------------------------

Market value of total original assets

where:

Market value of taxpayer's original assets is the market value, as at a

particular time, of the original assets held by the taxpayer;

Market value of total original assets is the market value, as at that time,

of all of the original assets in the company held by all converting

taxpayers;

differs from the ratio worked out using the following formula:

Market value of taxpayer's new shares

-------------------------------------

Market value of total new shares

where:

Market value of taxpayer's new shares is the market value, as at a

particular time, of the new shares held by the taxpayer;

Market value of total new shares is the market value, as at that time, of

all the new shares in the company held by all the converting taxpayers;

(iii)

any other matters that the Commissioner considers relevant;

that it is appropriate to grant CGT roll-over relief in

relation to the taxpayer in respect of the company becoming a company

incorporated under company law;

the Commissioner must take such steps as are necessary to grant CGT roll-over

relief in relation to the taxpayer in respect of the company becoming a

company incorporated under company law.

"(3) The steps that the Commissioner may take include:

(a)

treating an original asset as if this Part did not apply in respect of

its disposal; or

(b)

if an original asset was acquired by the taxpayer before 20 September

1985 - treating a particular new share held by the taxpayer as having been

acquired by the taxpayer before 20 September 1985; or

(c)

if an original asset was acquired by the taxpayer on or after20

September 1985 - treating the taxpayer as having paid, as consideration in

respect of the acquisition of a particular new share held by the taxpayer, an

amount equal to:

(i)

for the purpose of ascertaining whether a capital gain accrued to the

taxpayer in the event of a subsequent disposal of the new share by the

taxpayer - such amount as is ascertained in a manner that the Commissioner

determines to be appropriate; or

(ii)

for the purpose of ascertaining whether the taxpayer incurred a

capital loss in the event of the subsequent disposal of the new share by the

taxpayer - such amount as is ascertained in a manner that the Commissioner

determines to be appropriate.

"(4) A determination under paragraph (3) (c) may provide for the amount

concerned to be ascertained in a different manner in different circumstances.

"(5) An election for the purposes of subsection (2) is to be in writing and

lodged with the Commissioner on or before the date of lodgment of the

taxpayer's return of income of the later of the following years of income:

(a)

the year of income in which the conversion time occurred;

(b)

the year of income in which this section commenced; or within such

further period as the Commissioner allows.

"(6) In this section:

'company law' means the Companies Act 1981 or a similar law of the

Commonwealth, of a State, of a Territory or of a foreign country relating to

companies.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 34

Exemption of principal residence

34. (1) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "after

that date during which the land" from the definition of "relevant period" in

subsection (1) and substituting "during which land acquired after that date".

(2) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (5)

and substituting the following subsections:

"(5) Where:

(a)

a taxpayer has at any time (in this subsection called the 'relevant

time'), whether before or after the commencement of this subsection, acquired

a legal or equitable estate or interest (other than a life interest) in land;

and

(b)

one of the following subparagraphs is applicable:

(i)

no dwelling or partly erected dwelling was on the land at the relevant

time and, after that time, the taxpayer:

(a)

erected a dwelling on the land; or

(b)

commenced to erect a dwelling on the land but died before the erection

of the dwelling was completed;

(ii)

a partly erected dwelling was on the land at the relevant time and,

after that time, the taxpayer:

(a)

completed the erection of the dwelling; or

(b)

commenced to complete the erection of the dwelling but died before the

erection of the dwelling was completed;

(iii)

a dwelling or partly erected dwelling was on the land at the relevant

time and, after that time, the taxpayer demolished the dwelling or partly

erected dwelling and:

(a)

erected a new dwelling on the land; or

(b)

commenced to erect a new dwelling on the land but died before the

erection of the dwelling was completed; and

(c)

if sub-subparagraph (b) (i) (a), (ii) (a) or (iii) (a) applies:

(i)

the dwelling became the sole or principal residence of the taxpayer for

the purposes of this Part as soon as practicable after the dwelling was

erected or the erection of the dwelling was completed and continued to be the

sole or principal residence of the taxpayer for the purposes of this Part for

not less than 3 months; or

(ii)

the taxpayer died after the dwelling was erected or the erection of

the dwelling was completed and the taxpayer's death occurred:

(a)

before it was practicable for the dwelling to become the taxpayer's

sole or principal residence; or

(b)

during the period of 3 months referred to in subparagraph (i); and

(d)

an election that this subsection is to apply in relation to the

dwelling is made in accordance with subsection (5A) or (5B) by:

(i)

in a case where subparagraph (ii) does not apply - the taxpayer; or

(ii)

in a case where sub-subparagraph (b) (i) (b), (ii) (b) or (iii) (b) or

subparagraph (c) (ii) applies or any other case where the taxpayer died before

the end of the period allowed for making an election without having made an

election:

(a)

if the taxpayer held the estate or interest as a joint tenant - the

surviving joint tenant; or

(b)

otherwise - the trustee of the estate of the taxpayer;

the following provisions have effect:

(e)

if subparagraph (c) (i) applies:

(i)

the period during which the dwelling was the sole or principal

residence of the taxpayer for the purposes of this Part includes:

(a)

the period on and from the relevant commencing date to and including

the date on which the dwelling was erected or the erection of the dwelling was

completed (other than any part of that period during which the taxpayer was

the dependent child of another taxpayer); or

(b)

the period of 4 years immediately before the dwelling became the sole

or principal residence of the taxpayer (other than any part of that period

during which the taxpayer was the dependent child of another taxpayer);

whichever period (in this paragraph called the 'construction period') is the

shorter period; and

(ii)

no other dwelling is to be treated as having been the sole or

principal residence of the taxpayer during the construction period;

(f)

if sub-subparagraph (b) (i) (b), (ii) (b) or (iii) (b) or subparagraph

(c) (ii) applies:

(i)

this Part has effect as if the dwelling was the sole or principal

residence of the taxpayer at the time of his or her death; and

(ii)

the period during which the dwelling was the sole or principal

residence of the taxpayer for the purposes of this Part includes:

(a)

the period on and from the relevant commencing date to and including

the date of the death of the taxpayer (other than any part of that period

during which the taxpayer was the dependent child of another taxpayer); or

(b)

the period of 4 years immediately before the death of the taxpayer

(other than any part of that period during which the taxpayer was the

dependent child of another taxpayer);

whichever period (in this paragraph called the 'construction period') is the

shorter period; and

(iii)

no other dwelling is to be treated as having been the sole or

principal residence of the taxpayer during the construction period.

"(5AA) For the purposes of subsection (5):

(a)

a reference to the relevant commencing date is a reference to:

(i)

if subparagraph (5) (b) (iii) applies and the dwelling, or partly

completed dwelling, that was demolished was occupied by the taxpayer or

another person after the relevant time - the date on which the dwelling

ceased, or last ceased, to be so occupied; or

(ii)

otherwise - the date on which the taxpayer acquired the estate or

interest in the land; and

(b)

a taxpayer who has, whether before or after the commencement of this

subsection, entered into a contract or contracts for the erection of, or for

the completion of the erection of, a dwelling is taken to have commenced to

erect, or to have commenced to complete the erection of, the dwelling at the

time when the contract or the first contract was entered into.".

(3) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from

subsection (5A) "shall be" and substituting "does not have any effect unless

it is".

(4) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

subsection (5A) the following subsection:

"(5B) An election by a surviving joint tenant, or a trustee, in relation to

a deceased taxpayer for the purposes of subsection (5) does not have any

effect unless it is lodged with the Commissioner on or before whichever is the

later of the following dates:

(a)

the date of lodgment of the return of income of the deceased taxpayer's

estate for the year of income in which the taxpayer died;

(b)

the last day of the year of income in which the Act that inserted this

subsection received the Royal Assent;

or within such further period as the Commissioner allows.".

(5) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

subsection (6) the following subsection:

"(6A) Where:

(a)

a taxpayer and another person owned a dwelling as joint tenants; and

(b)

the other person died;

this section applies according to its tenor to the acquisition by the taxpayer

of the dwelling as a result of the death of the other person as it applies to

a taxpayer who acquired the dwelling as a beneficiary in the estate of a

deceased person.".

(6) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection

(11) and substituting the following subsections:

"(11) Where:

(a)

a dwelling owned by a taxpayer temporarily ceases to be the sole or

principal residence of the taxpayer; and

(b)

either:

(i)

the dwelling again becomes the sole or principal residence of the

taxpayer within the period of 4 years after the temporary cessation; or

(ii)

the taxpayer dies within that period without the dwelling again

becoming the sole or principal residence of the taxpayer; and

(c)

an election that this subsection is to apply in relation to the

taxpayer in relation to the dwelling is made in accordance with subsection

(11A) by:

(i)

in a case where subparagraph (ii) does not apply - the taxpayer; or

(ii)

in a case where subparagraph (b) (ii) applies or any other case where

the taxpayer died before the end of the period allowed for making an election

without having made an election:

(a)

if the taxpayer and another person owned the dwelling as joint tenants

- the surviving joint tenant; or

(b)

otherwise - the trustee of the estate of the taxpayer;

then, for the purposes of this section, during the period from the time when

the dwelling temporarily ceased to be the sole or principal residence of the

taxpayer until the time when it again became the sole or principal residence

of the taxpayer or the time of the death of the taxpayer:

(d)

the dwelling is to be deemed to have been the sole or principal

residence of the taxpayer; and

(e)

no other dwelling is to be treated as having been the sole or principal

residence of the taxpayer; and

(f)

any use for the purpose of gaining or producing assessable income of

the part of the dwelling that was the sole or principal residence of the

taxpayer before it temporarily ceased to be his or her sole or principal

residence is to be disregarded.

"(11A) An election for the purposes of subsection (11) does not have any

effect unless it is lodged with the Commissioner:

(a)

in the case of an election by a taxpayer - on or before the date of

lodgment of the taxpayer's return of income for the year of income in which

the dwelling again became the sole or principal residence of the taxpayer; or

(b)

in the case of an election by a surviving joint tenant, or a trustee,

in relation to

a deceased taxpayer - on or before whichever is the later of

the following dates:

(i)

the date of lodgment of the return of income of the deceased taxpayer's

estate for the year of income in which the taxpayer died;

(ii)

the last day of the year of income in which the Act that inserted this

subsection received the Royal Assent;

or, in either case, within such further period as the Commissioner allows.".

(7) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph

(13) (d) and substituting the following paragraph:

"(d)

the dwelling was, throughout the period from the death of the

deceased person during which the dwelling was owned by the legal personal

representative of the deceased person, the sole or principal residence of any

one or more of the following:

(i)

the person who was, immediately before the death of the deceased

person, the spouse of the deceased person;

(ii)

a person who, under the will of the deceased person, had a right to

occupy the dwelling;".

(8) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subparagraph

(15) (b) (ii) and substituting the following subparagraph:

"(ii)

the dwelling was, throughout the period from the death of the

deceased person to the time of disposal of the dwelling by the taxpayer, the

sole or principal residence of any one or more of the following:

(a)

the person who was, immediately before the death of the deceased

person, the spouse of the deceased person;

(b)

a person who, under the will of the deceased person, had a right to

occupy the dwelling; and".

(9) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended:

(a)

by omitting subparagraph (17) (b) (iii) and substituting the following

subparagraph:

"(iii)

in a case to which paragraph (13) (d) applies - the dwelling was

the sole or principal residence of any one or more of the persons referred to

in subparagraphs (13) (d) (i) and (ii) during part only of the period referred

to in that paragraph; and";

(b)

by omitting from paragraph (17) (f) "the spouse of the deceased person"

and substituting "any one or more of the persons referred to in that

subparagraph".

(10) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended:

(a)

by omitting from subsection (17A) "subsection (21)" and substituting

"subsections (20A) and (21)";

(b)

by omitting from paragraph (17A) (a) "after 12 months after the date of

the death of the deceased person".

(11) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from

subsection (18) "subsection (21)" and substituting "subsections (20A) and

(21)".

(12) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended:

(a)

by omitting from subsection (19) "subsection (21)" and substituting

"subsections (20A) and (21)";

(b)

by omitting from paragraph (19) (a) "after 12 months after the date of

the death of the deceased person";

(c)

by omitting subparagraph (19) (b) (i) and substituting the following

subparagraph:

"(i)

the dwelling was the sole or principal residence of any one or more

of the persons referred to in sub-subparagraphs (15) (b) (ii) (a) and (b),

during part only of the period referred to in subparagraph (15) (b) (ii);";

(d)

by omitting from paragraph (19) (d) "the spouse of the deceased person"

and substituting "one or more of the persons referred to in that

subparagraph".

(13) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from

subsection (20) "subsection (21)" and substituting "subsections (20A) and

(21)".

(14) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after

subsection (20) the following subsections:

"(20A) Where both subsections (17A) and (18) or both subsections (19) and

(20) would, but for this subsection, apply to a taxpayer in respect of the

disposal of a dwelling owned by the taxpayer:

(a)

if each of the subsections that would so apply has the effect of

deeming a capital gain to have accrued to the taxpayer in respect of the

disposal - only that subsection applies which deems the smaller capital gain

to have accrued; or

(b)

if each of the subsections that would so apply has the effect of

deeming the taxpayer to have incurred a capital loss in respect of the

disposal - only that subsection applies which deems the larger capital loss to

have been incurred.

"(20B) Where:

(a)

but for this subsection a capital gain would be deemed to have accrued

to a taxpayer, or a taxpayer would be deemed to have incurred a capital loss,

in respect of the disposal of a dwelling by the taxpayer; and

(b)

the taxpayer owned the dwelling as the trustee of, or acquired the

dwelling as a beneficiary in, the estate of a deceased person (in this

subsection called the 'relevant deceased person');

then:

(c)

in the case of a dwelling disposed of on or before 15 August 1989 -

that capital gain is to be reduced or that capital loss is to be increased;

or

(d)

in the case of a dwelling disposed of after that date - that capital

gain is to be increased or reduced or that capital loss is to be increased or

reduced;

by such amount as the Commissioner considers appropriate to take into account

the extent to which the dwelling was, during any period that occurred after 19

September 1985 and before the dwelling was acquired by the relevant deceased

person, the sole or principal residence of any one or more of the following:

(e)

any person who owned the dwelling at the time of his or her death;

(f)

any person who, immediately before the death of a person referred to in

paragraph (e), was the spouse of that person;

(g)

any person who, under the will of a person, had a right to occupy the

dwelling;

(h)

any person who acquired the dwelling as a beneficiary in the estate of

a deceased person.

"(20C) Subject to subsection (21), where, pursuant to the will of a deceased

person, a taxpayer in the capacity of a trustee of the estate of the deceased

person acquired a dwelling after 19 September 1985 for occupation by another

person (in this subsection called the 'beneficiary'):

(a)

if the taxpayer disposes of the dwelling to the beneficiary for no

consideration:

(i)

the taxpayer is not taken for the purposes of this Part other than this

subsection to have disposed of the dwelling; and

(ii)

the beneficiary is taken for the purposes of this Part to have

acquired the dwelling on the date on which it was acquired by the taxpayer;

and

(iii)

the cost base, the indexed cost base or the reduced cost base to the

beneficiary of the dwelling for the purposes of this Part includes any amount

that would, if the taxpayer had disposed of the dwelling for the purposes of

this Part at the time when ownership of the dwelling passed to the

beneficiary, have been included in the cost base, the indexed cost base or the

reduced cost base, as the case may be, of the dwelling to the taxpayer as a

result of the taxpayer having incurred expenditure in respect of the dwelling;

or

(b)

if the taxpayer disposes of the dwelling to a person otherwise than as

mentioned in paragraph (a):

(i)

if the dwelling was the sole or principal residence of the beneficiary

during the whole of the period from the time when the dwelling was acquired by

the taxpayer to the time when it was so disposed of - a capital gain is not to

be deemed to have accrued to the taxpayer, and a capital loss is not to be

deemed to have been incurred by the taxpayer, as the case requires, in respect

of the disposal of the dwelling; or

(ii)

if the dwelling was the sole or principal

residence of the beneficiary during part only of the period referred to in

subparagraph (i) and, but for this section and subsection 160ZA (1), a capital

gain would have accrued to the taxpayer, or the taxpayer would have incurred a

capital loss, in respect of the disposal - a capital gain is to be deemed to

have accrued to the taxpayer, or the taxpayer is to be deemed to have incurred

a capital loss, as the case may be, in respect of the disposal of the

dwelling, of an amount calculated in accordance with the formula AB

----, where:

C

A is the amount of the capital gain or of the capital loss, as the case may

be, first mentioned in this subparagraph;

B is the number of days in the part of the period referred to in subparagraph

(i) during which the dwelling was not the sole or principal residence of

the beneficiary;

C is the number of days in the period referred to in subparagraph (i).".

(15) Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from

paragraph (21) (b) "or (20)" and substituting ", (20) or (20C)".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

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Disposal of shares or interest in partnership or trust

35. (1) Section 160ZZT of the Principal Act is amended by omitting

subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections:

"(1A) For the purposes of this section:

(a)

a company is taken to have been a private company at a particular time

(in this paragraph called the 'relevant time') after 19 September 1985 if the

company was an unlisted company:

(i)

at the relevant time; or

(ii)

at any time during:

(A)

where the relevant time was later than 15 August 1994 - the period of 5

years immediately preceding the relevant time; or

(B)

in any other case - the period that commenced on 15 August 1989 and

ended at the relevant time; and

(b)

a trust estate is taken to have been a private trust estate at a

particular time (in this paragraph called the 'relevant time') after 19

September 1985 if the relevant trust is not a unit trust or, where the

relevant trust is a unit trust, if the unit trust was an unlisted unit trust:

(i)

at the relevant time; or

(ii)

at any time during:

(a)

where the relevant time was later than 15 August 1994 - the period of 5

years immediately preceding the relevant time; or

(b)

in any other case - the period that commenced on 15 August 1989 and

ended at the relevant time; and

(c)

a company is taken to have been an unlisted company at a particular

time if at that time no shares in the company were listed for quotation in the

official list of a stock exchange in Australia or elsewhere; and

(d)

a unit trust is taken to have been an unlisted unit trust at a

particular time if at that time no units in the unit trust were listed for

quotation in the official list of a stock exchange in Australia or elsewhere

or were ordinarily available for subscription or purchase by the public.

"(2) Subject to subsection (1A), expressions used in this section to which

meanings are given by section 26AAA for the purposes of that section also have

those meanings for the purposes of this section.".

(2) Section 160ZZT of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the

following subsection:

"(4) For the purposes of this section, if:

(a)

after 15 August 1989, a company (in this subsection called the

'transferor') disposes of an asset to another company (in this subsection

called the 'transferee') that is a non-resident; and

(b)

the transferor acquired the asset before 20 September 1985; and

(c)

the asset is not a taxable Australian asset; and

(d)

the transferee is a group company (within the meaning of section

160ZZO) in relation to the transferor in relation to the year of income in

which the disposal took place;

the transferee is taken to have acquired the asset before 20 September 1985.".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 36

Payment of interest by taxpayer where assessment amended

36. Section 170AA of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from

subsection (12) ", 202".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 37

Interpretation

37. Section 267 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection

(1) the definition of "actuary" and substituting the following definition:

" 'actuary' means a Fellow or Accredited Member of the Institute of

Actuaries of Australia;".

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 38

Application of amendments

38. (1) In this section:

"amended Act" means the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

(2) The amendments made by paragraphs 6 (a), (b) and (d) apply in relation

to payments under section 41 of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 made in

accordance with a claim for carer's service pension lodged on or after 1

November 1989.

(3) The amendments made by paragraphs 6 (c), (e), (f) and (g) apply to

allowances paid on or after the date of commencement of this subsection.

(4) The amendments made by section 7 apply to a certificate issued on or

after 1 July 1985.

(5) Subparagraph 78 (1) (a) (1xxxvi) of the amended Act applies to gifts

made on or after 29 January 1987.

(6) The amendments made by sections 8, 9 and 10 and paragraphs 13 (a), (b),

(c) and (d) apply to expenditure incurred after 7 September 1989.

(7) The amendments made by section 12 and subsection 23 (1) apply to losses

incurred in the year of income commencing on 1 July 1989 or in any subsequent

year of income.

(8) The amendments made by paragraph 14 (a) and sections 15 and 34 are to be

taken to have commenced on 20 September 1985.

(9) The amendments made by section 16 apply to disposals of assets after 30

November 1989.

(10) The amendments made by sections 18, 30 and 31 and subsection 35 (1)

apply in respect of disposals of assets that took place or take place after 15

August 1989.

(11) The amendments made by section 19 apply in respect of any acquisition

of an asset that took place or takes place after 15 August 1989.

(12) The amendments made by section 20 apply in respect of disposals of

assets that were acquired after 15 August 1989.

(13) The amendment made by section 21 applies in relation to shares that

were or are disposed of (otherwise than because of the application of section

160ZL of the amended Act) after 15 August 1989.

(14) The amendment made by section 22 applies in relation to an interest or

units in a trust that were or are disposed of (otherwise than because of the

application of section 160ZM of the amended Act) after 15 August 1989.

(15) The amendment made by subsection 23 (2) applies in respect of notices

given after 15 August 1989.

(16) The amendment made by subsection 23 (3) applies in respect of a

disposal of an asset where:

(a)

the disposal took place or takes place after 15 August 1989; and

(b)

the relevant notice under paragraph 160ZP (7) (c) of the amended Act

was or is given after that date.

(17) The amendment made by section 24 applies in respect of rights issued

after 15 August 1989.

(18) The amendment made by section 25 applies in respect of options issued

after 15 August 1989.

(19) Sections 160ZZPG and 160ZZPH of the amended Act apply to assessments in

respect of income of the year of income in which 20 September 1985 occurred

and of all subsequent years of income.

(20) Sections 160ZYYA and 160ZZBAA of the amended Act apply to convertible

notes acquired after 10 May 1989.

(21) The amendment made by section 37 applies in relation to a certificate

issued after the commencement of this subsection.

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 39

Transitional - section 27H of the amended Act

39. (1) In this section:

"amended Act" means the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

(2) For the purposes of section 27H of the amended Act, where the following

conditions are satisfied in relation to a certificate:

(a)

the certificate was issued before the commencement of this section;

(b)

the certificate purported to be for the purposes of section 27H of the

Principal Act;

(c)

the certificate was issued by a person who, if subsection 4A (2) of the

Life Insurance Act 1945 (as in force immediately before 1 July 1985) had

continued in force until the commencement of this section, would have been a

person referred to in that subsection of that Act;

the certificate is taken to have been issued by an actuary within the meaning

of section 27H of the amended Act.

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 40

Transitional - elections under subsection 160ZZQ (5) of the

amended Act

40. Where:

(a)

subsection 160ZZQ (5) of the Principal Act did not apply in relation to

a taxpayer in respect of a particular dwelling but subsection 160ZZQ (5) of

that Act as amended by subsection 34 (2) of this Act applies in relation to

the taxpayer in respect of the dwelling; and

(b)

the dwelling was disposed of by the taxpayer on or before 15 August

1989;

subsection 160ZZQ (5A) of the Principal Act as amended by subsection 34 (3) of

this Act does not apply to an election by the taxpayer in relation to the

dwelling for the purposes of subsection 160ZZQ (5) of the Principal Act as so

amended but such an election does not have any effect unless it is lodged on

or before the date of lodgment of the taxpayer's first return of income in

respect of any year of income lodged after the commencement of this section or

within such further period as the Commissioner allows.

PART 3 - AMENDMENT OF THE INDUSTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 1986

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 42

Principal Act

42. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Industry Research and

Development Act 1986.*2*

*2* No. 89, 1986, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 59, 1988; and

No. 167, 1989.

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 43

43. After section 39l of the Principal Act the following section is

inserted:

Certificate as to core technology

"39LA. The Board may, and must if requested in writing by the Commissioner

to do so, give to the Commissioner a certificate stating whether particular

technology that an eligible company has acquired, or has acquired the right to

use, for the purposes of particular research and development activities that

have been or are being carried on by or on behalf of the company was core

technology in relation to those activities.''.

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 44

Joint registration

44. Section 39P of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs (3)

(d) and (e).

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1990No. 35, 1990

- SECT 45

Application of amendments

45. The amendments made by this Part are taken to have had effect on and

from 8 September 1989.

Notes to theTaxation Laws Amendment Act 1990

Note 1

The Taxation Laws Amendment Act 1990 as shown in this compilation comprises

Act No. 35, 1990 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Act

Number

and year

Date

of Assent

Date of commencement

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Taxation Laws Amendment Act 1990

35, 1990

7 June 1990

7 June 1990

Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 2) Act 2010

75, 2010

28 June 2010

Schedule 6 (item 26): 29 June 2010

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

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