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INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 152.315

Choosing the amount to disregard

  (1)   You can choose to disregard all or part of each * capital gain to which this Subdivision applies.

Note 1:   You make capital gains equal to any parts that you do not choose to disregard.

Note 2:   Section   103 - 25 tells you when the choice must be made.

  (2)   However, the choice must be made in a way that ensures that:

  (a)   for an individual--your * CGT retirement exemption limit is not exceeded; or

  (b)   for a company or trust--the CGT retirement exemption limit of each individual for whom the choice is made is not exceeded.

  (3)   The amount chosen for the asset is its CGT exempt amount .

  (4)   The * CGT exempt amount must be specified in writing.

  (5)   If a company or trust is making the choice and it has more than one * CGT concession stakeholder, it must specify in writing the percentage of each * CGT asset's * CGT exempt amount that is attributable to each of those stakeholders. One or more of the percentages may be nil, but all of the percentages must add up to 100%.

Example:   Daryl is a significant individual in a company. The company specifies 90% for Daryl under subsection   (5) (which means that the percentage specified for the other stakeholder must be 10%). Daryl's retirement exemption limit is $500,000.

  To determine whether subsection   (2) is complied with, Daryl would take 90% of the asset's CGT exempt amount, add that to amounts previously specified in choices made by or for him under this Subdivision and see whether the total exceeds $500,000.

Note:   Subsections   (4) and (5) are exceptions to the general rule about choices in section   103 - 25.


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