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TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (LOSS RECOUPMENT RULES AND OTHER MEASURES) ACT 2005 NO. 147, 2005 - SCHEDULE 3
- Denying deductions for illegal activity
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
1
Section 12-5
Insert in its appropriate alphabetical position, determined on a
letter-by-letter basis:
2
After section 26-53
Insert:
26-54 Expenditure relating to illegal activities
- (1)
- You cannot deduct under this Act a loss or outgoing to the extent that it
was incurred in the furtherance of, or directly in relation to, a physical
element of an offence against an * Australian law of which you have been
convicted if the offence was, or could have been, prosecuted on indictment.
- (2)
- Despite section 170 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 , the
Commissioner may amend your assessment at any time within 4 years after you
are convicted of the relevant offence for the purpose of giving effect to
subsection (1) of this section.
3
After section 110-37
Insert:
110-38 Exclusions
Expenditure does not form part of any element of the cost base to the extent
that section 26-54 prevents it being deducted (even if some other
provision also prevents it being deducted).
Note: Section 26-54 prevents deductions for expenditure related to
certain offences.
4
After subsection 110-55(9)
Insert:
- (9A)
- Expenditure does not form part of the reduced cost base to the
extent that section 26-54 prevents it being deducted (even if some other
provision also prevents it being deducted).
Note: Section 26-54 prevents deductions for expenditure related to
certain offences.
5
Application
The amendments made by this Schedule apply to amounts incurred after
29 April 2005.
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