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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:

illegal activities


26-54



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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