Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) You may choose to allocate amounts of expenditure you incur on * in - house software in an income year to a software development pool if it is expenditure on developing, or having another entity develop, computer software.
Note: You cannot allocate expenditure on in - house software to a software development pool if it is expenditure on acquiring computer software or a right to use computer software.
(2) Once you choose to create a software development pool for an income year, any amounts of the kind referred to in subsection (1) you incur after the pool is created (whether in that income year or a later one) must be allocated to a software development pool.
(3) However, an amount of expenditure on * in - house software can only be allocated to a software development pool if you intend to use the software solely for a * taxable purpose.
(4) You must create a separate software development pool for each income year for which you incur amounts of the kind referred to in subsection (1).