(1) If you carry on a * business, you compare:
(a) the * value of all your * trading stock on hand at the start of the income year; and
(b) the * value of all your trading stock on hand at the end of the income year.
Note: You may not need to do this stocktaking if you are a small business entity: see Division 328.
(2) Your assessable income includes any excess of the * value at the end of the income year over the value at the start of the income year.
(3) On the other hand, you can deduct any excess of the * value at the start of the income year over the value at the end of the income year.