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TAX AND SUPERANNUATION LAWS AMENDMENT (2014 MEASURES NO. 7) ACT 2015 - SCHEDULE 3

CGT exemption for compensation and insurance

 

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

1   After paragraph   104 - 71(1)(d)

Insert:

  (da)   a payment to which paragraph   118 - 37(1)(ba) applies (about compensation paid through a trust); or

2   Before paragraph   104 - 71(1)(e)

Insert:

  (db)   a payment to which subsection   118 - 300(1A) applies (about insurance and annuity payments paid through a trust); or

3   Paragraphs 118 - 37(1)(a) and (b)

Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:

  (a)   compensation or damages you receive for:

  (i)   any wrong or injury you suffer in your occupation; or

  (ii)   any wrong, injury or illness you or your * relative suffers personally;

  (b)   compensation or damages you receive as the trustee of a trust (other than a trust that is a * complying superannuation entity) for:

  (i)   any wrong or injury a beneficiary of the trust suffers in his or her occupation; or

  (ii)   any wrong, injury or illness a beneficiary of the trust, or the beneficiary's relative, suffers personally;

  (ba)   a * CGT asset you receive, as a beneficiary of a trust, from the trustee of the trust to the extent that the CGT asset is attributable to compensation or damages that the trustee receives as described in paragraph   ( b) for:

  (i)   any wrong or injury you suffer in your occupation; or

  (ii)   any wrong, injury or illness you or your relative suffers personally;

4   Subsection   118 - 300(1) (table item   3)

Repeal the item, substitute:

3

A policy of insurance on the life of an individual or an * annuity instrument

the original owner of the policy or instrument (other than the trustee of a * complying superannuation entity)

5   Subsection   118 - 300(1) (at the end of the table)

Add:

7

A policy of insurance against an individual suffering an illness or injury

the trustee of a * complying superannuation entity for the income year in which the * CGT event happened

6   After subsection   118 - 300(1)

Insert:

Payment to trust beneficiary (or representative) if trustee owns the policy or instrument

  (1A)   A * capital gain or * capital loss you make from a * CGT event happening because you receive a * CGT asset from the trustee of a trust is disregarded if:

  (a)   you receive the CGT asset as:

  (i)   a beneficiary of the trust; or

  (ii)   a * legal personal representative of a beneficiary of the trust; and

  (b)   the CGT asset is attributable to another CGT event and CGT asset to which table item   3 in subsection   ( 1) applies for the trustee.

7   Subsection   295 - 85(4) (table item   10)

Repeal the item, substitute:

10

Subsection   118 - 300(1), for general insurance policies covered by table item   2 in that subsection

General insurance policies for property

8   Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to CGT events happening in the 2005 - 06 income year and later income years.



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