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TAX AND SUPERANNUATION LAWS AMENDMENT (2014 MEASURES NO. 7) ACT 2015 (NO. 21, 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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