A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
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A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
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(1) If: (a) either: (i) while you were a *member of a *GST group (the first GST group), you acquired a thing (other than from another member of that group) or imported a thing; or (ii) you acquired or imported a thing while you were not a member of any GST group, and you subsequently became a member of a GST group (the first GST group) while you still held the thing; and (b) you cease to be a member of the first GST group; then, when applying section 129‑40 for the first time after that cessation, the *intended or former application of the thing is the extent of *creditable purpose last used to work out: (c) the amount of the input tax credit to which you or the *representative member was entitled for the acquisition or importation; or (d) the amount of any *adjustment you or the representative member had under Division 129 in relation to the thing. (2) If: (a) while you were a *member of a *GST group (the first GST group), you acquired a thing (other than from another member of that group) or imported a thing; and (b) you have ceased to be a member of the first GST group; and (c) you have an *adjustment under Division 129 in relation to the thing, or the *representative member of another GST group of which you are a *member has that adjustment; then, for the purposes of working out the full input tax credit in section 129‑70 or 129‑75, you are taken not to have been a member of a GST group when you acquired or imported the thing.