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Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
Div 25(Some amounts you can deduct) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the 1997‑98 income year and later income years, except as provided by this Division.
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Division 25 (Some amounts you can deduct) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to assessments for the 1997‑98 income year and later income years, except as provided by this Division.
Section 25‑40 (Loss from profit‑making undertaking or plan) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to a loss arising in the 1997‑98 income year or a later income year, even if the undertaking or plan was entered into, or began to be carried on or carried out, before the 1997‑98 income year.
Section 25‑45 (which is about deductions for losses by theft etc.) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to a loss discovered in the 1997‑98 income year or a later income year.
Section 25‑90 (which is about deductions relating to foreign exempt income) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to an amount incurred in an income year that begins on or after 1 July 2001.
Section 25‑65 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to the 2006‑07 income year and later income years, in relation to expenditure whenever incurred. In relation to expenditure incurred in the 2005‑06 income year or an earlier income year, it applies as if:
(b) an allowable deduction for the expenditure under section 74A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 had been a deduction for the expenditure under section 25‑65 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
> Note: This section also has the result that, to the extent that a recoupment of the expenditure has been included in your assessable income by former subsections 74A(4) and (5) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, the expenditure will be disregarded in applying the $1,000 per election deduction limit: see subsection 25‑65(2) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.