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Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
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#### 58M Special translation rules—events that happened before the withdrawal of an election took effect
Certain expenditure incurred on the day when section 58B election takes effect
(1) If:
(a) a person withdraws an election under section 58B with effect from immediately after the end of a financial year; and
(b) the person does not make a fresh election under section 58B with effect from the start of the next financial year; and
(c) any of the following subparagraphs applies:
(i) under subsection 33(3), an amount is taken to be class 1 augmented bond rate general expenditure incurred by the person in relation to a petroleum project on the first day of the next financial year;
(ii) under subsection 34(3), an amount is taken to be class 1 augmented bond rate exploration expenditure incurred by the person in relation to a petroleum project on the first day of the next financial year;
(iii) under subsection 34A(4), an amount is taken to be class 2 uplifted general expenditure incurred by the person on the first day of the next financial year;
(iv) under subsection 35C(5), an amount is taken to be resource tax expenditure incurred by the person in relation to a petroleum project on the first day of the next financial year;
(vi) under subsections 35E(1) and (1B), or under subsection 35E(3), an amount is taken to be starting base expenditure incurred by the person in relation to a petroleum project on the first day of the next financial year;
(vii) the person has a starting base amount in relation to an interest in a petroleum project; and
(d) section 10 requires that the amount be translated into Australian currency;
the amount is to be translated into Australian currency at the exchange rate applicable at the start of the next financial year.
Class 2 uplifted exploration expenditure, class 2 GDP factor expenditure and transferable exploration expenditure
(2) For the purpose of working out:
(a) the class 2 uplifted exploration expenditure; or
(b) the class 2 GDP factor expenditure; or
(c) the transferable exploration expenditure;
that a person is taken to have incurred in a financial year in relation to a petroleum project, if:
(d) a person withdraws an election under section 58B with effect from immediately after the end of an earlier financial year; and
(e) the person has not made an election under section 58B with effect from the start of an intervening financial year; and
(f) section 10 requires that an amount of expenditure be translated into Australian currency; and
(g) the expenditure was actually incurred before the withdrawal of the election took effect;
the expenditure is to be translated into Australian currency at the exchange rate applicable at the start of the next financial year after that earlier financial year.