INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 250.245 How gain or loss is spread
INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 250.245
How gain or loss is spread(1) This section tells you how to spread a gain or loss to which the accruals method applies.
Compounding accruals or approximation
(2) The gain or loss is to be spread using:
(a) compounding accruals (with the intervals to which parts of the gain or loss are allocated complying with subsection (3)); or
(b) a method whose results approximate those obtained using the method referred to in paragraph (a) (having regard to the length of the period over which the gain or loss is to be spread).
Intervals to which parts of gain or loss allocated
(3) The intervals to which parts of the gain or loss are allocated must:
(b) all be of the same length.
Paragraph (b) does not apply to the first and last intervals. These may be shorter than the other intervals.
Assumption of continuing hold arrangement for the rest of its life
(4) The gain or loss is to be spread assuming that you will
continue to have the * financial arrangement for the rest of its life.