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INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 26.54

Expenditure relating to illegal activities

             (1)  You cannot deduct under this Act a loss or outgoing to the extent that it was incurred in the furtherance of, or directly in relation to, a physical element of an offence against an * Australian law of which you have been convicted if the offence was, or could have been, prosecuted on indictment.

             (2)  Despite section 170 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 , the Commissioner may amend your assessment at any time within 4 years after you are convicted of the relevant offence for the purpose of giving effect to subsection (1) of this section.



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