Event before 1 July 2000 giving rise to claim
22 Event before 1 July 2000 giving rise to claim
The settlement of an insurance claim does not give rise to any adjustment, and is not a taxable supply, under Division 78 of the GST Act to the extent that the event giving rise to the claim happened before 1 July 2000.
However, if:
the claim relates to an insurance policy covering a period that started before 1 July 2000 and ends after that day; and
it cannot be ascertained whether the event giving rise to the claim happened before 1 July 2000;
subsection (1) does not apply, and the settlement does not give rise to any adjustment, and is not a taxable supply, under Division 78 of the GST Act if the claim was made before 1 July 2000.
The settlement of a claim for compensation does not give rise to any adjustment, and is not a taxable supply, under Division 79 or 80 of the GST Act to the extent that the event giving rise to the claim happened before 1 July 2000.
However, if:
the claim is one mentioned in section 79‑25 of the GST Act and the insurance policy concerned covers a period that started before 1 July 2000 and ends after that day; and
it cannot be ascertained whether the event giving rise to the claim happened before 1 July 2000;
subsection (3) does not apply and the settlement does not give rise to any adjustment, and is not a taxable supply, under Division 79 or 80 of the GST Act if the claim was made before 1 July 2000.
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