Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

This section applies to you if you have deducted or can deduct an amount under Subdivision 400‑A of the former Act for an amount (the qualifying amount) of expenditure on or before 30 June 2001 on evaluating the impact on the environment of a project under Subdivision 400‑A of the former Act.

Division 40 of the new Act applies to the qualifying amount as if it were a depreciating asset on this basis:

it has an opening adjustable value at 1 July 2001 equal to the qualifying amount less any amounts you have deducted or can deduct for it under the former Act or the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936; and

it has a cost equal to the qualifying amount; and

it has an effective life equal to the number of years for which you could deduct for the qualifying amount worked out under subsection 400‑15(3) of the former Act; and

you must use the prime cost method.

There are special rules for entities that have substituted accounting periods: see section 40‑65.