27th Nov 2023, 12:56 PM – Representatives Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Increase to $30,000

The majority voted against amendments introduced by Barker MP Tony Pasin (Liberal), which means they failed.

What do the amendments do?

Mr Pasin explained that:

The coalition amendments to this bill give effect to an extension of the instant asset write-off to 26,500 medium businesses and extend the value of assets eligible to $30,000.

Amendment text

(1) Schedule 1, heading, page 4 (lines 1 and 2), omit "$20,000 instant asset write-off for small business entities", substitute "$30,000 instant asset write-off for small and medium business entities".

(2) Schedule 1, page 4 (after line 2), after item 2, insert:

2A After subsection 328-180(3)

Insert:

Extension to medium business entities

(3A) If you are an entity covered by subsection (3B) for an income year, then for the purposes of doing any of the following:

(a) deducting under subsection 328-180(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 a proportion of the adjustable value of a depreciating asset for an income year in circumstances where paragraph (4)(d) of this section applies to you and the asset;

(b) deducting under subsection 328-180(2) of that Act a proportion of an amount included in the second element of the cost for an asset in circumstances where paragraph (5)(e) of this section applies to you and the amount;

(c) applying subsection 328-180(3) of that Act to you and an asset in circumstances where:

(i) paragraph (5)(e) of this section applies to you and an amount included in the second element of the asset's cost; and

(ii) paragraph (6)(e) of this section applies to you for a deduction for the asset for an income year;

Subdivision 328-D of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 applies to you for an income year and the asset as if you were a small business entity for the income year.

(3B) An entity is covered by this subsection for an income year if:

(a) the entity is not a small business entity for the income year; and

(b) the entity would be a small business entity for the income year if:

(i) each reference in Subdivision 328-C of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (about what is a small business entity) to $10 million were instead a reference to $50 million; and

(ii) the reference in paragraph 328-110(5)(b) of that Act to a small business entity were instead a reference to an entity covered by this subsection.

(3) Schedule 1, item 4, page 4 (line 15), omit "$20,000", substitute "$30,000".

(4) Schedule 1, item 5, page 4 (line 24), omit "$20,000", substitute "$30,000".

(5) Schedule 1, item 6, page 5 (line 1), omit "$20,000", substitute "$30,000".