The first part of the question arises issues of deductibility of certain expenses, and apportionment between the partly private using and partly used as income-producing purpose.
Deductions
A deduction would only be available where the requirements of ITAA 1997 s 8-1 are satisfied. To be deductible under s 8-1, the expense must be:
1. Incurred in gaining or producing the taxpayer’s assessable income, or
2. Necessarily incurred in carrying on a business for the purpose of gaining or producing the taxpayer’s assessable income.
But not:
1. A loss or outgoing of a capital nature.
2. A loss or outgoing of a private or domestic nature.
3. Incurred in relation to gaining or producing the taxpayer’s exempt income or non-assessable non-exempt income, or
4. Otherwise prevented from being deductible under another provision of ITAA 1997.
Among the other rules, the above second negative limb provides that the expense must not be of a private or domestic nature. So the private using part of the property (upstairs) will not qualify any deductions. But the set-up of the downstairs for Bill’s physiotherapy business makes this part of the property producing assessable income. Therefore expenditures incurred in property maintenance and repairing could be deductible against Bill’s business income depending on circumstances. While Bill may claim some of deductions for his expenditures, he will be liable for capital gain tax when he sold the property.
Apportionment
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The validity of the tax here is related to the benefit Δ receives from access
He sought to deduct various expenses associated with maintaining the office including electricity, gas, repairs and maintenance. These expenses were allowed under s.8(1)(i)(ii) as office rent, but the court did not see them as “supplies” that were “consumed.” However despite this decision, the CRA regards these items as supplies and allows them to be deductible under s.8(1)(i)(iii) ITA. According to CRA Bulletin, paragraphs 9 and 10, supplies in para 8(1)(i)(iii) do not include basic monthly service charge for a telephone line, however, in cases that followed, Prewer v MNR, the taxpayer was able to deduct a percentage of her house, but it had to be reasonable otherwise it would fall under s.67 ITA. The court reconsidered this position in Felton v MNR and said that if you own the home, then you cant deduct rent because “rent” can only arise in a and lord-tenant relationship and here one does not exist. In Haltrecht v Canada, the minister would not allow the deduction of utilities and maintenance costs of the house but in the CRA Interpretation bulletin IT-352R2, they said that they would allow deduction under s.8(1)(i)(ii) they would allow a reasonable deduction of expenses paid by the taxpayer which would include, maintenance of home including, fuel, electricity, light bulbs, cleaning materials and minor
Capital gain or loss that happens to a dwelling that is a taxpayer’s main residence is
In Mason, the taxpayer suffered a severe attack of paralytic poliomyelitis. The cost of installation of a specially designed swimming pool, installed on the advice of a physician to provide hydrotherapeutic treatment for the taxpayer was found by jury to constitute a deductible medical expense and not a nondeductible capital expenditure. The swimming pool in Mason covered an area of thirty by fifteen feet, had a depth of four to six feet, and included a ramp designed to facilitate entry by wheel chair. The jury held for the taxpayer and allowed a deduction of the pool as a medical expense because the design of the pool catered to the taxpayer’s medical needs.
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Which of the following is not a required test for the deduction of a business expense?
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Explain the argument over whether or not this should be considered a tax instead of
With regards to expenses, ensure that your perform a in depth review of expenses incurred over the two years and if they are both necessary and ordinary then they can be deducted for your annual income.
Thus, a capital expenditure which is related only to the sick person and is not related to permanent improvement or betterment of property, if it otherwise qualifies as an expenditure for medical care, shall be deductible; for example, an expenditure for eye glasses, a seeing eye dog, artificial teeth and limbs, a wheel chair, crutches, an inclinator or an air conditioner which is detachable from the property and purchased only for the use of a sick person, etc. Moreover, a capital expenditure for permanent improvement of property may qualify as a medical expense to the extent that the expenditure exceeds the increase in the value of the related property, if the particular expenditure is related directly to medical care. Such a situation could arise, for example, where a taxpayer is advised by a physician to install an elevator in his residence so that the taxpayer's wife who is afflicted with heart disease will not be required to climb stairs. If the cost of installing the elevator is $1,000 and the increase in the value of the residence is determined to be only $700, the difference of $300, which is the amount in excess of the value enhancement, is deductible as a medical expense. If, however, by reason of this expenditure, it is determined that the value of the residence has
In this composition, we will be discussing two topics that go hand in hand when it is dealt with in tax accounting. To fully understand the scope of this article, passive activity is defined by the IRS as “any rental activity or any business in which the taxpayer gains income but does not materially participate in the activity”(IRS). Examples of passive activities can include equipment leasing and real estate leasing, in contrast to salaries, wages which are generally considered non-passive activities. As the article “Skip the dorm, buy your kid a condo” states, there are tax benefits when renting a property, but now individuals have exploited loopholes in the tax code that can be controversial and even illegal.
In this case, the client is operating a bakery, and he anticipates he will incur $6.000 in maintain his shop over the next 12 months. But according to the section DA 2 (1) ITA 2007, it states that deduction for any expenditure or loss to the extent that it is of a capital nature (DA 2 General limitations, 2004). Therefore, the maintenance expenditure is caught by section DA 2 (1), due to the maintenance expenditure has a capital nature. For that reason, the deferred maintenance of $6,000 is not allowed to deduct.
All entities that hold financial assets or commitments to extend credit that are not accounted for at fair value through profit or loss