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ryans291(Dynamo)Dynamo
18 Nov 2021

A friend of mine is a mortgage broker. She plans to spend over 400k on a book that will enable her to earn a lot more income for her business. She will also have to pay over 40k GST on it. Can she claim the whole net amount as an outright deduction on her tax return and the GST amount as an input tax credit on her BAS? Or does she have to capitalise the expense over 5 years? Or does she have to depreciate it (if so, what is the depreciation rate)? Many thanks in advance.

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RichATO(Community Support)Community Support
20 Nov 2021

Hi @ryans291,


Given the value of your friend's business asset, the mortgage loan book, I'd strongly recommend she seeks professional advice on managing her asset.


A mortgage loan book is regarded as an active, CGT asset for a business. So the capital gains tax treatment applies rather than the depreciating asses rules.

She can certainly claim a GST credit on her BAS but cannot deduct the capital cost of the book purchase. That will form part of her CGT cost base which will be used in the future to calculate her capital gain when she sells the book again.

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RichATO(Community Support)Community Support
20 Nov 2021

Hi @ryans291,


Given the value of your friend's business asset, the mortgage loan book, I'd strongly recommend she seeks professional advice on managing her asset.


A mortgage loan book is regarded as an active, CGT asset for a business. So the capital gains tax treatment applies rather than the depreciating asses rules.

She can certainly claim a GST credit on her BAS but cannot deduct the capital cost of the book purchase. That will form part of her CGT cost base which will be used in the future to calculate her capital gain when she sells the book again.

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