- Technical Decision Summary No. 25/02 clarifies the tax treatment of a financing arrangement for capital asset refurbishment.
- DEF owned ABC, which had a license for the asset.
- DEF’s shareholders were also licensees and provided interest-free loans to ABC.
- ABC’s cash balances and future net operating cash flows covered the remaining costs.
- Capital works license fees were charged on a straight-line basis over the tax life of the new assets.
- ABC was entitled to GST input tax credits for capital expenditures without adjustments.
- ABC was subject to GST on the capital works license fees paid by offset against loan principal.
Source: news.bloombergtax.com
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