On 11 May 2021, as part of the 2021–22 federal Budget, the Australian Government announced that it will extend the temporary full expensing incentive in its current form for 12 months until 30 June 2023.
This measure is not yet law.
Date of effect | Assets acquired from 7:30pm AEDT on 6 October 2020 and first used or installed ready for use by 30 June 2023 | |
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Businesses with an aggregated turnover of less than $5 billion will be able to continue to fully expense the cost of new depreciable assets and the cost of improvements to existing eligible assets in the first year of use. Introduced in the 2020-21 Budget, this measure will enable an asset’s cost to continue to be fully deductible upfront rather than being claimed over the asset’s life, regardless of the cost of the asset. The extension means that the rules can apply to assets that are first used or installed ready for use by 30 June 2023.
Expenditure on these improvements would still normally be claimed at 2.5% or 4% per year.
The car limit will continue to place a cap on the deductions that can be claimed for luxury cars.
From 1 July 2023, normal depreciation arrangements will apply.
Second-hand assets
For businesses with an aggregated turnover under $50 million, full expensing also applies to second-hand assets.
Small business pooling
Small business entities (with aggregated annual turnover of less than $10 million) using the simplified depreciation rules can deduct the full balance of their simplified depreciation pool at the end of the income year while full expensing applies. The provisions which prevent small businesses from re-entering the simplified depreciation regime for five years if they voluntarily leave the system will presumably continue to be suspended.
Opt-out rules
Taxpayers can choose not to apply the temporary full expensing rules to specific assets, although this choice is not currently available to small business entities that choose to apply the simplified depreciation rules for the relevant income year.