Two press releases issued by the Treasurer as part of the May Federal Budget (Nos. 038 and 039) proposed some important changes to the CGT Small Business Concessions, which significantly expand their scope. This presentation examines the proposed changes, including the following:
- Changes to apply from 1 July 2006
- $5m maximum net asset value test
- active asset test
- SB CGT Affiliates
- significant individual test
- application of the concessions in the event of death of significant individual
- changes to specific concessions
- changes to apply from 1 July 2007
- $5m threshold to increase to $6m
- STS taxpayers to qualify regardless of $6m threshold.