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What Income Is Assessable Under Capital Gain For Fred?

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Question 1
Issue
What income is assessable under capital gain for Fred?
Law
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
Discussion
Under section 6, a resident of the country is taxable for his incomes from all sources from all over the world.
Capital gain is made on the capital assets which are sold for value more than the cost base of it as per Section 104 (10). It means that for making capital gain a capital gain tax event has to happen. Few capital assets are not taxable even when it makes a capital gain on incurring a capital gain tax event. One of them is a resident property which is used completely for living in it by the taxpayer.
To calculate the capital gain, the most important part is the cost incurred in the asset. It is called cost base of the asset. The components of it are the purchase price of the asset, any incidental costs in putting the asset to work or bringing it to the site of work such as legal fees and stamp duty, other costs incurred in purchasing the asset such as interest on borrowed funds, costs incurred in retaining the asset in a workable position

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