Growing Jobs and Small Business – expanding accelerated depreciation for small businesses
The Government has proposed to expand accelerated depreciation by allowing small businesses with aggregated annual turnover of less than $2 million to immediately deduct each asset that cost less than $20,000. The measure will apply to assets acquired from 7.30pm on 12 May 2015 until 30 June 2017.
This will replace the previous instant asset write-off threshold of $1,000.
Assets excluded from these depreciation rules include horticultural plants and in-house software allocated to a software development pool. In most cases specific depreciation rules apply to these excluded assets.
Assets that cost $20,000 or more (which can’t be immediately deducted) can be deducted over time using a small business pool. Under the pooling mechanism a deduction for 15 per cent of the cost is allowed in the first income year with a 30 per cent deduction allowed for each income year thereafter.
The balance of a small business pool can also be immediately deducted if the balance is less than $20,000 at the end of an income year that ends on or after 12 May 2015 but on or before 30 June 2017 (including existing pools).
The Government will also suspend the current ‘lock out’ laws for the simplified depreciation rules (these prevent small businesses from re-entering the simplified depreciation regime for five years if they have opted out) until 30 June 2017.
This proposed measure commences 7.30pm (AEST) 12 May 2015 and will cease on 30 June 2017.
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