Activity: Jessica’s consulting firm

Jessica runs a small business providing consulting services. She has a number of business assets.

Jessica decided to sell a parcel of land she owns and entered into a contract on 2 May 2020. The contract settled on 13 August 2020. In what income year should Jessica report this CGT event?

Jessica is now reviewing the dates she acquired some of her assets. She created a brokerage account on 8 September 2020 so she could buy ASX listed shares. She used the account to buy shares in another company on 10 September 2020. She sold them shortly afterwards, on 22 September 2022. When did Jessica acquire the shares?

In 2018, Jessica was looking to buy more land and viewed land for sale on 1 March 2018. She entered into a contract to buy a parcel of land on 12 March 2018 and it was settled on 14 May 2018. When did she acquire the land?

Capital gains tax (CGT)

Steps Progress

Capital gains tax overview

5 mins

CGT assets and events

7 mins

Timing of CGT events

5 mins

Calculating a capital gain or loss for each CGT event

21 mins

General exemptions and rollovers

4 mins

Applying small business CGT concessions

20 mins

Calculating the overall net capital gain or loss for the income year

2 mins

The CGT calculator

2 mins

CGT when changing your business structure

2 mins

CGT if running a home-based business

3 mins

CGT record-keeping and asset register

2 mins

Related courses

1 mins

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