Work out if you’ve made a net capital gain or loss

To work out if you’ve made a net capital gain or loss, you need to:

  • identify whether any CGT events have occurred
  • identify when you acquired the CGT asset and the time of the CGT event
  • calculate whether you made a capital gain or capital loss for each CGT event by
    • working out your capital proceeds, cost base or reduced cost base
    • choosing one of the methods available to calculate a capital gain
    • identifying whether any exemptions, rollovers or concessions apply that allow you to reduce or disregard a capital gain, including the CGT discount,
    • applying any current year capital losses and carried forward net capital losses.
  • calculate your net capital gain or your net capital loss.

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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