The amendments to the instant asset write-off have been fully legislated, less than a week after some of the changes were announced in the 2019-20 Federal Budget.
The write-off has now been extended to slightly larger businesses, and the limit for the write-off has increased.
Let’s take a look at who, what and when this concession applies to:
| Eligible businesses | Aggregated annual turnover | Asset write-off limit | Time frame |
| Small | Up to $10m | $20,000 | To 28 January 2019 |
| Small | Up to $10m | $25,000 | 29 January 2019 to 2 April 2019* |
| Small | Up to $10m | $30,000 | 2 April 2019* to 30 June 2020 |
| Medium | $10m – $50m | $30,000 | 2 April 2019* to 30 June 2020 |
*7:30pm legal time in the ACT 2 April 2019
Importantly, “medium businesses” are only able to access the write-offs for assets purchased and first used/installed ready for use from 2 April 2019*. Conversely, “small businesses” only need to have the assets first used/installed ready for use within the above time frames, and therefore are able to access the write-off for assets already held (held after 7:30pm legal time in the ACT 12 May 2015).
Note that access to small business pools for assets over the write-off limits will remain in place only for “small businesses”.
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If you would like to discuss how this might apply to your business, please contact Murray Howlett, Ramona McGregor or your Pilot Advisor on 07 3023 1300.