Taxation Determination TD 93/58







This Determination, to the extent that it is capable of being a 'public ruling' in terms of Part IVAAA of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 , is a public ruling for the purposes of that Part. Taxation Ruling TR 92/1 explains when a Determination is a public ruling and how it is binding on the Commissioner. Unless otherwise stated, this Determination applies to years commencing both before and after its date of issue. However, this Determination does not apply to taxpayers to the extent that it conflicts with the terms of a settlement of a dispute agreed to before the date of issue of the Determination (see paragraphs 21 and 22 of Taxation Ruling TR 92/20). | 1. It is assessable income under subsection 25(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (ITAA): | 2. The decision in FC of T v. Spedley Securities Limited 88 ATC 4126; (1988) 19 ATR 938 does not apply in these circumstances. The Full Federal Court in its reasons concluded: | `In the present case the amount received comprised or included recompense for damage to goodwill, which, it is agreed, is an item of capital. The point of the present case is that what was received was a lump sum, the ingredients of which were not identified (there may in fact have been no dissection made on either side) but which, it was held, included compensation for injury to a capital asset.' (at ATC 4131; ATR 942) | 3. In the circumstances of paragraph 1 (a) there is a receipt of income only, that is, there is no capital component in the payment. It is therefore not relevant that the basis of the calculation of the lump sum cannot be determined. | 4. In the circumstances of paragraph 1 (b) there is included in the lump sum a receipt of a capital nature, but the `ingredients' of the payment can be identified, and therefore the portion of the payment which relates to income is assessable. | Examples: Commissioner of Taxation 1/4/93 | Previously issued as Draft TD 92/D219


Legislative references: ITAA 25(1)
Case references: FC of T v. Spedley Securities Limited 88 ATC 4126 (1988) 19 ATR 938
Subject references: assessability; lump sums; settlement sums