Taxation ruling on commercial website deductibility

A new taxation ruling from the ATO sets out the tax deductibilitynof expenditure incurred in acquiring, developing, maintaining or modifying ancommercial website for use in carrying on a business.

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Broadly, the ruling explains that acquiring or developing ancommercial website for a new or existing business is considered to be a capitalnexpense, and is therefore not deductible. On the other hand, maintaining anwebsite, including remedying software faults, is generally a revenue expense,nso may be deductible.

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