Following the announcement in the 2020/2021 Federal Budget, legislation has now passed to allow eligible corporate entities (i.e, those with, among other things, an aggregated turnover of less than $5 billion) a 12-month extension to claim a loss carry-back tax offset in the 2023 income year.
The temporary loss carry-back rules were initially implemented in 2020 to promote economic recovery by providing cash flow support to previously profitable companies that fell into a tax loss position due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The law allows eligible companies to carry-back tax losses from 2020, 2021, 2022 and now the 2023 income year to previously-taxed profits in the 2019 or later income years.
A company that does not elect to carry back losses under this temporary (yet extended) measure is still eligible to carry losses forward as usual.
To find out if your business is eligible for the loss carry-back extension, please contact us.
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