Opportunity to participate in ATO Effective Life Review of general practice medical equipment

AMA members may wish to participate in an upcoming review by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). The ATO has commenced a review of the assets used in the general practice with a view to making new effective life determinations. This is used to work out how much you can claim as a tax deduction for an asset's decline in value (depreciation deduction). For most depreciating assets, you have the choice of either working out the effective life yourself or using an effective life determined by the Commissioner of Taxation. The purpose of the review is to ensure that the effective life determinations cover assets commonly used in general practice.

The ATO expects to complete the review of these assets within 12 months with the new effective life determinations expected to apply from 1 July 2020.