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Depreciation - as in the Act

Section DA1 General Permission of Part D Deductions allows an amount of expenditure or loss, including an amount of depreciation loss for deriving an income1.

Part E is Timing and Quantifying Rules. Subpart EA2 has the rules for trading stock, livestock, excepted financial arrangements (EA1),  revenue account property(EA2), and prepayments(EA3).

Subpart EE - Depreciation quantifies amounts for depreciation loss and depreciation recovery income3.

Subsections

when a person has an amount of depreciation loss for an item - ss EE1(2)4

when a person has an amount of depreciation recovery income for an item - ss EE1(3)4

what is depreciable property - ss EE6 - property in normal circunstances. might reasonably to expected to decline in value while it is used or available for use in deriving an income5.

ss EE7 states what is specifically excluded as depreciable property. eg. land, trading stock6