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FB 21: Depreciable property
or “Rules for transferring property you can claim depreciation on during a relationship split”
You could also call this:

“When this part of the law applies to property transfers”

This part of the law talks about when property changes hands in certain situations. It applies to several types of transfers:

When someone dies, their property goes to the person in charge of their estate. This person is called an executor or administrator.

If you’re named in someone’s will, you might get some of their property after they die. The executor or administrator will give it to you.

Sometimes, a trust might give property to someone who benefits from the trust. This is okay unless the person is paying for the property at a normal price.

A company might give property to someone who owns part of the company.

When someone gives a gift, it counts too. But this doesn’t include things the person usually sells as part of their business.

Sometimes, the person in charge of one trust might transfer property to another trust. This is allowed if the trust rules say it’s okay or if the law allows it.

The law also explains some special terms. A “close relative” means a husband, wife, or partner of the person who died, or someone closely related to them. “Property” can include special kinds of business ownership. “Tax-base property” means things like business assets, certain foreign investments, some financial arrangements, and items that lose value over time for tax purposes.

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Part F Recharacterisation of certain transactions
Distribution, transmission, and gifts of property

FC 1Disposals to which this subpart applies

  1. This subpart provides a value for property that is disposed of under the transactions referred to in section FC 10 and under transactions that are—

  2. the transfer of a person’s estate to an executor or administrator on the death of the person:
    1. the transfer of property on a distribution by an executor, administrator, or trustee of a deceased person’s estate to a beneficiary who is beneficially entitled to receive the property under the will or the rules governing intestacy:
      1. the transfer of property on a distribution by a trustee of a trust to a beneficiary of the trust, unless the distribution is part of an arrangement under which the beneficiary pays an amount for the property that would reasonably be expected to be paid on a disposal at arm’s length:
        1. the transfer of property on a distribution in kind by a company in a transfer of company value caused by a shareholding in the company under section CD 6 (When is a transfer caused by a shareholding relationship?):
          1. the transfer of property on the making of a gift, other than a gift of trading stock or an interest in trading stock:
            1. the transfer of property on a settlement by the trustee of a trust on the trustee of another trust, if authorised under—
              1. a trust instrument as a power of advancement or resettlement:
                1. section 64 of the Trusts Act 2019 as the payment or application of capital money or other capital assets.

                2. In this subpart,—

                  close relative, in relation to a transfer from a person’s estate, means—

                  1. a surviving spouse, civil union partner, or de facto partner of the deceased person:
                    1. a person who is within the second degree of relationship to the deceased person

                      property includes a look-through interest for a look-through company

                        tax-base property means—

                        1. revenue account property:
                          1. an attributing interest in a foreign investment fund (FIF):
                            1. a financial arrangement other than an arrangement for which the deceased person, or their trustee, was a cash basis person:
                              1. an item for which a deduction for an amount of depreciation loss arises.

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                              Notes
                              • Section FC 1 heading: replaced (with effect on 1 April 2008), on , by section 166(1) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2015–16, Research and Development, and Remedial Matters) Act 2016 (2016 No 1).
                              • Section FC 1(1): amended, on , by section 98 of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2016–17, Closely Held Companies, and Remedial Matters) Act 2017 (2017 No 14).
                              • Section FC 1(1)(c): replaced (with effect on 1 April 2008 and applying for the 2008–09 and later income years), on , by section 166(2) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2015–16, Research and Development, and Remedial Matters) Act 2016 (2016 No 1).
                              • Section FC 1(1)(d): amended, on , by section 116(1) of the Taxation (KiwiSaver, Student Loans, and Remedial Matters) Act 2020 (2020 No 5).
                              • Section FC 1(1)(e): amended, on , by section 74(1) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Act 2024 (2024 No 11).
                              • Section FC 1(1)(f)(ii): replaced, on , by section 161 of the Trusts Act 2019 (2019 No 38).
                              • Section FC 1(2) property: inserted, on (applying for income years beginning on or after 1 April 2011), by section 63(1) of the Taxation (GST and Remedial Matters) Act 2010 (2010 No 130).
                              • Section FC 1 list of defined terms look-through company: inserted, on , by section 63(2) of the Taxation (GST and Remedial Matters) Act 2010 (2010 No 130).
                              • Section FC 1 list of defined terms look-through interest: inserted, on , by section 63(2) of the Taxation (GST and Remedial Matters) Act 2010 (2010 No 130).
                              • Section FC 1 list of defined terms property: inserted (with effect on 1 April 2008), on , by section 166(3) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2015–16, Research and Development, and Remedial Matters) Act 2016 (2016 No 1).
                              • Section FC 1 list of defined terms trading stock: inserted, on , by section 74(2) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Act 2024 (2024 No 11).
                              • Section FC 1 list of defined terms transfer of company value: inserted, on , by section 116(2) of the Taxation (KiwiSaver, Student Loans, and Remedial Matters) Act 2020 (2020 No 5).
                              • Section FC 1 list of defined terms transfer of value: repealed, on , by section 116(2) of the Taxation (KiwiSaver, Student Loans, and Remedial Matters) Act 2020 (2020 No 5).