Part 3Returns and payment of tax
Calculation of tax payable: deductions, apportionment, other adjustments
21FTreatment on disposal
This section applies when a registered person—
- acquires goods or services in relation to which they do not have a full deduction, taking into account any adjustments made to input tax in adjustment periods after acquisition; and
- subsequently disposes, or is treated as disposing, of the goods or services in the course or furtherance of a taxable activity.
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Repealed -
Repealed Subject to subsection (6), the person must make a final adjustment of an amount calculated using the formula—
Where:
For the purposes of the formula in subsection (4),—
- tax fraction has the meaning given in section 2(1), unless subsection (7) applies to the disposal:
- consideration is the amount of consideration received, or treated as received, for the supply:
- previous use is the percentage intended use or the previous actual use in the period before the period in which the disposal occurs.
If either of the requirements in subsection (6B) are met, the final adjustment given by subsection (4) must not exceed—
- for a disposal that the person acquired as a zero-rated supply under section 11(1)(m) or (mb), the amount of output tax that is accounted for by the person under section 20(3J)(a)(iii), taking into account any later adjustments made under the apportionment rules in sections 21 to 21H; or
- for a disposal to which paragraph (a) does not apply, the amount that, when added to any deduction already claimed, produces a total amount equal to the amount of the full input tax deduction on acquisition referred to in section 21D(2).
For the purposes of subsection (6), the requirements are either—
- the disposal is of land that the person uses in the course or furtherance of a taxable activity that is—
- the main activity of the person out of all activities undertaken by the person that involve the supply of goods and services to another person for consideration, including activities that are not taxable activities (for example, making exempt supplies); and
- developing land, dividing land into lots, dealing in land, or erecting buildings; or
- the main activity of the person out of all activities undertaken by the person that involve the supply of goods and services to another person for consideration, including activities that are not taxable activities (for example, making exempt supplies); and
- section 5(16B) applies.
In the formula in subsection (4), on the disposal of the goods or services, if the supply is charged at the rate of 0%, the item tax fraction is treated as 15%.
Notes
- Section 21F: substituted, on (applying to supplies made on or after 1 April 2011), by section 15(1) of the Taxation (GST and Remedial Matters) Act 2010 (2010 No 130).
- Section 21F(2): repealed (with effect on 24 February 2020), on , by section 25(1) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2021–22, GST, and Remedial Matters) Act 2022 (2022 No 10).
- Section 21F(3): repealed (with effect on 24 February 2020), on , by section 25(1) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2021–22, GST, and Remedial Matters) Act 2022 (2022 No 10).
- Section 21F(4): added (with effect on 1 April 2011), on (applying to supplies made on or after 1 April 2011), by section 240(2) of the Taxation (Tax Administration and Remedial Matters) Act 2011 (2011 No 63).
- Section 21F(4): amended (with effect on 24 February 2020), on , by section 25(2) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2021–22, GST, and Remedial Matters) Act 2022 (2022 No 10).
- Section 21F(5): added (with effect on 1 April 2011), on (applying to supplies made on or after 1 April 2011), by section 240(2) of the Taxation (Tax Administration and Remedial Matters) Act 2011 (2011 No 63).
- Section 21F(6): replaced (with effect on 24 February 2020), on , by section 225(1) (and see section 225(3) for application) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2024–25, Emergency Response, and Remedial Measures) Act 2025 (2025 No 9).
- Section 21F(6)(a): amended, on , by section 142(2) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2022–23, Platform Economy, and Remedial Matters) Act 2023 (2023 No 5).
- Section 21F(6B): inserted (with effect on 24 February 2020), on , by section 225(2) (and see section 225(3) for application) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2024–25, Emergency Response, and Remedial Measures) Act 2025 (2025 No 9).
- Section 21F(7): added (with effect on 1 April 2011), on (applying to supplies made on or after 1 April 2011), by section 240(2) of the Taxation (Tax Administration and Remedial Matters) Act 2011 (2011 No 63).
- Section 21F(7): amended (with effect on 24 February 2020), on , by section 25(4) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2021–22, GST, and Remedial Matters) Act 2022 (2022 No 10).


