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Old 01-08-2020, 12:35 AM   #83
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Default Re: Buying a Used car - Payment

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Originally Posted by raised by monkeys View Post
Only reason i ask is if sold my car and received cash on the weekend, I wouldn't report. For a car i paid for in cash which was taxed through employment income, and paid tax on products and services spent on the car in the time i owned it, and refuse to pay tax from the sale of the car.
You're assuming cash in from the sale of an asset is seen as income. The ATO would be interested in the sale if you made a profit, and if you did the first one or 2 would probably go under the radar, as selling motor vehicles for profit as a person who isn't a licensed car dealer is highly unlikely.

There's a cost base against the sale price. Which is usually higher than the sell price when it comes to private car sales.
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