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How to determine your entitlement to other non-refundable tax offsets.

Last updated 25 June 2019

You can claim the following as other refundable tax offsets:

  • tax paid by the trustee of a special disability trust where you are the principal beneficiary
  • exploration credits.

Essentials

Tax paid by the trustee of a special disability trust where you are the principal beneficiary

If the trustee of the special disability trust has lodged a tax return and paid tax on the net income of the trust, you are entitled to claim the amount of the tax paid by the trustee as a refundable tax offset.

For more information, see Completing an individual tax return for a principal beneficiary.

Exploration credits

You may be entitled to a tax offset for exploration credits received during the income year if you were an Australian resident for the whole of the income year.

The amount of the tax offset is the total value of exploration credits you received in the income year. However, special rules may apply where you have received exploration credits from a partnership or a trust.

For more information, see Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive.

Completing this section

We have shown pre-filled information provided to us by companies or through a partnership distribution relating to exploration credits that you may be eligible to claim.

We have shown your exploration credits from the Managed funds section.

  1. Add up all your other refundable tax offsets.
    Only include your share of the offsets you are entitled to claim.
  2. Enter the amount into Offset amount.
  3. Select the Other refundable tax offset code type as follows:  
    • if you are claiming a tax offset as the principal beneficiary of a special disability trust, select S
    • if you are claiming a tax offset for exploration credits, select E
    • if you are claiming both tax offsets, select M.
  4. Select Save and continue when you have completed the Offsets section.

Completing an individual tax return for a principal beneficiary

If the principal beneficiary is required to lodge an individual tax return, the guidance below will help in completing it.

If the special disability trust has a net income amount at item 26 of the trust tax return, the principal beneficiary should include that amount at Trusts in the Business/sole trader, partnership and trust income (including loss details) section.

If the trustee paid tax on that net income, at Other refundable tax offsets, the principal beneficiary should:

  • claim the tax paid by the trustee as a credit at Offset amount
  • select S as the Other refundable tax offset code type.
    If also claiming a tax offset for exploration credits, you should select code type M.

In addition to any income from the special disability trust, the principal beneficiary should include in their return any other personally derived assessable income or deductible expenditure incurred.

If the special disability trust has net income but is not required to lodge a trust tax return, the principal beneficiary should:

  • still include the amount of net income at Trusts in the Business/sole trader, partnership and trust income (including loss details) section
  • not include any amount as a credit at Other refundable tax offsets, as the trustee will not have paid any tax.

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