Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

CHAPTER 3 - SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES  

PART 3-30 - SUPERANNUATION  

Division 290 - Contributions to superannuation funds  

Subdivision 290-B - Deduction of employer contributions and other employment-connected contributions  

Conditions for deducting an employer contribution

SECTION 290-80   Age related conditions  

290-80(1)    


To deduct the contribution:


(a) you must have made the contribution on or before the day that is 28 days after the end of the month in which the employee turns 75; or


(b) you must have been required to make the contribution by an industrial award, determination or notional agreement preserving State awards (within the meaning of the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 ) that is in force under an *Australian law; or


(c) the contribution must reduce your charge percentage under section 22 or 23 of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 in respect of the employee.


290-80(2)    
If only paragraph (1)(b) applies, you can deduct only the amount of the contribution that is required by the industrial award, determination or notional agreement preserving State awards.

Note:

An industrial agreement, such as an enterprise agreement within the meaning of the Fair Work Act 2009 , or a similar agreement made under a State law, is not an award or determination.


290-80(2A)    


If only paragraph (1)(c) applies, you can deduct only the amount of the contribution that reduces your charge percentage under section 22 or 23 of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 in respect of the employee.

290-80(2B)    


If both paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) apply and paragraph (1)(a) does not apply, you can deduct only the greater of the following amounts (or only one of them if they are equal):


(a) the amount of the contribution that is required by the industrial award, determination or notional agreement preserving State awards;


(b) the amount of the contribution that reduces your charge percentage under section 22 or 23 of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 in respect of the employee.

Note:

If paragraph (1)(a) applies, you can deduct the whole of the contribution (whether or not paragraph (1)(b) or (1)(c) also applies).


290-80(3)    


For the purposes of this section, a reference to a determination does not include a reference to a workplace determination made under the Fair Work Act 2009 or the Workplace Relations Act 1996 .

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