CHAPTER 2
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LIABILITY RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION
PART 2-42
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PERSONAL SERVICES INCOME
History
Part 2-42 inserted by No 86 of 2000.
Division 86
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Alienation of personal services income
History
Div 86 inserted by No 86 of 2000.
Subdivision 86-B
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Entitlement to deductions
SECTION 86-75
Superannuation
86-75(1)
Section
86-60
does not stop a
*
personal services entity deducting a contribution the entity makes to a fund or an
*
RSA for the purpose of making provision for
*
superannuation benefits payable for an individual whose
*
personal services income is included in the entity
'
s
*
ordinary income or
*
statutory income.
History
S 86-75(1) amended by No 57 of 2025, s 3 and Sch 1 item 83, by repealing the note, effective 1 July 2026. For application and transitional provisions, see note under s
85-25(4)
. The note formerly read:
Note:
For deductions for superannuation contributions: see Subdivision AA of Division 3 of Part III of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
.
S 86-75(1) amended by No 15 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 1 item 188, by substituting
"
*
superannuation benefits
"
for
"
superannuation benefits
"
, applicable to the 2007-2008 income year and later years.
86-75(2)
However, if:
(a)
the individual performs less than 20% (by
*
market value) of the entity
'
s principal work; and
(b)
the individual is an
*
associate of another individual whose
*
personal services income is included in the entity
'
s
*
ordinary income or
*
statutory income;
the entity
'
s deduction cannot exceed the amount it would have to contribute, for the benefit of the individual, to a
*
complying superannuation fund or an
*
RSA in order to ensure that it did not have any
*
individual final superannuation guarantee shortfalls for the individual and any
*
QE days in the income year.
History
S 86-75(2) amended by No 57 of 2025, s 3 and Sch 1 item 84, by substituting
"
*
individual final superannuation guarantee shortfalls for the individual and any
*
QE days
"
for
"
*
individual superannuation guarantee shortfalls in respect of the individual for any of the
*
quarters
"
, effective 1 July 2026. For application and transitional provisions, see note under s
85-25(4)
.
S 86-75(2) amended by No 51 of 2002.
86-75(3)
To work out the amount the entity would have to contribute under subsection
(2)
, assume under the
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
that the entity
'
s payments of qualifying earnings (within the meaning of that Act) to the individual do not include any amounts that section
86-60
of this Act would prevent the entity from deducting.
Note:
Section
86-60
will apply the limitations under sections
85-10
and
85-20
on an individual
'
s entitlement to deductions (but see paragraph
85-10(2)(e)
on employment of associates).
History
S 86-75(3) substituted by No 57 of 2025, s 3 and Sch 1 item 85, effective 1 July 2026. For application and transitional provisions, see note under s
85-25(4)
. S 86-75(3) formerly read:
86-75(3)
To work out the amount the entity would have to contribute for the purposes of subsection (2), the individual
'
s salary or wages, for the purposes of the
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
, are taken to be the amount that section 86-60 does not prevent the entity deducting for salary or wages it paid to the individual.
Note:
Section 86-60 will apply the limitations under sections 85-10 and 85-20 on an individual
'
s entitlement to deductions (but see paragraph 85-10(2)(e) on employment of associates).
History
S 86-75 inserted by No 86 of 2000.