ATO Interpretative Decision

ATO ID 2001/6 (Withdrawn)

Superannuation

Superannuation: Contributions Deductions
FOI status: may be released

This ATO ID is withdrawn because it contains a view in respect of section 82AAT of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936. That section does not apply for the 2007-08 income year and later income years. This ATO ID continues to be a precedential view in respect of decisions for income years up to, and including, the 2006-07 income year. See the replacement provisions, sections 290-150; 290-155; 290-160; 290-165; and 290-170 of the Income Tax Assessment 1997 for the 2007-08 and later income years.

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Issue

Whether personal superannuation contributions are deductible where another person also makes contributions to a superannuation fund on behalf of the taxpayer.

Decision

Personal superannuation contributions are not deductible where another person also makes contributions to a superannuation fund on behalf of the taxpayer.

Facts

The taxpayer, who is self-employed as a partner in a partnership, made contributions to a superannuation fund during the year of income. The partnership was contracted to a firm which was required to contribute to a superannuation fund after intervention by the industrial union on the taxpayer's behalf. The taxpayer's total assessable income for the relevant year consisted of income received from the partnership.

Reasons For Decision

Under section 82AAT a taxpayer is entitled to a deduction for personal contribution if they are an eligible person in terms of section 82AAS. A person is not an 'eligible person' in relation to a year of income where:

1.: During the whole or a part of the year it was reasonable to expect that superannuation benefits would be provided for the taxpayer; and
2.: The superannuation benefits relate to contributions made to a superannuation fund for the taxpayer by a person other than the taxpayer.

The taxpayer was not an 'eligible person' under section 82AAS because superannuation support was provided by another person, ie. the firm to which the partnership was contracted. Therefore, the contributions made by the taxpayer to the superannuation fund are not deductible.

Date of decision: 4 December 1997

Legislative References:
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
section 82AAS
section 82AAT

Case References:
David Jellicoe Findlay v FCT
(1998) 98 ATC 4623
(1998) 39 ATR 266

Related Public Rulings (including Determinations)
TR 96/25

Keywords
Superannuation Contributions
Self-employed person

Business Line: Superannuation

Date of publication: 4 June 2001

ISSN: 1445-2782

history

	Date:	Version:
	4 December 1997	Original statement
You are here	2 November 2007	Archived

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