Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
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Hide history noteThis section applies to a deduction allowable apart from this Subdivision to the transition taxpayer under section 290-60 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 for a contribution made to a fund in relation to a person if the person was an employee of the transition taxpayer at any time before or after the transition time.
57-50(2) Deduction allowable only if sum of all deductions exceeds general superannuation threshold amount.
The deduction is not allowable for a year of income if the sum of all deductions of the transition taxpayer to which this section applies for the year of income is less than or equal to the general superannuation threshold amount (see subsection (4)) for the year of income.
57-50(3) Amount of deduction not allowable.If the sum is greater than the general superannuation threshold amount, so much of the deduction as is worked out using the following formula is not allowable:
| Amount of deduction | × | General superannuation threshold amount | ||
| Sum of all deductions of the transition taxpayer to which this section applies for the year of income | ||||
The general superannuation threshold amount for a year of income is:
(a) if the year of income is the transition year - the undischarged superannuation liability amount (see subsection (5)); or
(b) in any other case - the amount applicable under paragraph (a), reduced by the total amount of deductions to which this section applies that, because of subsection (2) or (3), have not (disregarding section 57-55 ) been allowable to the transition taxpayer for all previous years of income. 57-50(5) Meaning of undischarged superannuation liability amount .
This is how to work out the transition taxpayer ' s undischarged superannuation liability amount :
Step 1.
For each person who was an employee of the transition taxpayer at any time before the transition time, take the sum of:
Step 2.
Reduce the sum from Step 1 by the sum of amounts that the transition taxpayer actually contributed before the start of the transition year:
in respect of any period of employment of the employee with the transition taxpayer before the transition time.
Step 3.
If the result after applying Step 2 for a particular employee is less than nil, it is nil instead.
Step 4.
Add up the results for all of the employees. This final sum is the transition taxpayer ' s undischarged superannuation liability amount .
The superannuation guarantee period is the period beginning on 1 July 1992 and ending at the transition time.
A required award etc. contribution amount is an amount required to be contributed to a superannuation fund by an employer for the benefit of an employee:
(a) by an industrial award; or
(b) by an occupational superannuation arrangement; or
(c) by a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
(d) otherwise. 57-50(8) Meaning of required superannuation guarantee contribution amount.
A
required superannuation guarantee contribution amount
is an amount that an employer would need to contribute in respect of a period so as not to have a superannuation guarantee shortfall under the
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
in respect of that period.
Note:
The relevant periods for which shortfalls are or were calculated under that Act are quarters (from 1 July 1993 onwards) or half-years (from 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993).
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CCH Note:
S 57-50(8) will be amended by No 57 of 2025, s 3 and Sch 1 item 78, by repealing the note, effective 1 July 2026. No 57 of 2025, s 3 and Sch 1 items 181 and 183
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189 contain the following application and transitional provisions:
new Act
new law
181 Definitions
181
In this Part:
means the
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
as amended by this Schedule.
means an Act as amended by this Schedule other than any of the following:
(a)
the
Corporations Act 2001
;
(b)
the
Fair Work Act 2009
;
(c)
the
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
.
old Act
, as in force on a particular day before 1 July 2026, means the
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
as in force on that day.
old law
means an Act amended by this Schedule (other than the
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
) as that Act was in force immediately before 1 July 2026.
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183 Application of amendments of other Acts
Application of the amendments
(1)
The new law applies in relation to the following:
(a) a QE day that is 1 July 2026 or a later day;
(b) a liability to pay superannuation guarantee charge relating to a QE day that is 1 July 2026 or a later day;
(c) individual base superannuation guarantee shortfalls relating to a QE day that is 1 July 2026 or a later day;
(d) individual final superannuation guarantee shortfalls relating to a QE day that is 1 July 2026 or a later day.
Saving of the old law
(2)
Despite the amendments made by this Schedule of the old law, the old law continues to apply on and after 1 July 2026 in relation to the following as if the amendments had not been made:
(a) a liability to pay superannuation guarantee charge relating to a quarter ending before 1 July 2026 (whether the liability arose before, on or after 1 July 2026);
(b) a related liability (whether the related liability arose before, on or after 1 July 2026);
(c) individual superannuation guarantee shortfalls relating to a quarter ending before 1 July 2026;
(d) contributions to reduce a charge percentage relating to a quarter ending before 1 July 2026;
(e) salary or wages relating to a quarter ending before 1 July 2026;
(f) an obligation to give a statement or information to the Commissioner under the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 relating to a quarter ending before 1 July 2026;
(g) determining matters relevant to working out the SG minimum contribution (within the meaning of Part VIAA of the Superannuation Act 1976 ) for part of a period of employment that is before 1 July 2026.
Example:
Under the old law, the notional productivity amount under subsection 128(8) of the Superannuation Act 1976 is worked out by reference to so much of a person ' s earnings as are relevant for establishing whether an employer incurred an individual superannuation guarantee shortfall in relation to the person. Paragraph (c) of this subitem means that, on or after 1 July 2026, the notional productivity amount will continue to be worked out in this way in relation to periods ending before that day.
Note:
Assume regulations or other instruments can be made for a provision of the old law. If that provision of the old law continues to apply because of this item, then any regulations or instruments made for that provision will also continue to apply (and can continue to be made) for any of the matters in paragraphs (a) to (g).
184 Transitional - reversal after commencement of pre-commencement sacrificed contributions
184
For the new Act, a reversal of a sacrificed contribution includes a payment made on or after 1 July 2026 that represents the reversal of all or part of a contribution that was:
(a) a sacrificed contribution (within the meaning of the old Act on 30 June 2026); and
(b) made before 1 July 2026. 185 Transitional - excess contributions made before 1 July 2026 can be applied under the new Act
(1)
This item applies to a contribution made on a day (the contribution day ) before 1 July 2026 that would be an eligible contribution made by an employer for the benefit of an employee if the new Act applied in relation to QE days before 1 July 2026.
(2)
For the purposes of the definition of eligible contributions relevant for the QE day in subsection 18C(1) of the new Act, treat so much of the contribution as is neither:
(a) applied under the old Act (as in force on the contribution day) to reduce the charge percentage for the employer for a quarter ending before 1 July 2026; nor
(b) offset under section 23A of the old Act (as in force on the contribution day) against a liability of the employer relating to a quarter ending before 1 July 2026;
as an eligible contribution made by the employer for the benefit of the employee.
(3)
To avoid doubt, the 12-month period mentioned in subparagraph (c)(ii) of that definition can start before 1 July 2026.
186 Transitional - how to apply contributions made between 1 July 2026 and 28 July 2026
(1)
This item applies to an eligible contribution made by an employer for the benefit of an employee if:
(a) the contribution is made on a day (the contribution day ) between 1 July 2026 and 28 July 2026; and
(b) under the old Act (as in force on 30 June 2026), the employer has on the contribution day an individual superannuation guarantee shortfall that is greater than nil for the employee for the quarter ending on 30 June 2026.
First apply the contribution under the old Act
(2)
Without limiting subitem 182(3) of this Schedule, the old Act (as in force on 30 June 2026) continues to apply on and after 1 July 2026 in relation to the contribution in order to reduce the charge percentage for the employer for the employee for that quarter.
Then apply any remainder under the new Act
(3)
Despite subsection 18C(1) of the new Act, only so much of the contribution as is not applied under the old Act in the way described in subitem (2) is able to be applied under that subsection for a QE day that is on or after 1 July 2026.
187 Transitional - ending notice periods under the old Act
187
An employer ' s notice period that:
(a) was within the meaning of subsection 19A(4) of the old Act (as in force on 30 June 2026); and
(b) was in force on 30 June 2026;
is taken to end at the end of 30 June 2026.
188 Application of amendments - repayments of overpayments relating to a shortfall component188
Section 69 of the new Act applies in relation to a payment by the Commissioner before, on or after 1 July 2026.
Note:
The excess amount paid by the Commissioner can only be recovered once (see subsection 69(7) of the new Act.
189 Transitional - Norfolk Island salary or wages(1)
This item applies if:
(a) some or all of an employer ' s payment of qualifying earnings to or for an employee on a QE day consists of Norfolk Island salary or wages; and
(b) the QE day is in the financial year ending on 30 June 2027;
whether the payment of qualifying earnings relates to work done before, during or after that financial year.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection 17A(2) of the new Act, treat the amount of the qualifying earnings for the employer, employee and the QE day as if it were reduced by the result of the following:
| Total Norfolk Island salary or wages paid to or for the employee by the employer on the QE day | × | 1 | ||
| 12 |
(3)
In this item:
Norfolk Island salary or wages
means qualifying earnings paid to or for the employee:
(a) while the employee is a resident of Norfolk Island, and for work done in Norfolk Island or outside Australia; or
(b) while the employer is a resident of Norfolk Island, and while the employee is a resident of Australia for work done in Norfolk Island.
Note:
For a similar result for quarters in a financial year starting on or after 1 July 2016 and ending before 1 July 2026, see subitem 2(2) of Schedule 2 to the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (Norfolk Island Reforms) Act 2015 (as amended by this Schedule).
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