(1) A person (the employee ) receives a financial investment benefit if:
(a) an employer of the employee; or
(b) an associate of the employer; or
(c) a person (the arranger ), other than the employer or an associate of the employer, under an arrangement between:
(i) the employer or an associate of the employer; or
(ii) the arranger or another person;
pays for, or reimburses the cost of, the acquisition of a financial investment by the employee or a person connected with the employee.
(2) The making by a person, for the benefit of another person, of contributions to a superannuation fund or an ATO small superannuation account does not constitute payment for the acquisition of a financial investment by the other person.
(3) The following are persons connected with the employee:
(a) a partner of the employee;
(b) a dependent child of the employee or of the employee's partner;
(c) a person who would be a dependent child of the employee or of the employee's partner if the person was not receiving a jobseeker payment.