Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAppropriate tax year in ordinary cases
(1) Subject to this section, the appropriate tax year for a day is the base tax year for that day.
Note: For base tax year see subsection (6).
(2) If:
(a) carer payment would not be payable to a person because the care receiver or care receivers would not pass the income test under subsection 198A(1) apart from this subsection; and
(b) the Secretary is given a written request to treat the care receiver or care receivers as if the tax year in which the request is given were the appropriate tax year; and
(c) the request is given to the Secretary by the person, any care receiver who is 16 or over or a parent of any care receiver who is under 16; and
(d) the taxable income of the care receiver, or the sum of the taxable incomes of the care receivers, for the tax year in which the request is made is likely to be less than the income ceiling;
the appropriate tax year, for the purposes of applying subsection 198A(1) to the care receiver or care receivers on or after the day on which the request is given, is the tax year in which the request is made.
Note 1: For taxable income see section 198B.
Note 2: For income ceiling see subsection 198A(1).
Current tax year to be retained for consecutive calendar years in certain circumstances
(3) If:
(a) an instalment of carer payment (the first payment ) is paid to a person on a day in one calendar year; and
(b) the next instalment of carer payment (the second payment ) is paid to a person on a day in the next calendar year; and
(c) the instalment period to which the second payment relates:
(i) commences immediately after the end of the instalment period to which the first payment related; and
(ii) includes the first day of the calendar year referred to in paragraph (b); and
(d) the person's carer payment is payable in relation to the period referred to in subparagraph (c)(i) because, as a result of a request under paragraph (2)(b), the appropriate tax year is the tax year in which that period occurs (the current tax year ); and
(e) the care receiver's taxable income, or the sum of the taxable incomes of the care receivers, for the current tax year is less than the care receiver's taxable income, or the sum of the taxable incomes of the care receivers, for the base tax year;
the care recipient's appropriate tax year, as from the beginning of the later calendar year, is the current tax year and not the base tax year unless the care recipient's taxable income for the base tax year is less than the income ceiling.
Note 1: For base tax year see subsection (6).
Note 2: For income ceiling see subsection 198A(1).
Change to appropriate tax year because of notifiable event
(4) For the purposes of section 198A, if:
(a) a notifiable event occurs in relation to a care receiver or any of 2 or more care receivers; and
(b) the care receiver's taxable income, or the sum of the taxable incomes of the care receivers, for the tax year in which the notifiable event occurs exceeds the income ceiling;
the appropriate tax year is the tax year in which the notifiable event occurs.
Note 1: For notifiable event see subsection (6).
Note 2: For taxable income see section 198B.
Note 3: For income ceiling see subsection 198A(1).
Note 4: The effect of subsection (4) is that the person caring for the care receiver or care receivers will cease to be qualified for carer payment because the care receiver or care receivers will not pass the income test under subsection 198A(1).
Change to appropriate tax year because of effect of notifiable event on taxable income for later tax year
(5) For the purposes of section 198A, if:
(a) a notifiable event occurs in relation to a care receiver or any of 2 or more care receivers; and
(b) the care receiver's taxable income, or the sum of the taxable incomes of the care receivers, for the tax year in which the notifiable event occurs (the event tax year ) does not exceed the income ceiling; and
(c) the care receiver's taxable income, or the sum of the taxable incomes of the care receivers, for the tax year that follows the event tax year is likely to exceed the income ceiling;
the appropriate tax year is the year that follows the event tax year.
Note 1: For notifiable event see subsection (6).
Note 2: For taxable income see section 198B.
(6) For the purposes of this section:
(a) the base tax year for a day is the tax year that ended on 30 June in the calendar year immediately before the calendar year in which the day falls; and
(b) a notifiable event is an event or change of circumstances that:
(i) is specified in a notice under section 70 of the Administration Act; and
(ii) is described by the notice as a notifiable event.
Example: Suppose 4 April 1996 is a carer payment payday. It falls in the calendar year 1 January to 31 December 1996, so the base tax year for that payday is the tax year that ended on 30 June 1995 (i.e. the year of income beginning on 1 July 1994).