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Worksheet 5: Working out your adjustments

Use worksheet 5 for working out your adjustments.

Published 7 May 2024

Before you start

You must complete worksheet 5 if you show any of the following amounts:

  • income at questions
    • 1, 2, 3, 4 (other than death benefits)
    • 12 – label B
    • IT1 or IT2 that is not attributable to employment in 2023–24 (for example, because you ceased work for that employer before 1 July 2023)
  • employment income or business income in your tax return 2024, which you don't show at      
    • Worksheet 1 or Worksheet 3
    • questions 1, 2, 3, 4 (other than death benefits)
    • questions 12 – label B
    • questions IT1 or IT2
    • P1 or P8 in your Business and professional items schedule 2024
  • deductions in relation to business income that are not shown at P8 Business income and expenses in your Business and professional items schedule 2024, and that you don't show in Worksheet 2 or Worksheet 4
  • P1 Personal services income (PSI) in your Business and professional items schedule 2024 which is not related to your employment or the carrying on of a business, or income at question P8 that is not related to you carrying on a business.

If you don't need to complete worksheet 5, continue to Worksheet 6.

Step 1: Work out your additional eligible income

  • Calculate the total of any employment income from 2023–24 or business income that you don't show:
    • at questions 1, 2, 3, 4 (other than death benefits)
    • question 12 – label B
    • questions IT1 or IT2
    • as income on your Business and professional items schedule for individuals 2024
    • on Worksheet 1 or Worksheet 3.
  • Write the total at cell (k) on worksheet 5 and at cell (k) on Worksheet 6.

Step 2: Work out your ineligible income

  • Calculate the total of any income that was not from employment in 2023–24 or from business (including income from employment that ceased before 1 July 2023), which you show:
    • at questions 1, 2, 3, 4 (other than death benefits)
    • at question 12 – label B
    • at questions IT1 or IT2
    • as income in your Business and professional items schedule for individuals 2024.
  • Write the total at cell (q) on worksheet 5 and at cell (q) on Worksheet 6.

Step 3: Work out your other adjustments

  • Calculate any other adjustments that are needed to accurately reflect your total income, eligible income or business deductions.
  • Transfer the amounts at cells (k), (q), (l), (m) and (n) from worksheet 5 to cells (k), (q), (l), (m) and (n) on Worksheet 6.

For example, if you have any business deductions other than those you included in the deduction labels at question P8 in the Business and professional items schedule for individuals 2024, or which are taken into account as business deductions in worksheets 2 or 4, these should be added at cell (n) on worksheet 5 and at cell (n) on Worksheet 6.

An adjustment may also be appropriate if at an income question you have shown an amount that is net of deductible expenses, rather than recording your full assessable income, or if you have recorded an expense at a deduction question that is net of assessable income, rather than recording your full deduction.

If this is the case, you need to include these amounts at (l), (m), or (n) on worksheet 5 and Worksheet 6 to make adjustments to question A3 for labels:

  • F (to adjust for assessable income)
  • G (to adjust for eligible income)
  • H (to adjust for business deductions).

Worksheet 5: Working out your adjustments

Adjustment income or deductions

Amount ($)

Additional eligible income

(k) $

Ineligible income

(q) $

Amount to include in total income

(l) $

Amount to include in eligible income

(m) $

Amount to include in business deductions

(n) $

Continue to: Worksheet 6: Summary

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