Things you need to know
This question is about amounts you paid or benefits you provided to another person other than your partner for the maintenance of your natural or adopted child.
Don't include amounts you paid or provided to a person to acquire goods or services.
Did you pay amounts or provide benefits to another person for the maintenance of your child?
- No – Write 0 (zero) at question IT7 – label Z, then go to question IT8 Number of dependent children 2024.
- Yes – Read on.
What you need to answer this question
You will need to know, or work out from your records, the total amounts you paid or benefits you provided for the maintenance of your child during 2023–24.
Completing your tax return
To complete this question, follow steps 1 and 2 below.
Step 1
Add up all the amounts you paid and benefits you provided for the maintenance of your child during 2023–24.
Step 2
Write the total at question IT7 – label Z.
For income test purposes, the amounts you paid and the benefits you provided for the maintenance of your child will be deducted from the total of the other components that make up your adjusted taxable income.
Where to go next
- Go to question IT8 Number of dependent children 2024.
- Return to main menu Individual tax return instructions 2024.
- Go back to question IT6 Net rental property loss 2024.