Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION AND CORE PROVISIONS  

PART 1-3 - CORE PROVISIONS  

Division 6 - Assessable income and exempt income  

Guide to Division 6  

Operative provisions

SECTION 6-15   What is not assessable income  

6-15(1)    
If an amount is not ^* ordinary income, and is not ^* statutory income, it is not assessable income (so you do not have to pay income tax on it).

6-15(2)    
If an amount is ^* exempt income, it is not assessable income .

Note:

If an amount is exempt income, there are other consequences besides it being exempt from income tax. For example:

• the amount may be taken into account in working out the amount of a tax loss (see section 36-10 );

• you cannot deduct as a general deduction a loss or outgoing incurred in deriving the amount (see Division 8 );

• capital gains and losses on assets used solely to produce exempt income are disregarded (see section 118-12 ).

6-15(3)    

If an amount is ^* non-assessable non-exempt income, it is not assessable income .

Note 1:

You cannot deduct as a general deduction a loss or outgoing incurred in deriving an amount of non-assessable non-exempt income (see Division 8 ).

Note 2:

Capital gains and losses on assets used to produce some types of non-assessable non-exempt income are disregarded (see section 118-12 ).