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 6-20   Exempt income  

6-20(1)    

An amount of ^* ordinary income or ^* statutory income is exempt income if it is made exempt from income tax by a provision of this Act or another ^* Commonwealth law.

For summary lists of provisions about exempt income, see sections 11-5 and 11-15 .

6-20(2)    
^* Ordinary income is also exempt income to the extent that this Act excludes it (expressly or by implication) from being assessable income.

6-20(3)    

By contrast, an amount of ^* statutory income is exempt income only if it is made exempt from income tax by a provision of this Act outside this Division or another ^* Commonwealth law.

6-20(4)    

If an amount of ^* ordinary income or ^* statutory income is ^* non-assessable non-exempt income, it is not exempt income .

Note:

An amount of non-assessable non-exempt income is not taken into account in working out the amount of a tax loss.