PART 3
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PAYMENT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (OTHER THAN CHILD CARE SUBSIDY AND ADDITIONAL CHILD CARE SUBSIDY)
History
Pt 3 heading substituted by No 22 of 2017, s 3 and Sch 1 item 86, effective 2 July 2018. For application, saving and transitional provisions, see note under Pt
3A
heading. The heading formerly read:
PART 3
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PAYMENT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE
Division 1
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Family tax benefit
Subdivision A
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Making claims
SECTION 10
Restrictions on claims for payment of family tax benefit for a past period
Restriction where previous claim or instalment determination
10(1)
A claim for payment of family tax benefit for a past period is not effective if:
(a)
the claimant has previously made a claim for payment of family tax benefit for any of the past period (whether or not the claim has yet been determined); or
(b)
the claimant was entitled to be paid family tax benefit by instalment at any time in the past period; or
(c)
the following apply:
(i)
a determination under section
16
was in force at any time in the past period under which the claimant was not, because of a variation of the determination under subsection
27(5)
,
27A(3)
,
28A(2)
,
28B(2)
,
28B(3)
,
29(2)
,
30(2)
,
30A(2)
or
30B(2)
entitled to be paid family tax benefit;
(ii)
the claim is made before the end of the income year following the one in which the variation mentioned in that subsection took effect.
History
S 10(1) amended by No 122 of 2003, s 3 and Sch 4 item 2, by substituting
"
, 30(2), 30A(2) or 30B(2)
"
for
"
or 30(2)
"
in para (c)(i), applicable in relation to departures from Australia before, on or after 1 July 2004 by persons who are absent from Australia on or after that commencement as a result of those departures.
S 10(1) amended by No 45 of 2000, s 3 Sch 2 item 8, by inserting
"
27A(3), 28A(2), 28B(2), 28B(3),
"
after
"
27(5)
"
in para (c)(i), effective 1 July 2000. For transitional provisions see note under s 7A.
Claim must relate to one income year and be made within a certain period
10(2)
A claim for payment of family tax benefit for a past period is not effective if:
(a)
the period does not fall wholly within one income year; or
(b)
the period does fall wholly within one income year (the
relevant income year
) but the claim is made after the end of:
(i)
the first income year after the relevant income year; or
(ii)
such further period (if any) as the Secretary allows, if the Secretary is satisfied that there are special circumstances that prevented the claimant from making the claim before the end of that first income year.
History
S 10(2) amended by No 70 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 2B item 15, by substituting para (b), applicable in relation to a past period falling in the 2012-13 income year or a later income year. Para (b) formerly read:
(b)
the period does fall wholly within one income year but the claim is made after the end of the 2 income years immediately following that income year.
S 10(2) amended by No 33 of 2004, s 3 and Sch 1 items 1 and 6, by substituting
"
2 income years immediately following that income year
"
for
"
next income year
"
in para (b), applicable to a claim for payment of family tax benefit made either before or after the commencement of this Part, if the claim is for a past period that falls wholly within the income year beginning on 1 July 2001 or any later income year.
10(2A)
The further period referred to in subparagraph (2)(b)(ii) must end no later than the end of the second income year after the relevant income year.
History
S 10(2A) inserted by No 70 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 2B item 16, applicable in relation to a past period falling in the 2012-13 income year or a later income year.
Claim must be accompanied by instalment claim in some circumstances
10(3)
A claim for payment of family tax benefit for a past period is not effective if:
(a)
the period occurs in the income year in which the claim is made; and
(b)
at the time the claim is made, the claimant is eligible for family tax benefit; and
(c)
at the time the claim is made, the claimant is not prevented by section
9
from making an effective claim for payment of family tax benefit by instalment; and
(d)
the claim is not accompanied by a claim for payment of family tax benefit by instalment.
10(4)
A claim for payment of family tax benefit for a past period is not effective if:
(a)
the period occurs in either of the 2 income years before the one in which the claim is made; and
(b)
if the claimant is an individual
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at any time during the past period, the claimant, or the claimant
'
s partner, received a social security benefit, social security pension, service pension, income support supplement or veteran payment; and
(c)
at the time the claim is made, the claimant is eligible for family tax benefit; and
(d)
if the claimant is an individual
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at the time the claim is made, the claimant, or the claimant
'
s partner, is receiving a social security benefit, social security pension, service pension, income support supplement or veteran payment; and
(e)
at the time the claim is made, the claimant is not prevented by section
9
from making an effective claim for payment of family tax benefit by instalment; and
(f)
the claim is not accompanied by a claim for payment of family tax benefit by instalment.
History
S 10(4) amended by No 17 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 2 item 35, by substituting
"
, income support supplement or veteran payment
"
for
"
or income support supplement
"
in para (b) and (d), effective 1 May 2018.
S 10(4) amended by No 63 of 2008, s 3 and Sch 6 items 10 and 11, by substituting
"
either of the 2 income years
"
for
"
the income year
"
in para (a) and substituting
"
, service pension or income support supplement
"
for
"
or service pension
"
in paras (b) and (d), applicable in relation to claims made on or after 30 June 2008.
10(5)
Paragraph (4)(f) does not apply if, at the time the claim for payment of family tax benefit for a past period is made, subsection
32AE(2)
applies in respect of the claimant or subsection
32AE(5)
applies in respect of the claimant
'
s partner.
History
S 10(5) amended by No 53 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 5 item 19, by substituting
"
subsection 32AE(2) applies in respect of the claimant or subsection 32AE(5) applies in respect of the claimant
'
s partner
"
for
"
subsection 32AE(2) or (3) applies in respect of the claimant or the claimant
'
s partner
"
, effective 1 July 2011.
S 10(5) inserted by No 38 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 7 item 8, effective 1 July 2010.
Former s 10(5) repealed by No 48 of 2009, s 3 and Sch 1 item 5, effective 1 July 2009. For saving provision, see note under definition of
"
agency
"
in s
3(1)
. S 10(5) formerly read:
Claim cannot be made in same income year as tax instalment deduction reduced on account of family tax benefit
10(5)
A claim for payment of family tax benefit for a past period is not effective if:
(a)
at any time before a determination is made on the claim, the Secretary becomes aware that, during some or all of the past period, a declaration:
(i)
was in force under section
15-50
in Schedule
1
to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
; and
(ii)
stated that the claimant, or the claimant
'
s partner, was eligible for family tax benefit and intended to make a claim, after the end of each income year in which the declaration is in force, for payment of family tax benefit for the period during which the declaration was in force; and
(b)
the claim is made in the income year in which the past period occurs.
Former s 10(5) amended by No 179 of 1999, s 3 and Sch 1 items 5 and 6, by substituting
"
a declaration
"
for
"
an employment declaration
"
in para (a), and
"
section 15-50 in Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
"
for
"
the Income Tax Regulations
"
in subpara (a)(i), applicable to a declaration under section 15-50 in Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
that is given, or taken to have been given, on or after 1 July 2000.