Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Act 2010 (90 of 2010)

Schedule 1   Government co-contribution for low income earners

Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003

2   Subsections 10(1B), (1C) and (1D)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

(1B) The amount of the Government co-contribution in respect of a person for the 2009-10 income year or a later income year must not exceed the maximum amount worked out using the following table:

Maximum Government co-contribution

Item

Person's total income for the income year

Maximum amount

1

the lower income threshold or less

$1,000

2

more than the lower income threshold but less than the higher income threshold

$1,000 reduced by 3.333 cents for each dollar by which the person's total income for the income year exceeds the lower income threshold