A New Tax System (Pay As You Go) Act 1999 (178 of 1999)
Schedule 1 Pay as you go (PAYG) system of collecting income tax and other liabilities
Part 2 Consequential amendment of Acts
Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
81 Subsection 136(1) (definition of salary or wages )
Repeal the definition, substitute:
salary or wages means a payment from which an amount must be withheld (even if the amount is not withheld) under a provision in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 listed in the table, to the extent that the payment is assessable income.
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Withholding payments covered |
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Item |
Provision |
Subject matter |
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1 |
Section 12-35 |
Payment to employee |
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2 |
Section 12-40 |
Payment to company director |
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3 |
Section 12-45 |
Payment to office holder |
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4 |
Section 12-115 |
Commonwealth education or training payment |
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5 |
Section 12-120 |
Compensation, sickness or accident payment |
Note: Section 137 extends the meaning of salary or wages for some purposes.