Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
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Hide history noteAny of the following benefits provided by an employer to an employee of the employer in respect of the employee's employment is an exempt benefit:
(a) an expense payment benefit where the recipients expenditure is in respect of an eligible work related item;
(b) a property benefit where the recipients property is an eligible work related item;
(c) a residual benefit where the recipients benefit consists of the making available of an eligible work related item.
58X(2)
Subject to subsection (3) , each of the following is an eligible work related item if it is primarily for use in the employee's employment:
(a) a portable electronic device;
(b) an item of computer software;
(c) an item of protective clothing;
(d) a briefcase;
(e) a tool of trade.
58X(3)
An item (the later item ) listed in subsection (2) is not an eligible work related item if, earlier in the FBT year, an expense payment benefit or a property benefit of the employee has arisen in relation to another item that has substantially identical functions to the later item.
58X(4)
However, subsection (3) does not apply if:
(a) the later item is a replacement for the other item; or
(b) the later item is a portable electronic device, and the employer is a small business entity, or is an employer covered by subsection (5), for:
(i) the year of income starting most recently after the start of the FBT year; or
(ii) the year of income ending most recently after the start of the FBT year.
Example:
For paragraph (a), the later item would be a replacement for the other item if the other item were lost or destroyed, or needed replacing because of developments in technology.
58X(5)
An employer is covered by this subsection for a year of income if: (a) the employer is not a small business entity for the year of income; and (b) the employer would be a small business entity for the year of income if:
(i) each reference in Subdivision 328-C (about what is a small business entity) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to $10 million were instead a reference to $50 million; and
(ii) the reference in paragraph 328-110(5)(b) of that Act to a small business entity were instead a reference to an employer covered by this subsection.
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