VET Student Loans Act 2016

PART 3A - VETSL DEBTS  

Division 5 - Compulsory discharge of debt  

Subdivision A - Compulsory repayments  

SECTION 23EA   COMPULSORY REPAYMENTS  

23EA(1)    
If:


(a) a person ' s repayment income for an income year exceeds the minimum repayment income for the income year; and


(b) on 1 June immediately preceding the making of an assessment in respect of the person ' s income of that income year, the person had an accumulated VETSL debt;

the person is liable to pay to the Commonwealth, in accordance with this Division, so much of the person ' s repayable VETSL debt for the income year as does not exceed the amount worked out using the formula:

Applicable percentage of repayment income − Relevant income-contingent loans liability

where:

applicable percentage of repayment income
means the amount that is the percentage of the person ' s repayment income worked out in respect of the income year using the table in section 154-20 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 .

relevant income-contingent loans liability
means the amount that is the sum of any amounts the person is liable to pay under section 154-1 or 154-16 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 in respect of the income year.


23EA(2)    
A person is not liable under this section to pay an amount for an income year if the amount worked out under subsection (1) is zero or less.

23EA(3)    
A person is not liable under this section to pay an amount for an income year if, under section 8 of the Medicare Levy Act 1986 :


(a) no Medicare levy is payable by the person on the person ' s taxable income for the income year; or


(b) the amount of the Medicare levy payable by the person on the person ' s taxable income for the income year is reduced.


 

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