Income Tax Act 1997: Income From Salary and Wages

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Table of Contents
Answer to question 1..............................................................................................3
Answer to question 2..............................................................................................6
Reference list........................................................................................................10

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Answer to question 1
Law: According to the Income Tax Act 1936 and Income Tax Act 1997 income from
salary and wages are always taxable which includes salary, wages, any allowances,
commission, bonuses, income from part time or full time work, parental leave pay and
any other related income received under the course of employment. Gross assessable
income for the purpose of tax of an employee includes all cash remunerations from the
employer. Residential individual is are subjected to the Australian tax for the income
arise from all source. Salaries and wages of an Australian resident working in the
overseas for a period of more than 90 days then they are also eligible for exemption
from the income tax. While the foreign resident are taxable for the salary and wages
income which is earned in Australia (Bentley 2019).
Employment income is the money which is received by an individual by his or her
employer which can be paid in hand, bank transfer, cheque payment or nay other
method. Regardless of the money received for the purpose of one or more job, full time
or part time job all income is related to be included in the tax return of the individual.
There are some allowances related to the employment which is generally
provided by the employer. It includes allowances like car, travel, clothing, safety,
working condition and others. It also includes tips, attendance fees, consultation fees or
any benefit received for the service provided. While if the individual receives travel
allowances and meal allowances under any industrial law then it does not forms the part
of the tax return (Carter and Breunig 2019).

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Lump sum payment received which is either received during leaving a job or the
amount arrear from the previous year is assessable in the current income year and
forms the part of the income tax return. Fringe benefit is also considered as the income
in employment.
According to the Income Tax act 1997 under section 6(e) of Australia is that the
tips received by an employee directly from the customer need to be shown in the tax
return of the individual and it is the forming part of the income. While if any expenses
made by the employer towards the employee which is considered as the reward for
work then it does not need to be disclosed in the tax return as it does not forms the part
of assessable income of the individual (Cassidy 2017).
Gifts received from the customer are deductible if it is a voluntary transferred and
it have a monetary value. Gift can include money or property. For claiming deduction an
individual need to keep a proper record of the gifts received with the receipts. For
claiming deduction the monetary value of the gift must be more than $2. Gift from any
family member for any personnel reason and which is not related to any income
producing activities does not forms the part of the assessable income. While if any
interest is received on that money from the Australian bank then it need to be shown in
the tax return.
Issues: Emmi is an accounts student who studies in Holmes Institution while working as
a part time in a restaurant. During the assessment year Emmi has received some
income which consist of tips from customer and salary from the restaurant. She also got
an expensive perfume as gift from a regular customer during the Christmas which late
on she gave that to her mother. Next as she was working in a restaurant, for the

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purpose of entertainment restaurant owner spend around $380 on the meals of Emmi
and it is considered as the reward for work. Later on Emmi got a gift of $15000 from her
father as the Christmas gift.
Conclusion: According to the Income Tax Act 1997 tips from the customer which is
received by Emmi is forming the part of the assessable income as it is considered as
the income. Salary received is also need to be included in the tax return as it is the part
of the income of Emmi and considered as the income from salary. While the perfume
worth $250 received by Emmi in from of gift does not form the part of the income as it is
received voluntarily by a customer and it is not related to any earning purpose (Datt and
Keating 2018). Monthly entertainment expenses made by the employer on Emmi is
considered as reward for the work or service provided by Emmi. So it cannot be
considered as the forming part of the income tax return. Another cash gift that is
received by Emmi is from her father which is received in the form of relation purpose not
in the form of any income generation purpose. So the cash gift from father is not
included in the assessable income of Emmi.
ITEMS AMOUNT AMOUNT
Tips from the customer $335
salary income $25,000
Expensive perfume gift $250
less: deductable ($250) nil
Rewards from the employe in the from of meal $380
less: deductable ($380) nil
Gift from father $15,000
less: dedcutable ($15,000) nil
Total assessable income for the year $25,335
Comoutation of Assessable income

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Answer to question 2
Law: According to the Income Tax Act 1997 under section 104-5, Capital gain tax
calculation generally rise when the capital asset is sold or disposed of for more values
than it was purchased. Capital asset consist of mutual funds, stocks, fixed assets, real
estate, crypto currency and many others. Capital gain tax arises when an individual
earns profit from the sale of the capital asset and if the individual incurs loss then the
capital loos need to be adjusted against the capital gain. Both the capital gain and loss
need to be added to the assessable income and must be filled in the return. Capital loss
cannot be claimed against any other income but can be used to reduce the value of the
capital gain. Capital gain tax is the part of the income tax calculation it is not a different
part of taxation (Davis, G., Akroyd, Pearl and Sainsbury 2019).
Capital gain or loss usually happens when the individual enters into the contract
of disposal of asset. So if the individual sign a contract to sell in previous year but made
the settlement next year than the capital gain or loss arises from it need to be settled in
the previous year tax return. If the individual is an Australian resident than CGT is
applicable in all the assets of the individual all over the world.
Two most important point for acquiring the capital gain tax is by acquiring the
assets or becoming the owner and keeping the record of every transaction which is
related to the assets. If an asset is jointly owned than it is necessary to determine the
share of each partner (Evans 2019).

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There are few rule which provides exemption in the capital gain tax which is applied to
both owned asset and partial asset or tangible or intangible assets. So few exemption
rules are as follows:
 Assets which are acquired before 20 September 1985, it is the date before the
application of capital gain tax.
 Depreciable assets which is solely used for the taxable purpose which includes
equipment’s, machinery and many others (Freundenberg and Minas 2018).
 The house or home which the taxpayer uses as his or her main residence.
 Personnel assets which is acquired for the price up to $ 10000. It includes
furniture, equipment’s and many other items.
 Collectable acquired up to the value of $500 which includes art, jewelry,
sculpture and other related items.
 Cars and other vehicle whose carrying capacity is less than one ton or nine
passenger.
 Selling of life insurance policy before maturity is considered as the ordinary
income.
 Winning or losses from gambling
An individual or a taxpayer need to keep the record of all the asset for the purpose of
calculating the capital gain tax. Keeping the records of purchase price and selling price
is the most important data for determining the capital gain and loss (Hasseldine and
Fatemi 2018). Purchase price of the capital asset includes all the cost which is paid for
acquiring the assets. So it is necessary to identify the purchase price. There are three
methods to calculate the capital gain which are as follows:

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1. Discounting method – It is the method which is applicable when the taxpayer
owns the asset for more than 12 month. Capital gain is calculated by reducing
the entire cost from the sales amount then reducing the amount by 50 %. This
methods is applicable only for the individual and for those who does not follows
indexation methods. Companies cannot apply this method as they have to pay
capital gain tax at a fixed rate of 30 percent of the capital gain (Jones 2016).
2. Indexation methods – This method is applicable when the asset is owned for
more than 12 month and the asset is acquired before 21 September 1999. It
helps in increasing the cost base of the asset as the price index method is used.
Under this method capital gain is calculated by deducting the index cost from the
sale value. This method is applicable to both company as well individuals.
3. Others method – This method is applicable when the asset is owned less than 12
month. It is the simplest method than other two methods as it is calculated by
deducting the cost from the sale price.
Issues: In this case Liu is an Australian resident who has decided to sell of all her
Australian assets and business after the retirement and get back to China. In Australia
she has house which was purchased in 1981, car which was purchased in 2011, she
also has a small business of photograph studio, some personal furniture and some
paintings. After selling this all Liu has to pay the capital gain tax to the Australian
government as all the asset belongs to the Australian asset.

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Conclusion: According to the Income Tax Act 1997 under section 104-5
a) Liu house which was purchased for $55000 in 1981 does not falls under the
capital gain tax as the asset was purchased before the implementation of capital
gain taxation (Krever and Sadiq 2019).
b) Liu car which cost $37000 purchased on 2011 does not comes under the capital
gain taxation rules. As per the exemption rules of the capital gain tax that the car
carrying passenger less than 9 are exempted.
c) Liu selling of small business which she has started by herself. This sale is
needed to be shown in the tax return and with the gain or loss capital gain tax is
needed to be paid.
d) Liu selling of furniture does not qualifies for the capital gain tax as it is considered
as the personnel item and its value is less than $10000.
e) Liu selling of painting qualifies for the capital gain tax as it is considered as a
capital asset under the Income Tax Act 1997.
ITEMS AMOUNT AMOUNT
sale of house nil
sale of car nil
sale of business 125,000.00$
less: purchase of equipments 63,000.00$ 62,000.00$
sale of furniture nil
sale of paintings 8,000.00$
less: purchase 1,000.00$ 7,000.00$
total capital gain 69,000.00$
less: 50 % discount 34,500.00$
34,500.00$
less: capital gain tax 3,097.00$
net capital gain after tax 31,403.00$
COMPUTATION OF CAPITAL GAIN TAX

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