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A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
31CSharing family tax benefit (shared care percentages)
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#### 31C Sharing family tax benefit (shared care percentages)
(1) If:
(a) an individual has a shared care percentage for an FTB child of the individual; and
(b) the child is the individual’s only FTB child;
the individual’s energy supplement (Part B) is the individual’s shared care percentage of the energy supplement (Part B) that would otherwise apply.
(2) If:
(a) an individual has a shared care percentage for an FTB child of the individual; and
(b) the child is not the individual’s only FTB child;
the individual’s energy supplement (Part B) is to be worked out as follows:
(c) for each of the individual’s FTB children for whom the individual does not have a shared care percentage, work out the amount that would be the individual’s energy supplement (Part B) under clause 31B if that child were the individual’s only FTB child;
(d) for each of the individual’s FTB children for whom the individual has a shared care percentage, work out the amount that would be the individual’s energy supplement (Part B) under clause 31B if:
(i) that child were the individual’s only FTB child; and
(ii) subclause (1) of this clause applied to the child;
(e) the individual’s energy supplement (Part B) is the highest of the amounts obtained under paragraphs (c) and (d).