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This instrument is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Special Disability Trust—Limit on Expenditure for Other Purposes) Determination 2025.
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This instrument sets a $14,750 cap for the 2025–26 tax year on the total income and assets of special disability trusts that can be used for purposes other than the trust’s primary purpose, repealing the 2024 determination and commencing 1 July 2025.
It affects trustees (who must track and limit non‑primary‑purpose spending), beneficiaries (through constrained resource use), and advisers; it is made under subsection 52ZZZWEA(3) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Veterans’ Entitlements (Special Disability Trust—Limit on Expenditure for Other Purposes) Determination 2025.
This instrument is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Special Disability Trust—Limit on Expenditure for Other Purposes) Determination 2025.
This instrument commences on 1 July 2025.
This instrument is made under subsection 52ZZZWEA(3) of the Act.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) special disability trust (see section 52ZZZW);
(b) tax year (see subsection 5Q(1)).
In this instrument:
Act means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
The Veterans’ Entitlements (Special Disability Trust—Limit on Expenditure for Other Purposes) Determination 2024 is repealed.
For subsection 52ZZZWEA(3) of the Act, the total value of income and assets of a special disability trust that may be applied in the tax year beginning on 1 July 2025 is $14,750.
Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This instrument is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Special Disability Trust—Limit on Expenditure for Other Purposes) Determination 2025.
This instrument commences on 1 July 2025.
This instrument is made under subsection 52ZZZWEA(3) of the Act.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) special disability trust (see section 52ZZZW);
(b) tax year (see subsection 5Q(1)).
In this instrument:
Act means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
The Veterans’ Entitlements (Special Disability Trust—Limit on Expenditure for Other Purposes) Determination 2024 is repealed.
For subsection 52ZZZWEA(3) of the Act, the total value of income and assets of a special disability trust that may be applied in the tax year beginning on 1 July 2025 is $14,750.