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Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
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This Division sets out some amounts that you cannot deduct, or that you cannot deduct in full.
Table of sections
Operative provisions
26‑5 Penalties
26‑10 Leave payments
26‑15 Franchise fees windfall tax
26‑17 Commonwealth places windfall tax
26‑19 Rebatable benefits
26‑20 Assistance to students
26‑22 Political contributions and gifts
26‑25 Interest or royalty
26‑25A Payments to employees—labour mobility programs
26‑26 Non‑share distribution and dividends
26‑30 Relative’s travel expenses
26‑31 Travel related to use of residential premises as residential accommodation
26‑35 Reducing deductions for amounts paid to related entities
26‑40 Maintaining your family
26‑45 Recreational club expenses
26‑47 Non‑business boating activities
26‑50 Expenses for a leisure facility
26‑52 Bribes to foreign public officials
26‑53 Bribes to public officials
26‑54 Expenditure relating to illegal activities
26‑55 Limit on deductions
26‑60 Superannuation contributions surcharge
26‑68 Loss from disposal of eligible venture capital investments
26‑70 Loss from disposal of venture capital equity
26‑75 Excess non‑concessional contributions tax cannot be deducted
26‑80 Financing costs on loans to pay superannuation contribution
26‑85 Borrowing costs on loans to pay life insurance premiums
26‑90 Superannuation supervisory levy
26‑95 Superannuation guarantee charge
26 96 Laminaria and Corallina decommissioning levy cannot be deducted
26‑97 National Disability Insurance Scheme expenditure
26‑98 Division 293 tax cannot be deducted
26‑99 Excess transfer balance tax cannot be deducted
26‑99B Build to rent development misuse tax cannot be deducted
26‑99C Australian IIR/UTPR tax and Australian DMT tax cannot be deducted
26‑100 Expenditure attributable to water infrastructure improvement payments
26‑102 Expenses associated with holding vacant land
26‑105 Non‑compliant payments for work and services