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Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
34‑5 This Division applies to employees 34‑5 This Division applies to employees and others
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#### 34‑5 This Division applies to employees and others
(1) This Division applies not only to an individual who is an employee. It also applies to an individual who is not an employee, but who receives, or is entitled to receive, \*withholding payments covered by subsection (3).
(2) If an individual is not an employee, but is covered by subsection (1), this Division applies to the individual as if:
(a) he or she were an employee; and
(b) the entity, who pays (or is liable to pay) \*withholding payments covered by subsection (3) that result in the individual being in receipt of, or entitled to receive, such payments, were the individual’s employer; and
(c) any other individual who receives (or is entitled to receive) \*withholding payments covered by subsection (3):
(i) that result in that other individual being in receipt of, or entitled to receive, such payments; and
(ii) that the entity pays (or is liable to pay) to that other individual;
were an employee of the entity.
(3) This subsection covers a \*withholding payment covered by any of the provisions in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 listed in the table.
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.05pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:344.8pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Withholding payments covered</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Provision</span></p></td><td style="width:217.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject matter</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.7pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Section</span><span> </span><span>12</span><span>‑</span><span>40</span></p></td><td style="width:217.25pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Payment to company director</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Section</span><span> </span><span>12</span><span>‑</span><span>45</span></p></td><td style="width:217.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Payment to office holder</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Section</span><span> </span><span>12</span><span>‑</span><span>50</span></p></td><td style="width:217.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Return to work payment</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Subdivision</span><span> </span><span>12</span><span>‑</span><span>D</span></p></td><td style="width:217.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Benefit, training and compensation payments</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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