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Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
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#### 6‑20 Exempt income
(1) An amount of \*ordinary income or \*statutory income is exempt income if it is made exempt from income tax by a provision of this Act or another \*Commonwealth law.
For summary lists of provisions about exempt income,
see sections 11‑5 and 11‑15.
(2) \*Ordinary income is also exempt income to the extent that this Act excludes it (expressly or by implication) from being assessable income.
(3) By contrast, an amount of \*statutory income is exempt income only if it is made exempt from income tax by a provision of this Act outside this Division or another \*Commonwealth law.
(4) If an amount of \*ordinary income or \*statutory income is \*non‑assessable non‑exempt income, it is not exempt income.
> Note: An amount of non‑assessable non‑exempt income is not taken into account in working out the amount of a tax loss.