Residential Tenancy Regulations 2025
SCHEDULE 2 - Prescribed SourceSCHEDULE 2 - Prescribed Sources of Income
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SCHEDULE 2 - Prescribed Source SCHEDULE 2 - Prescribed Sources of Income
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TABLE A
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| Item No. | Type of income | | 1. | Gross income from employment (whether regular or irregular) including the following: | | | (a) salaries and wages; | | | (b) tips, commissions and bonuses; | | | (c) piecework payments and payments for odd jobs and casual work; | | | (d) penalty payments and shift allowances; | | | (e) directors' fees; | | | (f) remuneration for time not worked, including any period of holiday leave, long service leave, sick leave or other leave; | | | (g) workers compensation payments made by employers; | | | (h) leave loadings. | | 2. | Regular income from the Commonwealth government (whether under the Social Security Act 1991, Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 or another law of the Commonwealth) including all pensions, benefits, allowances and supplements, other than the following: | | | (a) baby bonuses; | | | (b) child care benefits; | | | (c) child care rebates; | | | (d) emergency and disaster assistance payments. | | 3. | Regular income from the government of any State or Territory of the Commonwealth. | | 4. | Regular income from non-government organisations, including non-profit organisations. | | 5. | Income from overseas sources, including superannuation and pensions. | | 6. | Interest from deposits with authorised deposit-taking institutions, including term deposits. | | 7. | Interest from personal loans to persons outside the relevant residential premises. | | 8. | Income from assets, including bullion. | | 9. | Income from the hire of assets owned or partially owned by the tenant or, if the tenant is a member of a household, member of the household. | | 10. | Profit from businesses owned or partially owned by the tenant or, if the tenant is a member of a household, member of the household. | | 11. | Money received as gifts and income received as a result of gifts, including interest. | | 12. | Deemed income from financial assets. | | 13. | Family trust distributions or dividends. | | 14. | Income from rental properties or land, including agricultural and commercial properties. | | 15. | Scholarship payments for living (as opposed to educational) expenses. | | 16. | Private child maintenance payments. | | 17. | Income from life interests. | | 18. | Income from income stream products, including annuities and allocated products. | | 19. | Winnings from betting and gambling (where value of winnings exceeds cost of entry fees and tickets across the financial year). | | 20. | Income from shares in listed shares and securities and in unlisted public companies. | | 21. | Royalties. |
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