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#### 8AAZA Definitions
In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
> company includes any body or association (whether or not it is incorporated), but does not include a partnership or a non‑entity joint venture.
> compulsory AASL repayment amount has the same meaning as in the Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014.
> compulsory ABSTUDY SSL repayment amount has the same meaning as in the Student Assistance Act 1973.
> compulsory repayment amount has the same meaning as in the Higher Education Support Act 2003.
> compulsory SSL repayment amount has the same meaning as in Chapter 2AA of the Social Security Act 1991.
> compulsory VETSL repayment amount has the same meaning as in the VET Student Loans Act 2016.
> credit includes:
(a) an amount that the Commissioner must pay to a taxpayer under a taxation law, whether or not described as a credit, other than the following amounts:
(i) an amount paid under the Product Grants and Benefits Administration Act 2000;
(ii) an amount paid under Division 18 (refunds) of the A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999;
(iii) an amount paid under the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020 to an entity, unless a determination of the Commissioner under section 8AAZAA specifies that the amount is a credit for the purposes of this subparagraph; and
(b) an amount received by the Commissioner in respect of a taxpayer as a result of the Commissioner having made a claim that is similar in nature to a foreign revenue claim (as defined in section 263‑10 in Schedule 1).
> entity means any of the following:
(a) a company;
(b) a partnership;
(c) a person in a particular capacity of trustee;
(d) a body politic;
(e) a corporation sole;
(f) any other person.
> excess non‑RBA credit means a credit that arises under section 8AAZLA or 8AAZLB.
> FS assessment debt means an FS assessment debt under:
(a) subsection 19AB(2) of the Social Security Act 1991; or
(b) the Student Assistance Act 1973 as in force at a time on or after 1 July 1998.
> non‑entity joint venture has the meaning given by subsection 995‑1(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
> non‑RBA tax debt means a tax debt other than an RBA deficit debt.
> primary tax debt means any amount due to the Commonwealth directly under a taxation law (other than, except in Division 4, the Product Grants and Benefits Administration Act 2000), including any such amount that is not yet payable.
> RBA means a running balance account established under section 8AAZC.
> RBA deficit debt, in relation to an RBA of an entity, means a balance in favour of the Commissioner, based on:
(a) primary tax debts that have been allocated to the RBA and that are currently payable; and
(b) payments made in respect of current or anticipated primary tax debts of the entity, and credits to which the entity is entitled under a taxation law, that have been allocated to the RBA.
> RBA group means a GST group under Division 48 of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.
> RBA statement means a statement prepared by the Commissioner under section 8AAZG.
> RBA surplus, in relation to an RBA of an entity, means a balance in favour of the entity, based on:
(a) primary tax debts that have been allocated to the RBA; and
(b) payments made in respect of current or anticipated primary tax debts of the entity, and credits to which the entity is entitled under a taxation law, that have been allocated to the RBA.
> secondary tax debt means an amount that is not a primary tax debt, but is due to the Commonwealth in connection with a primary tax debt.
> Note: An example of a secondary tax debt is an amount due to the Commonwealth under an order of a court made in a proceeding for recovery of a primary tax debt.
> tax debt means a primary tax debt or a secondary tax debt.
> tax debtor means:
(a) in relation to a tax debt—the person or persons who are liable for the tax debt; and
(b) in relation to an RBA—the person or persons who are liable for the tax debts that are allocated to the RBA.