Taxation Administration Amendment (Withholding Variation for Payment of Certain Allowances) Legislative Instrument 2026
Reference: LI 2026/D14
Document type: Legislative Instrument
Enabling act: Taxation Administration Act 1953
Date of issue: 28 May 2026
Signatory: Will Day Deputy Commissioner of Taxation

Draft Taxation Administration Amendment (Withholding Variation for Payment of Certain Allowances) Legislative Instrument 2026: I, Will Day, Deputy Commissioner of Taxation, make the following instrument.

1 Name: This instrument is the Taxation Administration Amendment (Withholding Variation for Payment of Certain Allowances) Legislative Instrument 2026. | 2 Commencement: This instrument commences at the same time as the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Act 2026 commences. | 3 Authority: This instrument is made under sections 15-15 in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953. | 4 Schedules: Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms. Taxation Administration (Withholding Variation for Payment of Certain Allowances) Legislative Instrument 2025 | 1 Section 4 (note): Repeal the note, substitute: Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument have the same meaning as in Schedule 1 to the Act. Expressions in Schedule 1 to the Act have the same meaning as in the ITAA 1997 (see section 3AA of the Act). The following expressions are relevantly defined in section 995-1 of the ITAA 1997: (a) business kilometres; (b) car expense; (c) income tax law; (d) meal allowance expense; (e) travel allowance expense; (f) work expense. (a) business kilometres; (b) car expense; (c) income tax law; (d) meal allowance expense; (e) travel allowance expense; (f) work expense. | 2 Section 4: Insert: laundry expense means a work expense to do with washing, drying or ironing clothes (but not dry cleaning). | 3 At the end of paragraph 6(1)(a): Add "and". | 4 At the end of subparagraph 7(a)(i): Add "and". | 5 Paragraph 7(b): Omit "the amount that can be deducted without substantiation under section 900-40 of the ITAA 1997", substitute "$150". | 6 Paragraph 7(e): Omit "1997; and", substitute "1997.". | 7 Paragraph 7(f): Repeal the paragraph. Consultation Subsection 17(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 requires that the Commissioner be satisfied that appropriate and reasonably practicable consultation has been undertaken before they make a determination. As part of the consultation process, you are invited to comment on the draft instrument and its accompanying draft explanatory statement, noting this draft instrument and its explanatory statement is subject to the commencement of the 2026 Amending Act and will be amended prior to commencement to reflect any changes during passage of the 2026 Amending Act that affect the operation of this instrument. Please forward your comments to the contact officer by the due date. Due date: 12 June 2026 Contact officer: Haydon Green Email: haydon.green@ato.gov.au Phone: 03 8601 9247