Reference: Variation 23
Document type: Variation of amount required to be withheld
Enabling act: Taxation Administration Act 1953
Date of issue: 25 June 2002
Signatory: Megan Yong Assistant Commissioner of Taxation
Registration number: F2006B00294
Registration date: 7 February 2006


I, Megan Elizabeth Yong, Assistant Commissioner of Taxation, have varied to nil the amount required to be withheld from withholding payments that are made to a religious practitioner and are: • covered by section 12-47 , Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 ; | • covered by section 12-47 , Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 ; | and • within the class of cases described below. | • within the class of cases described below. | I make this variation of the rate of withholding under the power contained in section 15-15 of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 to meet the special circumstances of that class of cases. | This variation applies to payments made on or after 1 July 2002. | There is no requirement to withhold an amount, for the 2002/03 and future income years, from an allowance as described below, provided: • the payee is expected to incur expenses that may be able to be claimed as a tax deduction at least equal to the amount of the allowance, • the payee is able to substantiate the tax deduction claimed, and • the amount and nature of the allowance is shown separately in the accounting records of the payer. | • the payee is expected to incur expenses that may be able to be claimed as a tax deduction at least equal to the amount of the allowance, • the payee is able to substantiate the tax deduction claimed, and • the amount and nature of the allowance is shown separately in the accounting records of the payer. | Allowances: | 1. Cents per kilometre car expense payments calculated using the approved rates for payments made up to 5000 business kilometres by applying the rate to the number of kilometres travelled. The rate varies depending on the engine capacity of the vehicle and is prescribed by regulation (under the Income Tax Assessment Regulations 1997 ). | 2. Domestic or overseas travel allowance (excluding overseas accommodation allowance) involving an overnight absence from the payee's ordinary place of residence up to the reasonable allowances amount published in the annual Tax Office Ruling relating to allowances.