Part 5Employment income: deductions allowed from earnings

Chapter 2Deductions for employee’s expenses

Introduction

335Application of deductions provisions: “earnings charged on receipt” and “earnings charged on remittance”

1

The availability of certain deductions under this Chapter depends on whether the earnings are earnings charged on receipt or earnings charged on remittance.

2

Sections 336 to 342—

a

only apply if the earnings from which the deduction is to be made are earnings charged on receipt, and

b

apply subject to section 354(1) if the earnings from the employment also include other earnings.

3

Section 353 (which provides for a deduction for expenses of the kind to which sections 336 to 342 apply)—

a

only applies if the earnings from which the deduction is to be made are earnings charged on remittance, and

b

applies subject to section 354(2) if the earnings from the employment also include other earnings.

4

In this Part—

  • earnings charged on receipt” means earnings which are taxable earnings under section 15, 21, 25 or 27, and

  • earnings charged on remittance” means earnings which are taxable earnings under section 22 or 26.