Tax Offset

Tax offsets are quantities subtracted immediately from your tax payable. Tax offsets are also called tax rebates.

In contrast, a tax deduction is an amount subtracted from taxable income, which therefore handiest reduces your tax by using your marginal tax rate percent. (Because the tax charges move up in steps primarily based on earnings, your ‘marginal tax charge’ refers back to the tax percent applying to the top slice of your taxable profits).

Each type of tax offset can potentially bring about no tax being payable. Some tax offsets may be refunded in coins if the offset price is better than your tax payable. (“refundable offsets“). Most tax offsets however, aren’t refundable.

Private Health Insurance tax offsets are an instance of tax offsets which may be refundable if the offset cost exceeds your tax payable. The Low Income Tax Offset (“LITO”) is an instance of a tax offset which is not; the price of LITO is restrained to the quantity of tax payable, and so can’t bring about a refund.