Chapter 3: Tax expenditures

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3.4 Summary of tax expenditures by benchmark

Tax expenditures are grouped according to the benchmark against which they are estimated and by the broad subject category to which they relate. The table below provides details of how this chapter is organised.

Benchmark Specific benchmark category Subject category TES reference
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Income Tax Personal income (A) Tax expenditures for general public services A1-A7
    Tax expenditures for defence A8-A17
    Tax expenditures for education A18-A21
    Tax expenditures for health A22-A28
    Tax expenditures for social security and welfare A29-A31
    Tax concessions for certain taxpayers A32-A40
    Tax exemptions for certain government income support payments A41-A48
    Tax expenditures for housing and community amenities A49-A52
    Tax expenditures for recreation and culture A53-A54
    Tax expenditures for transport and communications A55
    Tax expenditures for other economic affairs A56-A69
    Concessions under the substantiation provisions for employment-related expenses A70-A72
    Miscellaneous tax expenditures A73-A76
  Business income (B) Tax expenditures for general public services B1-B4
    International tax expenditures B5-B20
    Tax expenditures for defence B21
    Tax expenditures for health B22-B23
    Tax expenditures for social security and welfare B24-B26
    Tax concessions for certain taxpayers B27-B29
    Tax exemptions for certain government income support payments B30
    Tax expenditures for housing and community amenities B31
    Tax expenditures for recreation and culture B32-B34
    Tax expenditures relating to prepayments and advance expenditures B35-B38
    Tax expenditures for agriculture, forestry and fishing B39-B46
    Tax expenditures for manufacturing and mining B47-B48
    Tax expenditures for transport and communications B49-B52
    Tax expenditures for other economic affairs B53-B77
  Business income (B) Tax expenditures relating to capital expenditure, effective life and depreciation B78-B112
    General consumption tax expenditures B113
    Miscellaneous tax expenditures B114-B116
  Retirement savings (C) Tax expenditures for social security and welfare C1-C17
    Tax concessions for certain taxpayers C18
    Tax expenditures for other economic affairs C19-C20
  Fringe Benefits Tax (D) Tax expenditures for public order and safety D1-D3
    Tax expenditures for general public services D4
    Tax expenditures for defence D5-D7
    Tax expenditures for education D8
    Tax expenditures for health D9-D11
    Tax expenditures for social security and welfare D12-D14
    Tax expenditures for housing and community amenities D15
    Tax expenditures for recreation and culture D16-D17
    Tax expenditures for other economic affairs D18-D51
  Capital Gains Tax (E) Tax expenditures for defence E1
    Tax expenditures for health E2
    Tax expenditures for housing and community amenities E3-E6
    Tax expenditures for recreation and culture E7
    Tax expenditures for other economic affairs E8-E34
Consumption Commodity and other indirect taxes (F) Tax expenditures for agriculture, forestry and fishing F1
    Tax expenditures for transport and communications F2
    Fuel F3-F6
    Tobacco F7
    Alcohol F8-F16
    Motor vehicles F17
    General consumption tax expenditures F18-F20
  Natural resources taxes (G) Tax expenditures for manufacturing and mining G1-G3
    Petroleum G4
  Goods and Services Tax (H) Tax expenditures for general public services H1-H6
    International tax expenditures H7-H15
    Tax expenditures for education H16
    Tax expenditures for health H17-H21
    Tax concessions for certain taxpayers H22-H25
    Tax expenditures for manufacturing and mining H26
    Tax expenditures for transport and communications H27
    Tax expenditures for other economic affairs H28