Section 26Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth)

‑1  What this Division is about

This Division sets out some amounts that you cannot deduct, or that you cannot deduct in full.

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Operative provisions

26‑5 Penalties

26‑10 Leave payments

26‑15 Franchise fees windfall tax

26‑17 Commonwealth places windfall tax

26‑19 Rebatable benefits

26‑20 Assistance to students

26‑22 Political contributions and gifts

26‑25 Interest or royalty

26‑25A Payments to employees—labour mobility programs

26‑26 Non‑share distribution and dividends

26‑30 Relative’s travel expenses

26‑31 Travel related to use of residential premises as residential accommodation

26‑35 Reducing deductions for amounts paid to related entities

26‑40 Maintaining your family

26‑45 Recreational club expenses

26‑47 Non‑business boating activities

26‑50 Expenses for a leisure facility

26‑52 Bribes to foreign public officials

26‑53 Bribes to public officials

26‑54 Expenditure relating to illegal activities

26‑55 Limit on deductions

26‑60 Superannuation contributions surcharge

26‑68 Loss from disposal of eligible venture capital investments

26‑70 Loss from disposal of venture capital equity

26‑75 Excess non‑concessional contributions tax cannot be deducted

26‑80 Financing costs on loans to pay superannuation contribution

26‑85 Borrowing costs on loans to pay life insurance premiums

26‑90 Superannuation supervisory levy

26‑95 Superannuation guarantee charge

26 96 Laminaria and Corallina decommissioning levy cannot be deducted

26‑97 National Disability Insurance Scheme expenditure

26‑98 Division 293 tax cannot be deducted

26‑99 Excess transfer balance tax cannot be deducted

26‑99A Division 296 tax cannot be deducted

26‑99B Build to rent development misuse tax cannot be deducted

26‑99C Australian IIR/UTPR tax and Australian DMT tax cannot be deducted

26‑100 Expenditure attributable to water infrastructure improvement payments

26‑102 Expenses associated with holding vacant land

26‑105 Non‑compliant payments for work and services

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 25 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

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