Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where:
(a) during a particular period, an employer provides a car for the exclusive use of a person who is, or of persons any of whom is, an employee of the employer or a relative of such an employee; and
(b) at any time during that period, the employee or a relative of the employee is entitled to use the car for private purposes;
a deduction is not allowable under this Act in respect of a car expense that relates to the car and:
(c) is incurred by the employee during that period; or
(d) is incurred by the employee and is wholly or partly attributable to that period.
(2) In this section:
"car" has the meaning given by section 995 - 1 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 , but does not include a car covered by section 28 - 165 of that Act.
"car expense" has the meaning given by section 28 - 13 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 , but does not include a car expense covered by section 28 - 165 of that Act.
"employee" means a person who receives, or is entitled to receive, work and income support related withholding payments and benefits.
"employer" means a person who pays or is liable to pay work and income support related withholding payments and benefits, and includes:
(a) in the case of an unincorporate body of persons other than a partnership--the manager or other principal officer of that body; and
(b) in the case of a partnership--each partner; and
(c) an Australian government agency as defined in subsection 995 - 1(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 .