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Merging of Pensioner Tax Offset and Senior Australians Tax Offset to new Seniors and Pensioners Tax Offset (SAPTO)

Don’t you just love another acronym to learn!

The seniors and pensioners tax offset (SAPTO) replaced the senior Australians tax offset (SATO) and the pensioner tax offset from 1 July 2012. This means older Australians who were previously eligible for either SATO or the pensioner tax offset may now be eligible for the SAPTO.

The rebate amount and thresholds are illustrated below:

Seniors and pensioners tax offset (SAPTO)
Family status	Maximum tax offset	Shade-out threshold	Cut-out threshold
Single	$2,230	$32,279	$50,119
Couple (each)33	$1,602	$28,974	$41,790
Couple (separated due to illness)33	$2,040	$31,279	$47,599
The shade-out threshold is the maximum rebate income at which individuals will be entitled to the maximum tax offset. The tax offset reduces by 12.5 cents for each dollar of rebate income in excess of the shade-out threshold. The cut-out threshold is the level of rebate income at which the offset reduces to nil. At or above this level of rebate income, there is no entitlement to the tax offset. Any unused portion of the tax offset may be transferable to the partner under TR 93/31.

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