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10.13.8.60 Exempt Payments - Agreement with Denmark

Exempt payments

Article 8 of the Agreement with Denmark provides that the following Danish benefits be exempt from the income test applied to Australian benefits:

any personal allowance paid to a person residing in Denmark under the Social Pensions Act of Denmark, and
any other payments of a similar nature as mutually determined by both parties (nil to date).

Act reference: SS(IntAgree)Act Schedule 12 Denmark

Last reviewed: 20 March 2015

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