Step 5: If you meet the income requirement – does the loss making activity pass one of the four tests?

If you’ve met the income requirement, you then need to work if you pass any one or more of the four tests.

If you pass at least one test, then the non-commercial loss rules don’t apply to you and you can offset your business losses against your other income in the same income year.

The four tests are the:

  • assessable income test
  • profits test
  • real property test
  • other assets test.