---
title: "Build a past economic loss table from pay and tax records"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/build-a-past-economic-loss-table-from-pay-and-tax-records"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-DM20261023-3"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Build a past economic loss table from pay and tax records

> From the pay and tax records the lawyer has accepted, the firm-controlled tool builds a week-by-week table of net earnings lost and leaves a week blank where no record supports it.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/build-a-past-economic-loss-table-from-pay-and-tax-records  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the pay and tax records the lawyer has accepted, the firm-controlled tool builds a week-by-week table of net earnings lost and leaves a week blank where no record supports it. It does not write a schedule that will be filed or served. |
| What the lawyer must review | You accept each week of net earnings from the pay and tax records. You decide whether a week is lost, and you apply the cap after the net loss is set. Use a firm-controlled tool. Wage, tax and care records are confidential under ASCR r 9 and APP 11. Decide whether a breach would be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). |
| Written for / versions | 3 jurisdiction versions below |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

Build the past-loss table from records the lawyer has accepted, net of tax first, and do not produce the whole damages schedule.

- What the AI does: From the pay and tax records the lawyer has accepted, the firm-controlled tool builds a week-by-week table of net earnings lost and leaves a week blank where no record supports it. It does not write a schedule that will be filed or served.
- What the lawyer does: You accept each week of net earnings from the pay and tax records. You decide whether a week is lost, and you apply the cap after the net loss is set. Use a firm-controlled tool. Wage, tax and care records are confidential under ASCR r 9 and APP 11. Decide whether a breach would be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
- Who reviews: Responsible lawyer with competence in the matter
- Basis: Practical workflow informed by the linked primary sources; the traffic light and working checks are editorial guidance, not a court classification.
- Why: The level reflects what the work is, the consequence of an error, and how much of the output the lawyer must independently re-derive.
- Restriction: The lawyer sets the rates, hours, percentages and net weekly loss. The tool shows arithmetic only from figures the lawyer has accepted.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Start from net earnings. Do not treat a gross pay figure as the loss.
2. Leave a week blank where the pay or tax record does not support it.
3. Apply the weekly cap only after the net loss is set, and only if that cap applies to this claim.
4. Keep this table separate from the whole damages or statutory-entitlements schedule.

## Notes

- These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.
- If a figure is copied into a document filed in court, the lawyer checks that court's generative-AI practice note. The opened notes are the New South Wales Supreme Court page for Practice Note SC Gen 23, the Victorian Supreme Court news page for Practice Note SC Gen 25, and the Law Society of NSW court-protocols page. The practice-direction PDFs were not opened.

## Sources

- [Fox v Wood 1981 HCA 41](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1981/41.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) s 28A](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wa1958111/s28a.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) s 12](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cla2002161/s12.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) s 28F](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wa1958111/s28f.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Civil Liability Act 2003 (Qld) s 54](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/cla2003161/s54.html) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Jurisdiction versions

| Jurisdiction | Level |
| --- | --- |
| [Victoria](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/build-a-past-economic-loss-table-from-pay-and-tax-records/victoria.md) | Yellow |
| [New South Wales](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/build-a-past-economic-loss-table-from-pay-and-tax-records/new-south-wales.md) | Yellow |
| [Queensland](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/build-a-past-economic-loss-table-from-pay-and-tax-records/queensland.md) | Yellow |

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*