From the following you are required to calculate Jean's taxable income (if any) for the income year

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From the following you are required to calculate Jean's taxable income (if any) for the income year ended 30 June 2020, giving brief reasons to support your calculation. Jean is a 25-year-old Australian resident adult individual who recently completed her law degree at the University of Adelaide and was successful in being recruited as a commercial lawyer at Adelaide law firm Finlaysons. She has been working at Finlaysons for about a year and has aspirations of working her way to becoming a Partner at the firm one day. During the income year ended 30 June 2020, Jean derived and received the following amounts:

3. Annual Leave of $5,000.

4. 100,000 Qantas Frequent Flyer points that she earned whilst travelling for Finlaysons for work. She used the points to travel to Bali which saved her $1,500 when purchasing a Business class ticket.

5. Dividends totalling $1,000 paid to Jean in respect of shares owned by her in BHP Limited. The dividends were fully franked.

6. Interest totalling $500 derived and paid into a cash management bank account held by Jean with the National Australia Bank Ltd, an Australian resident company.

7. Settlement proceeds of $10,000 from her neighbour to compensate her for the stress the neighbour caused her when he built the fence on her side of the property. She purchased the property a year ago and it had cost her $8,000 in legal fees to defend her title to the property. During the 2020 income year, Jean paid and incurred these outgoings and has kept "written evidence" for each of them:

8. Grooming expenses totalling $2,000 for hair styling and make-up. She also purchased suits for $2,000 so that she could look professional at work.

9. Payments totalling $500 for interest on the loan of $8,000 that had been used by Jean to fund the purchase of the shares owned by her in BHP Limited.

10. Home office expenses of $1,500 incurred for work purposes. These expenses included $1,000 which was a proportion of interest paid on a loan used to build her home and $500 on electricity charges, both of which were based on the proportion of area size of home office compared to the total area of home.

11. Annual membership fees to the Royal Adelaide Golf Club of $2,500. Jean uses the Club to entertain clients and that it helps her generate more work.

12. Jean recently developed a medical condition which had a dramatic impact on her ability to perform her work. To treat this condition, she paid $10,000 for a course of intensive treatment over several months.