GST, Public
GST Q&A – Provision of funding for Christmas functions
Is GST payable on funding provided by Council’s related DGR to meet the cost of a Christmas function hosted by...
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FBT, GST, Public
GST and FBT – The tax consequences of gift giving
T’is the season for gifts – but are you also making a gift of GST or FBT to the Revenue?...
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FBT, Public
FBT Q&A – Dinner provided after all day training
Question We run a number of one or two day structured training courses for new recruits and existing staff wishing...
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Payroll, Public
Payroll – Check you’re making the correct super contributions for your employees
There is a change to the way in which super guarantee contributions are calculated. Employers should review their calculation practices...
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FBT, Public
FBT Q&A – Relocation exemptions
In relation to employee relocation costs, what are the more common available heads of salary sacrifice? Question We have made...
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FBT, Public
FBT – Car parking fringe benefits – ATO restatement and expansion of the net
Heads up – the ATO has issued some revised material on car parking fringe benefits. Two recent ATO documents cause...
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ATO/General, Public
Fuel Tax Credits: ATO amends public rulings
The ATO has recently made some amendments to Fuel Tax Credits public rulings, including reducing the FTC entitlements for buses...
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Commercial, Public
Commercial – The legal demise of physical cash …?
Physical cash is dead (almost), crypto currency’s life is in jeopardy, long-live (traceable) digital cash! The Black Economy task force...
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GST, Public
GST Q&A – GST on costs associated with land acquisitions
Question Under the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 (Vic), authorities acquiring land from land owners for a capital works...
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FBT, Public
FBT – Road and bridge tolls – for whom does the FBT bell toll, employer or employee?
Where an employer pays/reimburses an employee’s road toll expenditure or allows the employee to use the employer’s electronic road toll...
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FBT, Public
FBT Q&A – Work related preventative health care: In-house massage
Is provision of an in-house therapeutic massage for all employees an exempt fringe benefit? Question We are considering providing in-house...
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FBT, Payroll, Public
FBT and Payroll – Remote area tax concessions and payments
Heads up, there may be some changes to remote area tax concessions and payments. The Productivity Commission has suggested reforms....
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