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FBT Article ‘ Commissioners draft travel ruling: Part I

TR 2017/D6 – Deductibility of employees’ travel expenses (Part I) On 28 June 2017, the Commissioner issued TR 2017/D6 entitled...

FBT Article ‘ Commissioners draft travel ruling: Part II

TR 2017/D6 – Deductibility of employees’ travel expenses (Part II) In this second part of our discussion of TR 2017/D6,...

FBT Q&A ‘ Otherwise deductible for student amenities fee

Question Where a course of study has the relevant nexus to an employee’s income producing activities it will be considered...

FBT Q&A ‘ Provision of vehicle to two staff members

Question We provided a small car for two employees during the FBT year as follows: Employee 1 – From 1/4/16 to...

FBT Q&A ‘ Staff vouchers in excess of $300

Question We give Gift/Voucher cards to staff members where all of the following circumstances apply: We give a Gift/Voucher card...

FBT ‘ Ticket to ride!

Across our face-to-face training, online training and Q&As, we have noticed an increasing query rate in regards to the issue...

FBT ‘ Car Parking Thresholds for 2017/18

The following car parking threshold applies for the 2017/18 FBT year: Car parking threshold – $8.66 (up from $8.48 in...

FBT Q&A ‘ Benefits provided to unpaid volunteers

Question Volunteer workers of our organisation are invited to functions throughout the year. Tickets to these functions are available for...

FBT Q&A ‘ Short term appointment in remote area: reimbursement of accommodation

Question A new employee has his accommodation expenses reimbursed. The accommodation is a B&B and is not owned or leased...

FBT ‘ Base value of a gifted vehicle

We were recently requested to consider the case of a TaxEd member organisation who had acquired a car by way...

FBT Q&A ‘ Earliest holding time

Question We recently sold a number of our fleet cars to a leasing company at market value then leased them...

FBT Q&A ‘ When are higher education course fees ‘otherwise deductible’ for FBT purposes?

Question We have had a number of staff take on further higher education study during the FBT year. In all...