Category: Taxation

Easier Home Office Expense Claim The Australian Taxation Office (‘ATO’) has announced a temporary simplified short cut method to make it easier for individual taxpayers to claim deductions for additional running expenses incurred (e.g.,additional heating, cooling and lighting costs), as a result of working from home due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Refer to the ATO’s Media Release of 7 April 2020. The ATO will allow individuals to claim a deduction…

1) Employer affected by Covid-19 with multiple employees Adam owns a business whose turnover has declined by more than 30% as a result of the downturn due to the Coronavirus. The business had the following three employees as at 1 March 2020: • Anne, who is a permanent full-time employee and who continues to work in the business earning a gross salary of $3,000 per fortnight. • Nick, who is…

There are 2 types of businesses in Australia. Those that employ staff and those that don’t. The number of businesses as at 30 June 2019 that don’t employ staff makes up 61% or 1.4 million of the total 2.4 million businesses in Australia, as well as 33% of the GDP created in Australia based on a recent Australian Bureau of Statistics report.  These are enormous numbers and involve a huge…

The Federal Government has announced stage 2 of its economic plan to cushion the economic impact of Coronavirus. Read about the stage 1 package HERE. The 4 parts to the plan are listed below:    1.  Boosting Cash Flow for Employers This applies to: A business or a not for profit entity or charity with an aggregated annual  turnover of less than $50 million per annum ( based on prior…

Below are some examples to the different parts of  the Federal Government Stimulus Package which will make it easier for you to understand how it all works: To read about the packages click HERE. 1.  Boosting Cash Flow for Employers a) Sarah’s Construction Business Sarah owns and runs a building business in South Australia and employs 8 construction workers on average full-time weekly earnings, who each earn $89,730 per year.…