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2020 ATO Work-Related Hotspots-Individual Tax Return
Due to Covid-19, the ATO will be paying attention to certain deductions this year, including: • Travel expenses• Uniform & laundry expenses• Other work-related expenses These deductions are particularly relevant for the last third of the 2020 financial year (March...
Home Office Expenses
Home Office ExpensesAs an employee working from home, you can claim a deduction for expenses that you incur in relation to this work. This includes running expenses such as: • Electricity & gas (for heating, cooling & lighting) • Phone & internet • Paper,...
Motor Vehicle Expenses
Motor Vehicle Expenses Motor vehicle expenses may be claimed for the use in your business, or use as an employee for work purposes, you cannot make a claim for use that is private in nature. When claiming car expenses as a deduction within your tax there are a couple...
Phone, Internet & Electronic Device Expense Claims
Phone, Internet & Electronic Device Expense Claims If you are required to use your own internet, phone, tablet, laptop, or any other electronic device for work, then you may be entitled to make aclaim for these expenses. You will need to apportion all claims...
Tax Planning
Tax Planning is an effective way of reducing your current tax liability and can be achieved through reviewing your books prior to year-end. The following suggestions indicate possible ways to reduce your current tax liability: 1. Prepayment of deductible expenses...
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F.A.Q.
When are employers legally required to issue PAYG Payment Summaries?
How long do I have to keep my tax documents for?
If you are an individual, you must keep proper records relating to your tax affairs for at least five years from the date you lodged your tax return.
If you are a small business, you must keep proper records relating to your tax affairs for at least five years from when the business record is prepared or the transaction is completed, whichever occurs later.
If at the end of the five year period, you are involved in a dispute with the Commissioner (an audit, for example), the five year period is extended.
If you use information from your records in a later tax return, you may have to keep records for longer. So, if you carry forward a tax loss, you must keep the records until the end of any period of review for the income tax return in which the loss is fully deducted.
If you own an asset which will be subject to capital gains tax on disposal, you will need to keep records covering the entire period of ownership until 5 years after lodgment of the tax return recording the disposal of the asset.
I have started my own business. Do I need to register for GST?
What expenses can I claim for my home office?
Where a home is a place of business (and is easily identified as such – for example a separate entrance, signage, clients/customers coming to set area of your home etc.), deductions can be claimed on occupancy and running expenses including:
- mortgage interest
- rent
- house insurance
- council rates
- insurance
- repairs
- cleaning
- pest control
- maintenance
- decorating
- telephone
- heating
- lighting
- depreciation.
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We serve a wide area of South Each Queensland. Our office is located in Toowoomba