Tax Time Tips
The ATO has put together various fact sheets for businesses this tax time. You can access PDF copies from these links: Home-based business expenses Travel expenses Motor vehicle expenses Using your company’s money or assets Pausing or permanently closing your…
Small Business COVID-19 Adaption Grant Program – only 48% of funds have been requested
Only 48% of the funds available from the Queensland Government have been requested. This grant is available to assist small business in the following ways: prepare for the safe resumption of trading in the post COVID-19 recovery continue to meet…
Small Business COVID-19 Adaption Grant Program
The second round of the Small Business Grants program is now open. You can use these grants to: prepare for the safe resumption of trading in the post COVID-19 recovery continue to meet operating costs access digital technologies to rebuild…
Taxtime 2020
The end of the financial year is fast approaching and there may be changes to your average tax rate and tax payable depending on whether you received the Job Seeker or Job Keeper payments, and no tax was withheld from…
$150,000 instant asset write-off set to end 30th June 2020.
If you’re in a position to purchase a motor vehicle or machinery, now is the time to do it. The $150,000 instant asset write-off will end 30th June and the instant asset write-off will revert to $1,000. From then on,…
ATO extends time to register and pay Job Keeper payments
The Commissioner has extended the time to enrol for the initial JobKeeper periods, from 30 April 2020 until 31 May 2020. If you enrol by 31 May you will still be able to claim for the fortnights in April and May, provided you meet all…
Answers to COVID-19 work from home expense questions and CGT concerns
Many clients may have questions about claiming expenses when forced to work from home over the COVID-19 period, plus a lot of practitioners have reported clients coming to them with concerns about any consequent capital gains issues when later selling…
Job Keeper Payment
This afternoon, PM Scott Morrison announced his 3rd instalment to the COVID-19 stimulus package for the Australian economy. This package is centered around the ‘Jobkeeper package’ that will total $130bn over 6 months to ‘support the jobs and livelihoods’ of…
Home Office Expenses
If you’re an employee who is now being asked to work from home because of the Coronavirus, or who regularly works from home, you may be able to claim a deduction for expenses relating to that work. These are generally…
Government’s New Stimulus Package
The government has issued further measures to assist small business in the Coronavirus crisis. For Small Businesses (turnover < $50 million) the following assistance is available: Payment deferrals Payments to the ATO can be deferred for up to six months.…