As a tradie, you know that running a successful business takes hard work and dedication. But did you know that maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records is one of the keys to keeping your business profitable?
It’s dangerously close to EOFY, and that means The Financial Foreman needs to make you aware of any new tax-related information in the lead-up to 30 June 2022.
If you have a Discretionary Trust (also known as a Family Trust), it’s essential to keep reading because you need to be aware that you must complete your trust distribution resolutions before 30 June.
Why? Because if you don’t, you could end up paying extra tax of up to 47% of Trust profits.
Like you, The Financial Foreman loves to get his hands on tools that help you to build a better business. We are very excited about a fantastic alternative for businesses who use corporate cards… Introducing Weel – formally known as DiviPay.
Most Adelaideans are familiar with the Fringe. However, you might not be familiar with Fringe Benefits Tax, FBT is a tax that you get charged for private use of business assets like tickets to this year’s Fringe festival.
We could all do with a little extra cash these days.
And, with a little bit of careful planning, reducing your tax may give you the flexibility to do some of the things you may not have thought possible. Not just for your business but to help out with some other personal big-ticket items.
By reducing your tax bill, you can think about:
Tax Planning involves two critical things: Putting strategies in place to reduce your tax, and planning for your upcoming tax payments over the next 12 months.
To properly help you with your Tax Planning, we need to start now. Here’s a look at what we’ve developed at The Financial Foreman to help you over the next few months leading up to 30 June 2022:
We’ll forecast your expected 2022 income and tax payable for all individuals and entities in your family group. We’ll then develop strategies to spread your income across your family group in the most tax-effective way — and legally reduce your tax. This will amount to an overall benefit to you as a family group tax reduction.
To achieve this extra benefit for you, we will need to:
We estimate that the tax savings and other benefits you’ll receive from our advice will be far greater than the price of our TaxPlan service!
If you’re interested in saving tax, top of your ‘to-do’ list is to book a time to get together with the team at The Financial Foreman. Although our Tax Saving and Tax Planning advice is entirely optional, we strongly recommend it.Call Josh at The Financial Foreman on (08) 7326 3040 and set up an appointment to talk about tax planning and what it can mean for you, your business and your family.
Well, here we are…it’s 2022.
You’ve survived the end-of-year parties, eaten your body weight in food at Christmas, had some time off with kids (well, some of us), and now you’re champing at the bit to get back to business.
’Tis the season to party, but how up-to-date are you on fringe benefits tax [FBT] and Christmas dos? If you’ve had a fairly solid year and want to give back to your employees, their associates and contractors by way of an end-of-year shindig, you might need to know what you’re options are around FBT and Christmas work extravaganzas.
Do you hold a gathering on your premises, or take them to a pub/restaurant or the like? How much should you spend? Are you thinking of slipping your employees a Christmas bonus or a yuletide gift? Whatever you decide to do for your employees around the festive season, there are all sorts of FBT implications and trying to make sense of them may add to your already growing December stress levels.
Fortunately, the Financial Foreman [with thanks to the ATO] has put together a list of naughty and nice implications for FBT. Take a look, and if there is anything you’d like more information on, please give Josh a call.
You may come across many different circumstances when providing Christmas events to your staff or dealing with clients’ expenditures. Fringe benefits provided to an associate or under an arrangement with a third party to any current employees, past and future employees, and their associates (spouses and children), may attract FBT.
The following explanations may help you determine whether there are FBT implications arising from a Christmas party.
The costs (such as food and drink) associated with Christmas parties are exempt from FBT if they are provided on a working day on your business premises and consumed by current employees. The property benefits exemption is only available for employees, not associates.
Putting on a Christmas party for employees may be a minor benefit and exempt if the cost of the party is less than $300 per employee and certain conditions are met. The benefit provided to an associate of the employee may also be a minor benefit and exempt if the cost of the party for each associate of an employee is less than $300. This threshold applies to each benefit provided, not to the total value of all associated benefits.
Giving a gift to your employee at Christmas time may also be a minor benefit that is an exempt benefit where the gift’s value is less than $300. Where a Christmas gift is given to an employee at a Christmas party [that’s also provided by the employer], the benefits are associated benefits, but each needs to be considered separately. If both the Christmas party and the gift are each less than $300 in value and the other conditions of a minor benefit are met, they will both be exempt benefits.
The cost of providing a Christmas party is entertainment and is income tax deductible only to the extent that it’s subject to FBT. Therefore, any party costs exempt from FBT (ie; exempt minor benefits and exempt property benefits) cannot be claimed as an income tax deduction, and no GST is claimable. So, from a tax point of view it’s better to not be able to claim the deduction than being subject to FBT, which has a higher rate of tax.
After all that, you should be in a joyous and festive frame of mind and ready to host a cracking show for your employees, associates, and perhaps even your clients and suppliers. Just remember, the Financial Foreman has all the answers and loves a great Christmas party.
If you’re looking for a jovial read, you can find out more about FBT and Christmas parties from those jolly folk at the ATO.
https://www.ato.gov.au/general/fringe-benefits-tax-(fbt)/in-detail/fbt-and-christmas-parties/
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Josh Gloede
The Financial Foreman
Phew! That’s EOFY out of the way for another year. However, that doesn’t mean you can sit back and rest on your laurels. For all businesses, now is an important time to plan for the year ahead and to put things in place so that your business can thrive over the next 12 months.
Like many businesses, The Financial Forman is expanding. As such, we’re putting on a couple of new additions. Not the bricks and mortar kind, but a couple of young accountants that will help drive our business forward and streamline our operations so that your business reaps the benefits.
We are pleased to announce and welcome Phi Nguyen and Brayden Hayes to the Financial Foreman family. Both Phi and Brayden have shown exceptional skills in accounting and finance but, most importantly, share a commitment to help others succeed.
Many of us head to the doctor for a health check when we want to be reassured that we’re in good shape. A clean bill of health allows us to get on with our lives and plan for the future. But what about your business? A business health check could be just what the doctor ordered to identify what’s working and what could be improved.
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