by Team Garnet | Mar 24, 2021 | Business Structures, Small Business, Tax News
With the end of March fast approaching, so too is the end of the Fringe Benefits Tax year which runs from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. While FBT returns do not need to be lodged until 21 May 2021, for many businesses, now is the time to start getting organised in...
by Team Garnet | Mar 10, 2021 | Business Structures, Small Business, Tax News
Tax planning or tax avoidance? Do you know the difference? While tax planning is a legitimate and legal way to arrange your financial affairs to keep your tax to a minimum provided you make the arrangements within the intent of the law. Any tax minimisation schemes...
by Team Garnet | Mar 3, 2021 | Tax News
If you are working two or more jobs casually or if you have overlapping contract work, you need to be careful to avoid an end of financial year tax debt. With insecure, contract and casual work becoming increasingly common, particularly in the current COVID-19...
by Team Garnet | Feb 24, 2021 | Superannuation, Tax News
From 1 July 2021, the general pension transfer balance cap will increase from $1.6m to $1.7m due to indexation. “Indexation is a technique to adjust income payments by means of a price index, in order to maintain the purchasing power of the public after...
by Team Garnet | Sep 2, 2018 | Small Business
The ABN system was originally introduced as a simple way to provide businesses with unique identifier when dealing with the government. It has since become a de facto licence to do business despite no substantial changes in the application process in the intervening...
