Don't just survive tax time -- discover how your business can
thrive through tax time!
Operating a small business isn't easy. Each day business owners
are challenged with everything from supervising staff and
negotiating with suppliers to managing payroll and inventory
-- and, ultimately, turning a profit.
Thankfully, ensuring that your business is tax-compliant is no
longer the ordeal it used to be. Tax for Small Business: A
Survival Guide is a must-have reference for Australian small
businesses, with all the information you'll need to legally
minimise your tax and maximise your business's profits. Topics
covered include:
* the Simplified Tax System (STS)
* income tax
* superannuation
* capital gains tax
* fringe benefits tax
* GST, BAS and PAYG
* worker's insurance
* land tax.
Autorentext
Max Newnham has worked as a chartered accountant for more than 30 years. For the past 15 years he has been a regular contributor to The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald on small business, tax and finance matters. Max is the author of two previous books: Super Made Simple: A Survival Guide and The GST Survival Guide for Families and Small Business.
Zusammenfassung
Don't just survive tax time -- discover how your business can thrive through tax time!
Operating a small business isn't easy. Each day business owners are challenged with everything from supervising staff and negotiating with suppliers to managing payroll and inventory -- and, ultimately, turning a profit.
Thankfully, ensuring that your business is tax-compliant is no longer the ordeal it used to be. Tax for Small Business: A Survival Guide is a must-have reference for Australian small businesses, with all the information you'll need to legally minimise your tax and maximise your business's profits. Topics covered include:
- the Simplified Tax System (STS)
- income tax
- superannuation
- capital gains tax
- fringe benefits tax
- GST, BAS and PAYG
- worker's insurance
- land tax.
Inhalt
Acknowledgements vi
1 Tax through the ages 1
2 Getting started: establishing the correct business structure 11
3 The Small Business Entities Simplified Tax System 34
4 Income tax 48
5 Paying your employees and your income tax as you go 73
6 Capital gains tax 88
7 Fringe benefits tax 98
8 GST 110
9 State and territory business taxes 133
10 Tax planning tips 142
11 Cars and tax 160
12 Minimising tax on selling a business 173
13 Surviving a tax audit 187
14 Getting the right advice 198
15 Questions and answers 204
Appendix 223
Glossary 237
Index 243
Resources 249