Small Business Entities |
Aug 09 |
To qualify for Small Business Entity concessions
in an income year you must:
- Run a business
in that year
- Have an annual
turnover of less than $2 million for that yearand the previous year
The ATO provides a list of concessions small business entities
may elect to use and include concessions for Capital Gains Tax (refer CGT
page).
Election is optional and the rules are designed to
reduce the tax and compliance costs for small businesses, enabling you to claim
a full deduction for certain prepaid expenses.
Two main Small Business Entity concessions include:
- Simplified
depreciation rules - Most depreciating assets that cost less than
$1,000 each are written off. Most other depreciating assets are pooled and
depreciated at 15% in the first year and 30% in the subsequent years if their
effective life is less than 25 years. If the effective life is over 25 years
then the rate is reduced to 2.5% in the first year and 5% in subsequent years.
- Simplified
trading stock rules - Businesses only need to conduct stock takes if
the value of the stock has not increased or decreased by more than $5,000 over
the year.
FURTHER
INFO: see the Small business entity concessions essentials section
of the ATO website.
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