Your client, Kay Lee owns a restaurant in Sydney. She operates as a sole trader. The business is known as ‘The Fried Noodle Bar’ and Kay has an ABN and is also registered for GST. The following figures are as at the end of the financial year, 30 June 2023 and do not include GST. (Do not make any adjustments for GST)
Receipts
256,000 Sale of food and drinks in the restaurant
5,000 Interest on Bank deposits.
28,500 Exempt income from a PhD scholarship from CQU
2,500 Private Health fund refunds
40,000 Inheritance from her grandmother
35,500 Rent from investment property
5,000 Refund from the ATO for the last year’s tax return
30,000 Net capital gain from the sale of shares held for 5 years.
10,000 Lottery win – Kay was just very lucky.
Payments
35,000 Rent on her restaurant in Brisbane
1,500 Body Corporate fees on income producing property.
65,000 Part-time employee salaries
15,000 Superannuation contribution for employees
25,000 Interest on borrowing to purchase the income producing property.
5,500 Insurance, body corporate fees and land tax for the investment property
2,500 Fees paid to a registered Tax Agent
25,000 New cooking equipment with an estimated life of 10 years
5,000 Travel to and from work to home
2,500 Rates on her principal residence
2,000 Doctors fees for Kay and her family
1,265 University fees for Kay
15,555 Personal Superannuation contribution for Kay
(a) Kay Lee is accounting for her taxation liability as a Small Business Entity (SBE)
(b) On 1 July 2022 the opening depreciation pool balance for the SBE pool was $25,000. During the year Kay purchased 1 new depreciating assets used 100% for business purposes in the restaurant kitchen. This is recorded in the payment’s information listed above. The depreciation deduction has not been included in the above figures.
(c) Kay has a carry forward tax loss from an earlier income year of $25,000. This was due to the impact of COVID 19 on her business.
(d) Kay and her family are members of a private health fund and have private hospital insurance.
(e) Kay has paid $25,000 in PAYG Instalments during the financial year ending 30 June 2023.
(f) The investment apartment was purchased new on 1 July 2022 for a total cost of $550,000 and is part of a hotel complex in Sydney. The real estate agent advised Kay that the construction cost of the apartment was $355,000 and this was confirmed by the builder.
REQUIRED
Calculate Kay’s personal tax liability for the year ended 30 June 2023. You should explain your treatment of each item in this question. Figures must be rounded to the nearest dollar and do not include cents in your calculations.
Your answer should be in the correct format of Assessable Income less Allowable Deductions. This gives you Taxable Income and you multiply this by the different marginal tax rates plus Medicare levy. This gives you tax payable less any tax offsets. The terms ‘Payments’ and ‘Receipts’ are not part of the Tax Formula and are not appropriate for taxation accounting.
In this essay, we will calculate Kay Lee’s personal tax liability for the financial year ending 30 June 2023. Kay Lee is the owner of ‘The Fried Noodle Bar’ in Sydney and operates as a sole trader. We will follow the correct tax formula, accounting for all relevant items provided, to determine her assessable income, allowable deductions, taxable income, and ultimately, her tax liability.
Assessable income includes all the receipts that contribute to Kay Lee’s income for the financial year. These include:
Allowable deductions consist of the payments that can be deducted from the assessable income to arrive at the taxable income. These include:
As mentioned, Kay purchased new cooking equipment for her restaurant kitchen, and it’s a depreciable asset used 100% for business purposes. The opening balance of the depreciation pool was $25,000, and during the year, Kay added a new asset to the pool. Assuming an effective life of 10 years for the asset, the depreciation deduction can be calculated as follows: Depreciation deduction = (Cost of new asset) / (Effective life) Depreciation deduction = $25,000 / 10 = $2,500
Calculation of Taxable Income: Taxable income is calculated by subtracting allowable deductions from assessable income. In this case, we have: Assessable Income = $256,000 + $5,000 + $28,500 + $35,500 + $40,000 + $30,000 + $10,000 = $405,000 Allowable Deductions = $35,000 + $65,000 + $15,000 + $25,000 + $5,500 + $2,500 + $2,500 + $5,000 + $2,500 + $2,000 + $1,265 + $15,555 + $2,500 = $160,320 Taxable Income = $405,000 – $160,320 = $244,680
To calculate the tax liability, we will use the tax rates for the relevant income brackets and apply the Medicare levy. Based on the provided information, Kay’s personal superannuation contribution does not exceed 10% of her total income, so she is not eligible for any tax offsets.
Tax Rates and Medicare Levy:
Using the calculated taxable income of $244,680, we can apply the relevant tax rates and Medicare levy to determine Kay Lee’s tax liability for the financial year ending 30 June 2023. This calculated amount will provide an accurate representation of her personal tax liability, accounting for all the items provided and their respective treatments in accordance with the Australian tax regulations.
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