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Anna Whites has the following receipts and expenses for the year 2021/22. She is a tax resident of Australia. Receipts Salary - financial planner $80,000
Anna Whites has the following receipts and expenses for the year 2021/22. She is a tax resident of Australia.
Receipts
Salary - financial planner $80,000
Interest $5,000
Rental income $10,000
Entertainment Allowance $1,500
The following assets were sold. They are the only assets Anna has ever sold.
Sale of family home (22 February 2022) $150,000
The home was acquired on 18.7.91 for $110,000.
Sale of vacant land I (25 August 2021) $100,000
This had been bought on 1.1.85 at a cost of $25,000 with the intention of building her main residence. For various reasons this never occurred and when a good offer was received she sold the land.
Sale of one rental property (1 July 2021) $130,000
This property had cost $80,000 in June 1985. Anna had bought the property with the intention of renovating it and selling it at a profit.
Sale of shares I (10 November 2021) $51,000
These had been bought in February 2000 for $40,000. Brokerage on acquisition was $400 and brokerage on sale was $500.
Sale of land II (7 June 2022) $80,000
The land had been acquired in January 1990 at a cost of $85,000. Stamp duty cost $1,488.
Sale of shares II (26 January 2022) $10,000
These shares had been acquired in November 2020 at a cost of $9,500.
Sale of holiday house - settlement occurred on 1 July 2021 although the contract had been signed on 1 April 2021. $160,000
The land on which the holiday home was built had been acquired on 23 April 2000 at a cost of $30,000.
Stamp duty was $525. A house costing $130,000 was built in June 2000. Rates and taxes of $2,000 were paid in arrears when the house was sold.
Expenses
Bank fees on interest earning account $30
Commission to collect rental income $150
Entertainment of clients $800
Repairs:
new washing machine lid in rental property $120
total repainting of new rental property purchased on 30 June 2022 $1,800
repainting of the same rental property after the house was vandalised by the first tenants $1,900
Rates and taxes on rental properties $2,200
Annual subscriptions:
Financial Planners Association $140
Australian Engineers' Association $280
West Coast Eagles Football Club $130
Donations:
Australian Liberal Party $200
Royal Perth Hospital $300
Cost of travel to Financial Planners' Association's conventions $85
Registration costs of above conventions $790
Education expenses:
* Master of Business Administration expenses at a private university in Perth:
University fees $3,800
Travel to university for classes from home $300
Travel from university to work $199
Travel from work to university $260
Travel from university to home (travelled to university after work) $350
*Basket weaving course on Saturday afternoons:
Course cost $55
Travel expenses $122
Calculate Annas taxable income and net tax payable for 2021/22. Provide brief reasons for the exclusion of any items from the calculation.
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