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You are the newly appointed tax practitioner to complete Emilys tax return and have downloaded the prefill report for Emilys tax return (hint, you can

You are the newly appointed tax practitioner to complete Emilys tax return and have downloaded the prefill report for Emilys tax return (hint, you can read what a prefill report is here (Links to an external site.)).

Key outputs from the Prefill Report are as follows:

Item 1: Salary or Wages

Payer Details

Income Type

Gross $

PAYG Withheld $

Digital Co.

Salary

$10,000

$1,000

Malua Bay

Salary

$50,000

$15,000

Item IT1: Reportable Fringe Benefits

Payer Details

Amount $

Malua Bay

$15,000

Item 10: Interest Income

Payer Details

Amount $

ABC Bank

$20,000

Medicare Levy Surcharge

Health Insurer

Membership Number

Number of days this policy provides an appropriate level of private patient hospital cover

Premiums Paid $

Rebate Received $

B HealthPHI

C 897654

365

$3,125

$475

Number of dependent children: Zero

Spouse: Nil

Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)

HELP Balance $

$5,000

From the above, you determine that out of the above details, Emilys ordinary income include salary and interest.

Emily has provided you with the following information:

  • Invoice for the preparation of the prior year tax return, $95 (deduction allowed by section 25-5 ITAA97)
  • Travel expenses of $4,500 (deduction allowed by section 8-1 ITAA97)
  • Home running expenses of $100 calculated under the short-cut method relating to the period Emily worked from home whilst employed by Malua Bay (the home office deduction is allowed by section 8-1 ITAA97 and the method employed in line with the temporary COVID-19 mechanisms introduced. You can read further on this here (Links to an external site.))

Required:

Determine for Emily the following (assuming Emily is a resident of Australia for tax purposes):

  1. Taxable income (2 mark)
  2. Basic tax liability (ignore tax offsets in this question) (1 mark)
  3. Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge (1 mark)
  4. HELP repayment (1 mark)

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