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You are working as a tax agent at Rocket Tax Pty Ltd (456 George Street Sydney NSW 2000) and one of your clients (Julie Palmer:
You are working as a tax agent at Rocket Tax Pty Ltd (456 George Street Sydney NSW 2000) and one of your clients (Julie Palmer: Unit 15/69 Smail Street Ultimo NSW 2007) has come to you for assistance. Julie is a self-employed web designer and due to her heavy work load and unpredictable working hours has not had the time to sort out her tax matters. Julie spends a lot of time organising her business expenses for tax, however she has lost a few receipts and tax invoices for the last quarter of the financial year. She said that she has already lodged the tax return based on the details provided in Table 1 (she estimated income & expenses for the June quarter 2020, as listed in the table 1 below).
Table 1: estimated income & expenses
Business Income | $10000 |
Education expenses | $2000 |
Software subscription | $800 |
Internet expenses | $225 |
Telephone expenses | $240 |
Rent | $6000 |
Income tax expense (PAYG instalment) | $1200 |
Travel to work (city rail) | $500 |
Health insurance | $300 |
Child care | $1000 |
Uniform | $200 |
Depreciation on Computer (3 years useful life) | $567 |
During December 2020, Julie advises you that she found the missing bank statement and receipts, which list the business income and expenses & other payments for the period June quarter 2020. Assume all amounts were correctly reported for other periods. Julie asked you to review the following Bank statement and identify discrepancies in the income/expense claims made versus the actual income/expenses incurred.
Details of the Bank statement are as follows:
Period: 01 April 2020 to 30 June 2020
Date | Transaction details | Withdrawal | Deposit | Balance |
Opening balance (April 2020) | 7,500 | |||
1/04/2020 | Paid for workshop webinar – Design course | 160 | 7,340 | |
3/04/2020 | Storage boxes for shoes | 225 | 7,085 | |
4/04/2020 | Monthly city rail (home to work) | 150 | 6,935 | |
9/04/2020 | Fitness first (direct debit) | 99 | 6,836 | |
13/04/2020 | Vodafone (direct debit) | 80 | 6,756 | |
12/04/2020 | Services Income | 4,500 | 11,256 | |
15/04/2020 | Electricity (Energy Australia) Home | 375 | 10,881 | |
14/04/2020 | Medi Bank Private (Health) | 95 | 10,786 | |
16/04/2020 | Telstra Internet | 75 | 10,711 | |
17/04/2020 | Office rent | 2,000 | 8,711 | |
23/04/2020 | Bavarian café - cake for birthday | 255 | 8,456 | |
25/04/2020 | Interest charges on her personal loan | 125 | 8,331 | |
28/04/2020 | March quarter PAYG instalment tax paid | 8,331 | ||
1/05/2020 | Paid for workshop webinar – Design course | 60 | 8,271 | |
4/05/2020 | Monthly city rail (home to work) | 150 | 8,121 | |
8/05/2020 | Jobkeeper payments - Business participant | 3,000 | 11,121 | |
9/05/2020 | Fitness first (direct debit) | 99 | 11,022 | |
13/05/2020 | Vodafone (direct debit) | 80 | 10,942 | |
14/05/2020 | Medi Bank Private (Health) | 95 | 10,847 | |
15/05/2020 | Gas (Energy Australia) Home | 155 | 10,692 | |
16/05/2020 | Telstra Internet | 75 | 10,617 | |
17/05/2020 | Office rent | 2,000 | 8,617 | |
23/05/2020 | Dodo Coffee | 80 | 8,537 | |
1/06/2020 | Yearly software subscription | 800 | 7,737 | |
4/06/2020 | Monthly city rail | 150 | 7,587 | |
7/06/2020 | Cash Boost from the ATO | 5,000 | 12,587 | |
9/06/2020 | Fitness first (direct debit) | 99 | 12,488 | |
10/06/2020 | Jobkeeper payments - Business participant | 4,500 | 16,988 | |
13/06/2020 | Vodafone (direct debit) | 80 | 16,908 | |
14/06/2020 | Medi Bank Private (Health) | 95 | 16,813 | |
15/06/2020 | Apple computer for 100% work purposes | 1,700 | 15,113 | |
16/06/2020 | Telstra Internet | 75 | 15,038 | |
17/06/2020 | Office rent | 2,000 | 13,038 | |
23/06/2020 | HBA Learning Institute for Design course | 1,200 | 11,838 | |
25/06/2020 | Services income | 5,500 | 17,338 | |
28/06/2020 | Jumbo Child care | 980 | 16,358 | |
30/06/2020 | Blouse and black pants | 150 | 16,208 | |
Closing Income (Month ending June 2020) | 16,208.00 |
Additional information:
• Julie’s business is not registered for GST as her annual income is less than $75,000.
• Julie uses her phone and internet 40% for work purposes.
• Julie pays child care fees so that she can go to work.
• Julie purchased blouse and black pants only to wear at work.
Task: You are required to:
Draft a business letter to Julie Palmer. In the letter, students must
1) Identify any discrepancies by reconciling the bank statement against the claims made by Julie Palmer (table 1 provided).
2) Recalculate the assessable income and allowable deductions with explanations. Include section numbers and/or cases in your explanations.
3) Advise any further actions required due to the discrepancies.
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