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Old Apr 29th 2005, 11:27 am
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I should probably get this by now but I dont, can anyone explain it to me and how is it a job perk?
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Old Apr 29th 2005, 11:35 am
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complex question i will try my best. 1st thing to understand is it may not be. it depends on your circumstances so check with a tax agent. simply put income reduced at source (sacrificed) becomes non taxable. therefore you save the tax but lose the income. In return for this you get a benefit say a car. Now if the value to you of this car exceeds the value of the net loss of income you are in front. to work this out is not simple and depends on how many KM you do a year etc and other factors that i dont begin to understand. answer is to talk to your local hr and block guy for next to nothing who will point you in the right direction.
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Michaela,
Don't know much about it but this may be useful ?

http://www.ato.gov.au/businesses/con...&mfp=&st=&cy=1
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That makes more sense, a car is the benefit for this job but its optional so will take some advice before accepting it,
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Originally Posted by mcmercer
That makes more sense, a car is the benefit for this job but its optional so will take some advice before accepting it,
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Have they given you the Salary figures with and without the car ?
Does the car package include all running costs ?
 
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Have they given you the Salary figures with and without the car ?
Does the car package include all running costs ?

Hi Erick,
No, and I didnt ask as I didnt really understand it!!!!!
I will find out though, do I need to know anything else?
Thanks,
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Originally Posted by mcmercer
Hi Erick,
No, and I didnt ask as I didnt really understand it!!!!!
I will find out though, do I need to know anything else?
Thanks,
Michaela
Would you like to know when mybirthday is
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Would you like to know when mybirthday is
May 27th 1936

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a great birthday for split personality Gemini's
So now you know there is two of me.

Good news eh ?
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Would you like to know when mybirthday is
2 days after my mum, 1 day after my daughter, and 6 days before my wifes, excluding the year bit of course
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Originally Posted by mcmercer
No, and I didnt ask as I didnt really understand it!!!!!
I will find out though, do I need to know anything else?
Thanks,
Michaela
I think thats all the info you will need, but i'm getting a bit rusty now
Fringe Benefit Tax gets involved for the employer to pay.
 
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Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
Fringe Benefit Tax gets involved for the employer to pay.
Depends on the employer & the amount of kms you do.
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The taxation of cars provided by employers in Australia is almost more complicated than the benefits in kind legislation in the UK. There seems to be an aura surrounding what are called novated leases ... these are tax advantageous where an employee:

1. Does a fair amount of personal driving - there are points in terms of your total (personal and business) annual kilometres where the Fringe Benefits Tax payable by the employer drops, a key figure being 25,000 kms per year.

2. Is paying 47% income tax.

3. Would otherwise be paying for a car out of after tax salary.

In essence the company pays a third party lessor such as Leaseplan, GE Capital, the Commonwealth Bank, etc for the provision to you of a car (including servicing, petrol, insurance, and the associated FBT), and reduces your gross salary to reflect this. It should cost you less because the car is being paid for out of pretax dollars.

I was looking into this personally last week, and found a couple of useful websites:
http://www.gefleet.com.au/products/calculator.html
http://business.commbank.com.au/busi...CH2624,00.html

There is also a discussion thread on a Subaru website on this subject:
http://www.mrtrally.com.au/forums/to...07&whichpage=1

Not sure whether any of this helps ... hope it does!

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Originally Posted by mcmercer
That makes more sense, a car is the benefit for this job but its optional so will take some advice before accepting it,
Thanks Bix and Astonished
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