Assignment Details
PART A (20 marks)
Note: All amounts are in Australian dollars. Ignore any double tax agreements.
You are an Australian-resident individual. During the income year ended 30 June 2015 you earned the
following amounts:
• $90,000 (gross) salary from working in Australia. Australian tax withheld was $40,000.
• $10,000 (gross) salary from working in France for two months, on which $4,000 French income
tax was paid.
• $30,000 capital gain net of any applicable discount from the sale of shares in a United States
company. United States tax of $12,000 was paid on this.
• $35,000 as a fully franked dividend from an Australian resident company. This amount received
is net of $15,000 franking credit.
• For foreign income tax paid, you wanted to know how much you can claim as foreign income tax
paid in accordance with the Foreign Income Tax Offset (FITO) limit. You would do a further
research on this matter.
• You have a private health insurance cover for the whole year under Medibank Private.
In addition to the above:
You and Maxine are equal partners in a partnership. The partnership operates a car dealership selling
brand new and second-hand cars. The partnership is registered for GST purposes.
Note: All amounts are GST-exclusive unless otherwise stated.
During the year ended 30 June 2015, the partnership had the following transactions:
1. Cash received from sales of $2,500,000. Accounts receivable balances as at year end were as
follows:
• 30 June 2014: $260,000.
• 30 June 2015: $180,000.
2. Trading stock purchases of $1,200,000. All purchases satisfy the requirement of being on hand.
Opening stock value for tax purposes is $1,300,000. Closing stock value for tax purposes are as
follows:
• Market selling price: $1,600,000.
• Replacement price: $1,400,000.
• Cost: $1,100,000.
3. Interest expense of $400,000 in relation to a $2 million bank loan. The money was used as
follows:
• Working capital: $1,200,000.
• Return of capital to partners: $800,000.
• The partners used the money returned to them to carry out extensive renovations to their
private home.
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4. Parking fines incurred by employees of $2,100.
5. Salary costs of $500,000. Of this amount, $80,000 was paid to Maxine as salary.
6. Restaurant meal expenses of $5,000. Records indicate that these expenses were incurred taking
highly valued corporate clients to dinner in order to maintain good business relationships. You
and Maxine were the only persons from the business to attend. The partnership has not made a
meal entertainment election for FBT purposes. You wanted to know how much you can include
in your allowable deductions and might do additional research on this matter.
7. Clothing allowance of $3,000 was paid to sales employees on 30 June 2015 to purchase more
professional attire as required.
8. Professional fees of $6,000 paid to Raul David Chartered Accountants on 28 February 2015. The
fees relate to investment advice to assist the partnership to set up a small share portfolio of
$1,400 and the preparation of the BAS and compliance with GST obligations of $4,600.
REQUIRED:
(a) Calculate the minimum net income of the partnership for the income year ended 30 June 2015.
For all items (excluding items 1 and 3) provide a relevant section reference or case law to support
your answer. For items 1 and 3 provide relevant case law to support your answer. Explain all
exclusions.
You may want to use the following format:
Item Description/calculation
References (Legislative
references are to ITAA
1997 unless otherwise
stated) and/or Case law
Amount
($)
1
Sales: <insert computation, if
any>
<insert case law or relevant
section reference, see
requirement letter (a)>
<insert amount>
(+) for
assessable
income, (-) for
allowable
deductions
2.. etc.
NET INCOME $XXX,XXX
(b) Calculate your minimum tax payable by, or maximum refundable, for the income year ended 30
June 2015. Show all workings, references are not required.
(c) After completing your calculations in (b), download the electronic copy of the Individual tax
return 2015 (NAT 1371-6.2015) from the ATO website and fill out the required information to
complete your income tax return accordingly.
