Tax Deductions for Home Office Expenses

This assignment analyzes tax deductions related to running a business from home. It examines how the characterization of a home as a business location allows for various allowable deductions. The document presents a table outlining different types of deductible expenses, aiming to clarify how these calculations work for individuals like Josie who operate their business from home.

Running head: Australian Taxation law
Australian Taxation law
Name of Student:
Name of University:
Author’s Note:

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Table of Contents
Part A:..............................................................................................................................................2
Answer to question 1:......................................................................................................................2
Answer to question 2:......................................................................................................................2
Answer to question 3:......................................................................................................................2
Answer to question 4:......................................................................................................................3
Answer to question 5:......................................................................................................................3
Answer to question 6:......................................................................................................................3
Answer to question 7:......................................................................................................................4
Answer to question 8:......................................................................................................................4
Answer to question 9:......................................................................................................................5
Answer to question 10:....................................................................................................................5
Part B:..............................................................................................................................................5
Answer to Part C:.............................................................................................................................7
Answer to Part D:............................................................................................................................8
Answer to Part E:.............................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................11

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Part A:
Answer to question 1:
Based on the main source of the information taken from the commonwealth parliament
taxation regulation this has been seen to be derived as per section “51(ii), 53, 55, 90 and 96”. As
mentioned in the context of “Section 51(ii) of Australian Constitution”, the parliament is seen
to be having the power in formulation of laws as per the taxation. In subject to the provisional
laws, it is not seen to discriminate the various portions of the states (Barkoczy, 2016).
Answer to question 2:
The main source of the documentation is seen to set out with the law. The primary source
of the case laws is seen to comprise of the various types of case laws which has been created by
the statutory bodies. These sources have been further observed to be derived with the varied
centre of laws who is responsible for the single authoritative written record for the law. As per
the Australian law, the second source of the tax is seen to be interpreted based on the court
legislation and source of the tribunals. The main rulings have been further seen to be base on the
legislations defined by the commissioner of taxation (Albarea et al., 2015).
Answer to question 3:
The main ruling of the taxation as per “TR 98/17” and the main concern for this has been
further discerned as per the various legislation which seen able to be based on the “subsection 6
(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 193”.
The primary rule for this has been seen with the individuals who enter Australia

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a. The migrants based in Australia
b. The individuals who went to Australia for studying or academics
c. The visitors on holiday
d. Workers with pre-arranged employment contracts
Answer to question 4:
“Medicare Levy” and “Medicare Levy Surcharge” and the different types of the
reductions have been computed with the inclusion of return on tax. The Medicare levy has been
further seen to be base on the different types of the calculation which has been seen to be taken
from the different types of consideration from the exemption and entitlement. The individual tax
payer has been further seen to levy the Medicare levy 2% partially fund for accessing the
healthcare (Devereux & Feria, 2014).
Answer to question 5:
As per “Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010”, any sort of the
misconduct and the exclusion in “Section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law “. The preventive
measures associated to deceptive and artificial demeanour has been further defined under the
“Section 12DA of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission Act 2001”. The
primary objective has been further taken for consumer protection for the issues relating to
misleading practice of trade (Taylor & Richardson, 2014).
Answer to question 6:
As per “Section 25-45 of the ITAA 1997”, the loss has been seen to be originated from
the theft and this section has been seen to be based on the various types of the consideration

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taken from the loss concerning money. The important treatment for the same has been listed
below as follows:
a. If the loss ascertained by the individual is ascertained in the income year
b. In case the loss has been accounted as per the activities of the theft
c. This particular amount needs to be further seen to be related to the engagement of the
chargeable income and the individual taken from the previous year (Jatrana et al., 2014).
Answer to question 7:
As per the case “W Thomas & Co Pty Ltd v FC of T (1965)”, the various types of
deductions which has been seen to be considered as per the report which has been undertaken by
the tax payers. The case study has been further able to relate to various types of concerns related
to merchant of grain and purchase of building. The taxpayer has undertaken huge sum of repairs
which has been taken based on the roof, walls and floor of the premises. The main interpretations
of the case have included the cost of repairs. This is not taken based on the allowable deductions
as the expenditure as the amount incurred in repairs was not considered with the objective
deriving chargeable income of the taxpayer (Herault & Azpitarte, 2015).
Answer to question 8:
The main value of the stock has been further seen to be based on inclusion of valuing
stock at the end of the income year when it was taken place:
a) The taxpayer will be able to consider this method by alignment of the related stock as per
the present situation and location.

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b) The selling value as per the market has been further considered based on the ordinary
activity of the trading.
c) The procurement of the substitute cost is identical to the purchase price
Answer to question 9:
An individual with a taxable income of $45,000 needs to pay a tax amount of $3572.
Moreover, the taxpayer is obliged to pay 32.5 for every $1 over $37,000.
Answer to question 10:
The employer and the taxpayer has been seen to be referred as PAYG as “Pay As You
Go”, which consists of making the payment at regular interval to the employees. The collection
of the PAYG tax acts as an instalment procedure for the instalment method for the tax collection
done at regular payments towards the expected income of the individual. It has been further
discerned that the individual will under the obligation for returning the file for that particular
year (Rohlin et al., 2014).
Part B:
It has been stated with “Division 8 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997”, with the
guidelines which are associated to the deductions of expenses and losses. The division has been
further seen to provide the various types of provisions for the assistance in making the
differentiation of the usual deductions under “section 8-1 of the ITAA 1997”. It has been further
able to provide the guideline for the deductions which needs to be considered as per the “section
8-1 of the ITAA 1997” (Khadem, 2015). An individual as per “section 8-1 of the ITAA 1997”
will be able to claim for the deductions relating to the expenditure and the loss associated to:

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a. Derivation of the assessable income
b. Associated expense with the individual taxpayers and the activities of trade
The taxpayers are further seen to be provided with the opportunity for claiming particular
deductions from assessable income as per “section 8-5 of the ITAA 1997”. The main
consideration of Ram has been further incurred with the characteristics and deductions which
have been further seen to be explained based on the various types of the consideration based
on the stated income. An individual taxpayer may be able file for the tax return, and the same
is applicable for Ram for drafting an objection against assessment made.
It has been further seen to be understood that “Para 11 of the Taxation Ruling 2011/5”,
clearly states that individual taxpayer can raise objection for not being satisfied with the tax
assessment stated in section “175A(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936. The Interpretive
Decision 2002/81” has been further seen to be associated to number of issues for the allowable
expenditure for book-keeping expense and legal disagreement. As per the present situation Ram
will be able to claim for the allowed deductions as per “section 8-1 of the ITAA1997” for
incurring solicitor expense (Meng, Siriwardana, & McNeill, 2013).
Assessment of Deductions Allowable to Ram

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Answer to Part C:
The resident has been defined as per the “section 995-1 of the ITAA 1997”, which has
been further illustrated with the treatment of Australian resident for taxation. This has been
further seen to be defined as per “Section 6-1 of the ITAA 1997”. There have been several
explanations of the residents and the states under the primary residential status determination. As
per “Para 32 of the Taxation Ruling 98/17”, an individual will be treated as a tax resident of
Australia in conformity with the “section 6-1 of the ITAA 1936”. There has been mainly four
residency test observed for determining the residential status as per “Section 6-1 of the Income
tax Assessment Act 1936”. The aforementioned tests are stated as follows:
a. Status of residency as per ordinary concept
b. Test for place of abode
c. 183 days test
d. Test of superannuation
The taxpayer has been seen to be arrived as an international student in Brisbane for the study
and considered as an occupant for tax assessment based on the ordinary concept. In case the
treatment is not done as per Australian inhabitant, the concerning ordinary concept for the
statutory test is applicable for the ascertainment of the status of occupancy and complying with
the primary test.
As per the test of domicile, a person with permanent dwelling in Australia will be
considered as an occupant of Australia for taxation. On the contrary, the occupant of Australia
will be enrolled with more than six month of duration. The present case of Tina has been noticed
with the arrival in Australia for the educational reason and period of residence for more than 183

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days. Henceforth, the result has been seen with Tina being regarded as an Australian occupant
for determination of Tax.
Answer to Part D:
Based on the “Section 4-15 of the ITAA 1997”, a resident of Australia is taxed for the
incomes derived from global rulings. Based on the rulings of the section from the taxable
income, the computation is done as per the subtraction of the allowable deductions from the
assessable income. The categorization of the assessable income has been considered as per
“Section 6-5 of the Income tax Assessment Act 1997”. The “section 6-10 of the ITAA 97”
income is not considered as an ordinary income and not considered under the statutory income.
The current scenario of Jimmy and the income has been regarded with the employment in the
restaurant which will be derived as per the ordinary income and various types of the
consideration with “section 6-5 of the ITAA 97”.
The tips received by Jimmy have been considered based on the incentives and have a
direct relation with the employment income which will be a part of the income assessable. The
receipt of the sum has been further seen to be considered as per the purpose of taxation. Based on
the given case Jimmy has received a total amount of $250 included in the assessable income. It
needs to be further noted that the various types of consideration for the assessable income has
been determined based on the exempted income and the income which has been not been
considered as per “section 6-20 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997”.
It has been further discerned that gifts are not considered for taxable income and not
received as a portion of the business activity which has been a part of the producing activity of
the taxable income. On the contrary, the gifts are received on part of the parents which are not

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considered for taxation and inclusion of the business activities. The rulings have been defined as
per “Taxation Ruling TR 97/17” and the food and drink are seen to be offered as per the
employer to employee with the meal entertainment and purpose of fringe benefit of taxation.
This consideration has been further taken as per benefits assigned to Jimmy from his
employer claimed for the allowable deductions for the expenses of the employees. The income
produced needs to be taken into consideration for taxation and fringe benefit of the food and
meal and the fringe benefit offered by the employer. It needs to be understood that the fringe
benefit for the dinner from the employer will be included with the assessable income. The
taxation computation is stated below:
Table 3: Assessable Income
(Source: created by Author)
Answer to Part E:
The ruling of taxation TR 93/30 is seen to be concerned with the deduction allowable for
the office expenditure in home. The ruling is applicable:
a. The area in the home is considered as per the private study
b. The area in home is considered with the place of business
c. The various types of the deductions has been considered under section 25-10

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The general rule of taxation ruling has been considered with “Taxation Ruling TR 93/30” based
on the expenses linked with the domestic or the private character which does not qualify for the
purpose of taxation. Despite of this, the main ruling has been further able to suggest on the
various types of the consideration which has been able to state on the different types of the ruling
which ha been able to be considered for the deductions.
As per the case “Swinford v FC of T (1984)”, in case the area of place of abode is seen to
be having the character of a business place, then the expenditures related to the portion of the
home has been seen to be associated with the business natured character and allowable
deductions. Henceforth, Josie will be able to claim for the expenditure as it has been discerned
that the various types of the allowable deductions has taken place from her in the home office
(Bérard-chagnon & House, 2016).
The different types of the calculations are shown below as follows:
Table 4: Deductions Allowable
(Source: created by Author)

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