Question: You are working as a tax accountant in a chartered accounting firm. One of your clients Chrystal View Pty Ltd (a resident private company) sent

 You are working as a tax accountant in a chartered accounting firm. One of your clients Chrystal View Pty Ltd (a resident private company) sent you the data file generated from the integrated financial software.

Instruction: You have now run the data file in your integrated financial software and generated the P & L statement and Balance sheet and found the following information to complete the requirements.

Required:

  1. Please use the P & L Statement, Balance Sheet and other notes from the client’s accountant to calculate the following:
  2. Calculate Taxable Income                                                                         
  3. Calculate Tax Payable/Refund                                                                 

General information

Tax File number

987654321

ABN

123456789101

Postal Address

20 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Main business

Computer specialists

Tax agent

Mr Harry Johns of Harry Johns & Associates

100 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Tax agent

Phone 9788-6549

Public Officer

Mr John North

Phone 9657-1234

P & L Statement

Income


$

$

Gross sales


1,300,000

Less COGS



Purchases

500,000


Plus opening stock

40,000



540,000


Less closing stock

50,000



490,000

490,000

Gross Profit


810,000

810,000

Fully franked dividend



70,000

Interest received



120,000




1,000,000

Expenses



Wages


300,000

PAYG Instalments


50,000

Accounting depreciation


110,000

General expenses


78,000

Bad debts


4,000

Doubtful debts


17,000

Legal expense (note 2)


40,000

Rent paid


90,000

689,000

Net Profit



311,000

Notes to accounts

(1) Decline in value for taxation purposes is $130,000.

(2) The legal expense of $40,000 was for an unsuccessful takeover of a competitor.

BALANCE SHEET AT 30 JUNE 2015


$

$

Current Assets


536,000

Cash at bank

451,000

Account receivable

35,000

Closing stock

50,000

Non Current Assets


189,000

Machinery

39,000

Land

150,000

Total Assets


725,000

Current Liabilities


45,000

Account payable

40,000

GST Payable

5,000

Non current liabilities


130,000

Mortgage

130,000

Less Total liabilities


175,000



Net Assets


550,000



Equity


550,000

Share capital

100,000

Retained earnings

450,000

Note that there was no personal services income, no internet trading, no international dealings, no overseas interests, no thin capitalization, no foreign source income and no transactions with specified countries.

  1. Taxable Income and tax payable refund. Advise the financial management strategies the business followed that assisted optimum tax position.

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