Waiting on the ferry. Would highly recommend North Stradbroke.
Just remembered Peter Dutton will never been Prime Minister and it really warmed my heart
Does anyone here have tips about doing side gigs on an ABN? I created one for shits and giggles a couple of years ago but never used it. Now an opportunity might have come up where an org wants me to do a sort of training/workshop thing for a few employees. I intend for it to be a once off (maybe a second session at best) - set scope, hours, lump sum - but idk how I should be reporting all of this in terms of tax and what documents to generate and keep.
I guess my ABN should be on the quote and invoice… GST?! and do I issue a receipt… I will Google things after dinner but if anyone has any personal tips (esp anything that’s easy to overlook) I’d be very grateful.
E: now I’m getting truly lost in the weeds with personal services income and whatever. Geez. I’m glad most of my income is from a job at a company
You shouldn’t need gst for a small amount unless this place needs you to be GST registered. Use some free accounting software like Wave if it still exists and operate as a sole trader.
Talk to your accountant if you have one. They’ll give you this advice for free as they make their money from doing your books if you make it big
I think that place should be fine without GST but I’ll definitely ask when I chat to my contact tomorrow. Need to ask if professional indemnity insurance is required because I ain’t doing it if so - I really don’t intend to do this for the broader industry, not worth paying monthly insurance…
And I’ve never used an accountant bar the one time years ago when I was on WHV tax rates for half the FY and needed help lodging. I don’t think I’ll earn enough from this one off event to warrant getting an accountant but… if they ask me an additional time, I might get an accountant to help. I do have a family friend who is a CA so I might ask their advice. Lots to think about to do it the right way! Wish I could do it for cashies lol.
