收到ATO work related expense的信

aaron2050

soslaugh 发表于 2015-7-23 15:51
什么是 LAFHA ？有专门的 salary package 公司，就是那笔房租扣除一部分不交税。 ...

就是living away from home allowance，雇主帮你付背井离乡工作的吃的和住宿。看你的情况是雇主从你工资里面扣除，等于这部分工资你就没交税。嗯

simonwang

Most likely what soslaugh has from the employer is the remote area housing benefit. If the employee lives and works in a remote area, the rent will be exempt from the fringe benefit tax. That means the employee can salary packaging the rent and the rent will become income tax free.

However, even if it is the case, the employee can not claim work-related deduction at own tax return time as the packaged rent expenses are paid by the employer effectively so no income tax deduction.

LAFHA is another type of fringe benefit, the only type of benefits by way of an allowance. However, the employee should not have LAFHA as part of assessable income therefore also no income tax deduction allowed.

soslaugh

集体回复一下，我的错，我没有表达清楚。我并不是说我的 rental expense 是 work-related deduction，而是我的primary address 后来被我改成了 rural area，所以 salary package 可以让部分 rental expense 免税。

比如，如果我的收入是1000澳元/周，房租是100澳元/周，salary package 造成了我的房租有50元是免税的，所以我的应税收入是950澳元/周。

我有没有说清楚？

icebear

soslaugh 发表于 2015-7-23 18:22
集体回复一下，我的错，我没有表达清楚。我并不是说我的 rental expense 是 work-related deduction，而是 ...

还是个人报税好，可以做些微小的调控！比如改个住址什么的！

simonwang

icebear 发表于 2015-8-5 21:36
还是个人报税好，可以做些微小的调控！比如改个住址什么的！

Remote area offset for personal income tax is very limited, up to $2400ish, however, the FBT exemption could be significant as at least half of the rent will be tax free.