Fringe Benefits Tax in Bendigo

The tax that sneaks up on good employers

Look after your team and the ATO wants a word. Fringe Benefits Tax lands when you give employees something other than plain wages — a work ute they drive on weekends, meals and entertainment, gym memberships, the odd gift. Plenty of Bendigo small businesses don’t owe a cent, but you won’t know until someone actually runs the numbers. That’s us. We check what you provide, work out whether there’s a real liability, and make sure the paperwork stacks up if the ATO ever asks.

What we handle

• FBT liability review — do you even have one?
• Car fringe benefits, both the statutory and operating-cost methods
• Meal entertainment and staff gifts sorted properly
• Employee contributions used to cut the FBT bill
• FBT return prepared and lodged on time
• Ways to legally minimise FBT year after year

Cars are where it usually bites

A work car that gets used privately is the number-one FBT trigger for small business — and the calculation method you pick makes a real difference to the bill. We tie your FBT into your wider business tax returns and business advice, so it’s never a nasty surprise bolted on in autumn. One team, one plan, no jargon — and the fee told to you first.