yay!! happy new year!
now all i need to do is wait for my group certificates so i can get my new-year present :3

Yup.

Yay for tax returns!

(Now, if they only didn't over deduct during the year, so we have more disposable income...)

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I hate that ad. >.<;;

It makes me sad... We aren't allowed to sign up for Foxtel & have to have the sub-standard Austar service!

Everyone hates it =\

I'm in a fscking Austar area.

So's my dad... it's not TOO ba- *falls over laughing*

Happy new financial year to you too! We started a new fy here on 6 April and I've been drowning in work for the past month already. At least lots of work means keeping my job and earning a steady salary. ^_^

yeah, I checked up to see what other countries had the stupid Jason D. Jfmamj financial year. I though that the UK must have, and that would be the reason we do...

But I saw that they are even weirder...

(Actually, it's the same as our FBT (Fringe Benefit Tax) year! Yeah, we get a bonus...)


And I don't envy you. Been there, done that!

Well, what makes UK even more bizarre is that the tax year and financial year end on 5 April, but the corporation tax year ends on 31 March. Why bother having the two on the same day... O_o

That's be too simple!

Our FBT year ends on March 31st though...


And since we introduced our GST (think VAT with a different name), we now have a BAS (Business Activity Statement) to do.

The frequency of the BAS depends on the turnover of the business. (Since the Australian Tax Office has, for example, deemed that any business with a turnover of $1M is a large business... No, I did mean turnover!)

Some companies file annually, some quarterly, some monthly, some weekly and the really big bastards (like supermarkets) have to do it twice-per-bloody-week!

Since it requires just as much auditing as financial reports (except for depreciation and ammortisation), it'd be like having 104 financial periods per year! *gasp!*

Oh - and the the ones doing it monthly or quarterly can choose to do it "Cash" or Accrual too!

We can't make these things simple, can we?

Your GST sounds very much like the VAT filing rules in the UK. So I'm thinking you have us to blame for the complication of it. I have to do VAT returns for a large company every quarter, which is so much fun I'm jumping up and down right now.

And no, it can't possibly be simple. Our inept government have made some changes to pension contributions for high earners recently, and people have just pointed out that the changes are going to cost a fortune and only affect about 10 people. But no one bothered to check that before they introduced their new legislation. *facepalm*

Yay! Bring on tax time. First time I've been this excited about it honestly. But then again it's the first time I've had a full time job for a whole year... fun fun fun. ^_^

Yay!

Kitteh haz fulltym job & monies!

For a while at least. Might not have it in about six months. (long story)

Yay, happy new financial year n shits... Hopefully ill get a decent tax return this year and not get the jypppppppp stupid little amount i got last year!

Growls!

Taluthus