tax for 2 years

[baby*toddler*child]

I have just been advised that I need to do tax for 2 years and have NO idea what to do.

Can anyone tell me where to start ? and if you can do a print out of all sales that let you know which ones where sold to overseas customers ?

I have bags of receipts, I used paypal and bank deposit also purchased stock from both local and overseas.

please any help would be greatly apprieciated.

sue

[davewil1964]

Kustom 267 for 6 months.

Me - 103.

Gec -18

Kustom and I, 4.9s and 100%. gec - insufficient sales to generate DSRs, 100%

So the disparity is not so great. Unless you choose to see it that way. But we all have 100%, so we all are presumably doing something right.

[gec2002]

Rookie mistake - surely someone who is on the boards as much as you and seeing you are also using a posting ID (which only has 11 sales and no stars) would realise that FB on posting IDs has little to do with the amount they actually sell.  (Hint I have 2 Powerselling IDs and 2 Auction IDs)

PS If you want it to be no one else's business I suggest you PM the person rather than putting it on a public discussion forum.

[wishuponastarcelebrationsandgifts]

I mentioned that as an example of how many people and resources they have available to put towards trivial tasks..... I hope I don't have to spell out the implications of that even further.

It depends on what you mean by newsletters. Do you mean their publications, rulings, staff newsletters, updates to accountants and tax agents, ones to industry groups, staff newletters?

I am unsure as to why you consider providing information trivial. Perhaps they should cease to perform this task and have disgruntled staff that have no idea what is going on and tell taxpayers and accountants to read the various Acts and regulations constantly to keep abreast of all the changes. Making derogatory comments about other's employment is not necessary. There may be people reading these boards that perform this task as part of their job.

[i-once-was-bump]

Many, many years ago I had a Public Service job and my duties included reading all newspapers published each day in the areas that were serviced by that Department.

When the Department was mentioned I had to cut out the article and then decide which person would receive the clipping.

Ah, the Public Service, those were the days.

[aussie-picker]

Dont sweat it , PM me with a phone #  and I'll tell you what to do Free of Charge , isnt that dramatic .

[kustomizer99]

It depends on what you mean by newsletters. Do you mean their publications, rulings, staff newsletters, updates to accountants and tax agents, ones to industry groups, staff newletters?

I am unsure as to why you consider providing information trivial.

Goodness gracious.... I mean one of their internal staff newsletters, which has the latest on staff movements, promotions, happy hour sessions and parties, classified ads, etc as well as recipe ideas, a crossword puzzle and holiday snaps. It's usually about 100 pages long, and in colour. It's distributed as a PDF to ATO staff only.

I forget the name of it right now, but I know two of the people who work on it full-time. I'll ask them tomorrow and post the answer here.

Let me know if you would like to know more.

'There may be people reading these boards that perform this task as part of their job.'

Yes there are, and in fact I pointed that out earlier in this thread. It met with howls of derision and disbelief.

[kustomizer99]

Many, many years ago I had a Public Service job and my duties included reading all newspapers published each day in the areas that were serviced by that Department.

When the Department was mentioned I had to cut out the article and then decide which person would receive the clipping.

Nowadays they just have people surfing the net all day for that kind of info, but that's usually only the junior staff on 65K per annum or even less.

[wishuponastarcelebrationsandgifts]

Goodness gracious.... I mean one of their internal staff newsletters, which has the latest on staff movements, promotions, happy hour sessions and parties, classified ads, etc as well as recipe ideas, a crossword puzzle and holiday snaps. It's usually about 100 pages long, and in colour. It's distributed as a PDF to ATO staff only.

I forget the name of it right now, but I know two of the people who work on it full-time. I'll ask them tomorrow and post the answer here.

Let me know if you would like to know more.

'There may be people reading these boards that perform this task as part of their job.'

Yes there are, and in fact I pointed that out earlier in this thread. It met with howls of derision and disbelief.

No need to provide any further information. You have answered my question. You made a statement that people perform this "trivial" work knowing that there are people reading these boards that do this for a living. 

Your comment was obviously intended to have a dig at them, which is what I suspected, as it is irrelevant to record keeping requirements.

[kustomizer99]

Nope, my comment was merely intended to illuminate some of the wastage that goes on in certain federal agencies.

[foxette-in-sox]

Nope, my comment was merely intended to illuminate some of the wastage that goes on in certain federal agencies.

TSFE :-x