2. Changes affecting business tax payers

2.1 Expanding access to Small Business Tax Concessions

The Government has announced that it will expand the concessions available to Medium Sized

Entities to provide access to up to ten Small Business Concessions.

For this purpose, a Medium Sized Entity is an entity with an aggregated annual turnover of at least $10 million and (less than) $50 million.

The expanded concessions will apply in three phases, as follows:

From 1 July 2020, eligible businesses will be able to immediately deduct certain start-up expenses and certain prepaid expenditure.
From 1 April 2021, eligible businesses will be exempt from FBT on car parking and multiple work-related portable electronic devices, such as phones or laptops, provided to employees.
From 1 July 2021:

Eligible businesses will be able to access the simplified trading stock rules, remit pay as you go (PAYG) instalments based on GDP adjusted notional tax and settle excise duty and excise-equivalent customs duty monthly on eligible goods.
Eligible businesses will generally have a two-year amendment period apply to income tax assessments for income years starting from 1 July 2021.
The Commissioner of Taxation’s power to create a simplified accounting method determination for GST purposes will be expanded to apply to businesses below the $50million aggregated annual turnover threshold.