Home-based business

About this guide

If you operate a small business (not a non-profit organisation) as a sole trader, partnership, company or trust at or from your home, you can use this guide to help you:

• claim home-based business expenses
• understand how capital gains tax can apply to you
• find out where to go for more information.

This guide supplements Tax basics for small business (NAT 1908), which contains important tax information you should know if you are new to business

In this guide you will find 'more information' boxes (with the symbol) that will show any further steps you may need to take or supplementary information you may need to refer to.

How to obtain this publication

You can download this publication in Portable Document Format (PDF) - download Home-based business (NAT 10709, PDF, 356KB).

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