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Watch and jewellery retailing - issued 2012

 
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Definitions

Cost of sales
Cost of anything produced, manufactured, acquired or purchased for either:

  • manufacture
  • sale or exchange in deriving the gross proceeds
  • earnings of the business.

For the purposes of calculating the benchmark, cost of sales excludes labour.

Labour
Salary or wage payments, including contractor payments (amounts exclude GST). Labour does not include payments to associated parties - for example, labour provided by a business owner or business partner.

Total expenses
Total expenses reported on the income tax return less payments to associated parties (amounts exclude GST).

Non-capital purchases
Purchases reported at label G11 on your activity statement. Non-capital purchases include trading stock and normal running expenses, such as:

  • stationery and repairs
  • equipment rentals
  • leases.

Total sales
Total sales reported on activity statements (amounts include GST). This includes all your:

  • GST-free sales
  • input taxed sales
  • taxable sales.

Turnover
Total revenue received from providing goods or services each year, excluding GST.

Last Modified: Tuesday, 21 February 2012

 
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