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Withholding in business transactions - Tax basics for non-profit organisations

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A supplier should quote their ABN to you if they are carrying on an enterprise

For tax purposes, enterprise includes activities undertaken by a charitable institution or by a trustee of a charitable fund. It also includes such activities as:

  • a business
  • a service provided to you by an independent contractor
  • the rent of a commercial property, and
  • most other things in the nature of trade.

But enterprise does not include an activity carried on:

  • as an employee, director, office holder or a labour hire worker, or
  • as a private recreational pursuit or hobby (for example, where someone sells you handicrafts they make as a hobby).

Last Modified: Tuesday, 11 September 2007

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