The classification of your organisation's expenses will depend on its particular facts and circumstances.
Example: Payments to employment agencies
Payments to employment agencies for staff are shown as apportionable on the basis the staff are required for activities that relate to both members and non-members. If, however, the activities only relate to:
- non-members, the payments are fully deductible
- members, the payments are non-deductible.
Description |
Non-deductible |
Deductible |
Apportionable |
---|---|---|---|
Accounting fees (general) |
|
|
X |
Administration costs |
|
|
X |
Advertising expenses |
|
|
X |
Annual general meeting expenses |
X |
|
|
Audit of accounts fees |
|
|
X |
Bad debts |
|
|
X |
Bank charges (investment account) |
|
X |
|
Bank charges (trading account) |
|
|
X |
Bar expenses |
|
|
X |
Board expenses |
|
|
X |
Borrowing costs (mortgage on club's premises) |
|
|
X |
Building write-off |
|
|
X |
Cash shortages |
|
|
X |
Cleaning costs |
|
|
X |
Community benefit payments (if required by law) |
|
|
X |
ClubGRANTS scheme payments – NSW |
|
X |
|
Computer expenses |
|
|
X |
Consultancy fees |
|
|
X |
Contract, sub-contract and commission expenses |
|
|
X |
Cost of managing tax affairs |
|
X |
|
Decline in value (depreciating assets) expenses |
|
|
X |
Directors fees |
|
|
X |
Donations to community organisations (not DGRs) |
X |
|
|
Donations to deductible gift recipients (DGRs) |
|
X |
|
Electricity costs |
|
|
X |
Employee expenses (other) |
|
|
X |
Employee leave payments |
|
|
X |
Employee leave provisions |
X |
|
|
Employee salaries and wages |
|
|
X |
Employee superannuation |
|
X |
|
Employee training and welfare costs |
|
|
X |
Employee uniforms |
|
|
X |
Employees – pay out tips (non-voluntary) |
|
|
X |
Employees – pay out tips (voluntary) |
X |
|
|
Employees – payroll taxes |
|
|
X |
Employees – worker's compensation costs |
|
|
X |
Employees amenities |
|
|
X |
Entertainment expenses |
|
|
X |
Filing fees |
|
|
X |
Fines and penalties |
X |
|
|
Flowers and decorations |
|
|
X |
Freight and cartage |
|
|
X |
Gaming licenses (machines owned) |
|
|
X |
Gaming machine commission expenses |
|
X |
|
Gaming machine expenses (owned or leased) |
|
|
X |
Gaming taxes and levies (machines owned) |
|
|
X |
Gas |
|
|
X |
Guests and reciprocal members expenses |
|
X |
|
Hire of equipment/videos |
|
|
X |
Hire of facilities for functions |
|
|
X |
Honoraria paid to volunteers |
|
|
X |
Insurance on club property |
|
|
X |
Interest expense (mortgage on club's premises) |
|
|
X |
Investment costs |
|
X |
|
Keno commission expenses |
|
X |
|
Land taxes |
|
X |
|
Laundry and dry cleaning |
|
|
X |
Member discounts |
X |
|
|
Member loyalty schemes |
X |
|
|
Member magazine expenses |
X |
|
|
Member wreaths, flowers, hospital visits |
X |
|
|
Members birthdays |
X |
|
|
Members/badge draws |
X |
|
|
Membership subscriptions costs |
X |
|
|
Motor vehicle expenses |
|
|
X |
Payments to employment agencies for staff |
|
|
X |
Payphone expenses (commission or agreed amount) |
|
X |
|
Payphone expenses (owned or leased) |
|
|
X |
Permits, licences and fees |
|
|
X |
Pest control |
|
|
X |
Prepaid expenses |
|
|
X |
Printing, stationery and postage expenses |
|
|
X |
Prizes and trophies |
X |
|
|
Purchase of merchandise |
|
|
X |
Raffle and bingo expenses |
|
|
X |
Rates |
|
X |
|
Rent expenses and outgoings – club |
|
|
X |
Rent expenses and outgoings – investment properties |
|
X |
|
Repairs and maintenance – club |
|
|
X |
Repairs and maintenance – investment properties |
|
X |
|
Restaurant/bistro expenses |
|
|
X |
Security costs |
|
|
X |
Sponsorship costs |
|
X |
|
Stocktaking expenses |
|
|
X |
Subscriptions to professional associations – first $42 |
|
X |
|
Subscriptions to professional associations (general) |
|
|
X |
Sundry/general expenses |
|
|
X |
TAB facilities commission expenses |
|
X |
|
Telephone expenses |
|
|
X |
Waste disposal expenses |
|
|
X |
Find out about:
- Separating apportionable items
- Calculating taxable income for examples of classifying expenses
- Record keeping for what records to keep for expenses