Setting Up Pay As You Go (PAYG)

PAYG installments is a way of making regular payments against your expected annual income tax liability.

The Australian Taxation Office put in place the PAYG (Pay as You Go) tax installment system so that businesses could put aside portions of tax throughout the financial year and ease the strain of having to make a payment in one, sometimes horrendously large hit. Your business needs to register for PAYG installments and how you pay and report amounts held will depend on the size of your business.

PAYG installments is a way of making regular payments against your expected annual income tax liability. Generally this only applies if you have a business income over a certain amount.

Based on your reporting information to the Australian Taxation Office, they will notify you if your business is required to pay installments. As a general rule, you can choose between two payment calculation options: installment amount or rate. Not everyone is eligible to personally choose and if your circumstances change you are able to change the amount you pay within the same financial year.

If your accounting software system is well set up, good reporting methods should be able to determine if any changes will need to be made. That, of course, is where we come in: the Tradie Bookkeeping Specialists.

PAYG installments are most often paid quarterly and are generally paid by business owners, sub-contractors and investors who earn over a certain amount, nominated by the Australian Taxation Department. Generally the ATO will notify you if you are required to make PAYG installments……

An accounting software system that is specifically loaded and setup for Trade Businesses can be a time saving godsend. Your payroll will be streamlined, flexible and powerful and you will stay compliant.

Being the Sunshine Coast Trade experts, Tradie Bookkeeping Specialists can configure your systems for you, educate you in the process, help you meet and fulfill your obligations and free up the time that you need to focus on your business. We can assist you to plan and budget ahead of time so that there are no nasty surprises at the end of the financial year. Call us now.