Come tax time, a shoebox full of crumpled receipts triggers anxiety, headaches, and pre-empts sub-optimal expense deductions.
Luckily, Parpera’s seamless mobile money management app equips small businesses to efficiently expense every eligible dollar automatically — no filing fiascos. 🙌
Read on as we detail how to manage your small business’s receipts. 💵
Every Receipt Matters
Tracking tax deductible transactions sounds straightforward...until year-end analysis paralysis from disjointed data hits.
Make sure you:
💳 Log supplier information
📝 Capture itemised descriptions
🏷️ Note transaction dates
Even if your income is projected to be within tax-free thresholds, stay receipt disciplined.
7 Years Of Records For Returns
Wondering what timeline the Australian Taxation Office mandates for maintaining money trails?
🚚 Personal purchase evidence - 5 years
🏢 Business expense evidence - 7 years
3 Smart Storage Strategies
So what receipt retention methods should you consider?
We break down the options:
📲 myDeductions Roundup
🔺 Free ATO-provided platform
🔻 Limited functionality
📱 Parpera’s Integrated Solution
🔺 Automatic centralisation
🔺 Effortless exporting
Our mobile-first money management app instantly centralises expense documentation from cards and bank feeds. Come tax time, export comprehensive reports in seconds! 💥
5 Deduction Categories Demanding Documents
Unsure what demands documentation?
Log everything tied to:
✈️ Travel
🚘 Vehicle use
👔 Work clothing & protective gear
🛍️ Instant asset purchases
🧾 Inventory
Cover all categories credibly, even if thresholds don’t require formal receipts. Sign up with Parpera now to automatically capture expenses from the get-go!
Owe Suppliers Over $75? Issue Receipts!
The diligence knife cuts both ways for small businesses. When selling goods or services, you must supply signed sales slips to customers for outlays exceeding $75.
Squirrel away your own copies outlining:
🏷️ Vendor details
💰 Sale value
📦 Items purchased
🗓️ Transaction date
Even under the threshold, provide evidence if requested within 7 days.
In summary, maintaining meticulous financial records ranks low on the list of entrepreneurial endeavors, but creates costly complications if neglected.
Parpera presents the ultimate receipt wrangling remedy - our intelligent integrated accounting app tracks, codes, and stores every tax-ready transaction seamlessly so you can focus on fueling phenomenal growth all year and effortlessly managing your taxes and deductions come filing season! 🚀