Getting registered.
Thresholds, backdating and how GST attaches to your ABN.
Do I need to register for GST? The honest answer.
The $75,000 rule, the rideshare exception, and when registering early pays.
Read the guide →Crossing the $75,000 threshold: what to do, in order.
The 21-day rule, how the ATO counts turnover, and repricing without losing customers.
Read the guide →What is GST turnover? Gross income, minus a short list.
GST-free sales count, wages and the ute you sold don't, and two rolling 12-month windows decide when.
Read the guide →Backdating your GST registration: rules & benefits.
Up to 4 years back: credits on past purchases, GST on past sales. The trade-off, worked through.
Read the guide →ABN and GST: how the two fit together.
One is your identity, the other is a tax status attached to it. Order matters.
Read the guide →GST for tradies and subcontractors.
Day rates cross $75,000 fast, builders report what they pay you, and the ute generates credits.
Read the guide →The Uber BAS guide for rideshare drivers.
GST on the full fare, not your net payout, plus what drivers claim back each quarter.
Read the guide →GST with two (or more) businesses.
Registration belongs to the entity, not the business name, two ventures share one threshold.
Read the guide →GST for not-for-profits: the $150,000 threshold.
Double the threshold, donations that don't count, and the concessions endorsed charities get.
Read the guide →Charging GST.
What carries the 10%, what doesn’t, and the arithmetic in between.
When to charge GST (and when you shouldn’t).
The three buckets every sale falls into, and the mistakes that cost money either way.
Read the guide →GST-free supplies: what escapes the 10%.
GST-free vs input-taxed: same invoice line, opposite credit outcome.
Read the guide →GST on food: when is it taxable?
Staples are free, prepared is taxable, and where it’s eaten can change everything.
Read the guide →How to calculate GST: the ÷11 rule.
Adding GST is easy. Extracting it from a total is where people slip.
Read the guide →Tax invoice requirements: what must be on it.
Seven items, the $82.50 threshold, the $1,000 rule and the 28-day request window.
Read the guide →GST on gift cards and vouchers.
Taxed at redemption, not sale, and what happens when cards expire unredeemed.
Read the guide →Airbnb and GST: the input-taxed surprise.
Probably no GST, no matter how well the listing does, and why that cuts both ways.
Read the guide →GST on exports: selling to overseas customers.
The 60-day rule, GST-free services and digital sales, and why exporters get BAS refunds.
Read the guide →The GST margin scheme for property sales.
GST on the margin, not the full price: the written agreement, eligibility, and the 7% at settlement.
Read the guide →GST on health and medical services.
Two doors to GST-free, the 21-service list, and the reports, cosmetic work and massage that stay taxable.
Read the guide →GST on education, courses and childcare.
The ten GST-free course types and CCS-approved care, and the tutoring, hobby classes and CPD that stay taxable.
Read the guide →GST on commercial property: rent and outgoings.
Rent is taxable, the rates ride with it, bonds carry nothing, and the rent counts toward $75,000.
Read the guide →GST on Insurance: Premiums, Claims and Settlements
The premium carries GST, the payout doesn't, if you told your insurer the right thing at claim time.
Read the guide →GST on marketplace sales: eBay, Amazon and Etsy.
The platform almost never remits GST for an Australian seller, and every sale counts at full price.
Read the guide →GST on discounts, rebates and coupons.
GST follows the price actually charged: the till discount is simple, the late rebate is a BAS adjustment, and $75 decides the paperwork.
Read the guide →GST on surcharges, tips and service fees.
A surcharge takes the GST of what it's added to, voluntary tips passed to staff carry none, and the October 2026 ban redrew the list.
Read the guide →GST on agency and consignment sales.
The agent's sale is the principal's sale: commission is the agent's only GST, and sale-or-return flips the whole answer.
Read the guide →Claiming GST back.
The credits side, where registered businesses recover real money.
GST credits: what you can claim back.
The four conditions, the tax invoice rule, and the 4-year limit.
Read the guide →Is there GST on Google Ads? Yes, here’s the detail.
Where it appears on the invoice and how registered businesses claim it back.
Read the guide →Facebook Ads and GST: it depends on your settings.
Meta’s treatment hinges on whether your ABN is in the ad account.
Read the guide →GST for Shopify stores in Australia.
The settings to flip, when your store must register, and GST on Shopify’s own fees.
Read the guide →GST on imports: buying stock from overseas.
Charged at the border over $1,000, at the checkout under it, and how importers defer it.
Read the guide →GST on motor vehicles: credits, the car limit & private use.
The $69,883 car limit for 2026–27, the one-tonne ute rule, and the logbook that backs your claim.
Read the guide →GST on entertainment: lunches, parties and FBT.
Why the client lunch carries no credit, when FBT unlocks one, and the staff sustenance that stays claimable.
Read the guide →Running your GST.
Reporting cycles, methods, and keeping the BAS painless.
What is a BAS? The first-timer's guide.
Three numbers, four deadlines a year, and how to keep it a 20-minute job.
Read the guide →BAS due dates (and how to never miss one).
The quarterly calendar, the weekend rule, and the extra time agents get.
Read the guide →Cash vs accrual GST: which method fits you.
The method you pick at registration decides when GST hits your BAS.
Read the guide →PAYG withholding vs PAYG instalments.
One is other people's tax, one is yours. Both land on the BAS. Here's which is which.
Read the guide →Fixing BAS mistakes: revise or correct next BAS.
Most errors can ride on your next statement: the $12,500 rule, the 4-year window, and when to revise.
Read the guide →GST record-keeping: what to keep, how long.
Five years, in English, unaltered: the $82.50 tax invoice line, and why scans beat the shoebox.
Read the guide →GST instalments: pay a fixed amount quarterly.
The ATO does the maths, you pay four set amounts and square up annually, who qualifies, and the 85% rule.
Read the guide →Closing your business: the GST wind-down.
Final BAS, asset adjustments, then cancel GST within 21 days. The checklist that closes it off cleanly.
Read the guide →The answer was probably "register". ~4 business hours.
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