The Federal Government recently announced its third raft of measures aimed at stimulating the economy and providing support to businesses, individuals and families. The States and Territories have also announced strategies for each of their various jurisdictions.

The FBT year ends on 31 March 2020 and each employer is required to calculate their liability for FBT. Where a liability for FBT exists, an annual return is required to be lodged and any tax paid by 21 May 2020. However, if the return is lodged electronically by a Tax Agent the due date of lodgement is 25 June 2020 while the payment due date is 28 May 2020.

The StewartBrown December 2019 Aged Care Financial Performance Survey incorporates detailed financial and supporting data from 1,125 aged care homes and 36,529 home care packages across Australia. The quarterly survey is the largest benchmark in the aged care sector and provides invaluable insight into the trends and drivers of financial performance at the sector level and at the aged care home or programme level.

Click here to download the December 2019 survey Sector Report which includes a summary of the analysis completed on the organisational, residential care and home care data supplied by our participants, thank you to all the participants that supplied data for this survey.

If you have any queries regarding this report or on any of our audit and assurance or consulting services, please do not hesitate to contact our office on (02) 9412 3033 or call 0429 680 785.

Welcome to our special update edition of the StewartBrown newsletter where we keep you updated with the latest tax and Government assistance packages being made available in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.