Perks & Salary Packaging Webinar

The tax opportunities & how to structure them effectively.

Maximise after-tax income of employees with minimal employer impact
Steps to ensure packaging and employee contributions are effective
Identifying benefits that can be accessed through salary packaging tax effectively

Salary packaging can provide opportunities for employees to maximise their after-tax income while also allowing employers to provide additional benefits to staff at no extra cost to the business.

While packaging arrangements that involve the provision of electric cars have recently increased in popularity due to the FBT electric car exemption, it is important to be aware that many opportunities also exist to package other types of benefits.

But this is an area where it is easy to get it wrong. This means that salary packaging arrangements need to be implemented carefully to prevent unintended FBT and other consequences. There have also been many changes that limit the use of packaging strategies that were popular in the past.

The Perks & Salary Packaging Webinar identifies what benefits can still be accessed through salary packaging and clarifies how the arrangements should be structured in real life to ensure that they are tax effective.

Date & Details

Thursday, 20 February 2025

Time
12:00pm - 1:15pm AEDT
11:30am SA
11:00am QLD
10:30am NT
9:00am WA

What we cover

Maximising after-tax income to employees with car fringe benefits
Step-by-step guide to structuring a novated lease arrangement and navigating the ATO’s warnings on car lease arrangements
Ensuring that salary sacrifice arrangements are not attacked by the ATO
Making the most of specific exemptions contained in the FBT system, including the FBT exemption for electric cars
Using the minor benefits exemption without triggering unintended FBT or income tax liabilities
Identifying exemptions and concessions that don’t work with salary packaging
How to steer clear of the mistakes that many people make when putting salary packaging arrangements in place

Rae Ni Corraidh

Tax Adviser, Knowledge Shop

Rae is an experienced tax advisor and trainer focused on helping practitioners apply complex tax rules to real life scenarios. She has a genuine passion for helping practitioners find a solution to the tax problems that their clients face (and sometimes unwittingly cause).

She understands the challenges faced by practitioners and brings a wealth of practical experience to Knowledge Shop workshops and webinars to ensure participants walk away with the knowledge and tools they need to help their clients navigate the technical issues they are facing.

Rae holds a Masters in Commerce specialising in tax and has over 20 years tax experience in professional services firms, ten in Big 4 firms both in Australia and internationally and has held management positions in mid-tier firms.