You need to know
These are amounts, including salary, wages, commissions or allowances, paid to your relatives. These also include superannuation contributions paid for the benefit of your relatives.
You must also include amounts of salary or wages paid to your relatives and a partnership in which your relatives are partners at P15 Total salary and wage expenses – label G in your schedule.
You need to keep the following records:
- full name of relatives or related partnerships
- age, if under 18 years old
- relationship
- nature of duties performed
- hours worked
- total remuneration
- salary or wages claimed as deductions
- other amounts paid, for example, retiring gratuities, bonuses and commissions.
Excessive or unreasonable payments to your relatives, or a partnership in which your relatives are partners, may not be deductible. The PSI rules (see, P1 Personal services income (PSI)) also limit deductions for payments to associates.
Completing this question
Did you make any payments to associated persons as a business expense?
- No – Go to P17 Intangible depreciating assets first deducted.
- Yes – Read on.
Complete the following steps.
Step 1 Add up payments made to relatives and related partnerships from each business.
Step 2 Write the total at P16 – label H in your schedule. Don't show cents.
Continue to: Depreciating assets – P17 to P20