Reference no: EM132660743

Your working papers must be typed using Excel or Word. The FBT return may be handwritten. An Excel worksheet has been provided to help you to set out your assignment.

• World's Best Gifts Pty Ltd (WBG) is a company resident in Australia. Its business is the sale of unusual and original giftware. In addition to providing giftware to boutique gift stores in Perth it also has salespeople who drive to rural areas to sell its giftware to shops in country areas. Its turnover is above $10 million.
• It provides the following to its staff in the FBT year ended 31st March 2020.
• Benefits provided to various other staff members or for staff generally
• Ten gift vouchers worth $300 each for staff who had significant work anniversaries in the business.
• It was discovered that one employee had been overpaid $2,000. It was agreed that she would repay this when she eventually left the business. It would be taken out of any payments for unused annual and long service leave. The deficiency came to light on 1 April 2019.
• New garden furniture which was placed in an outdoor area which staff could use at lunch time or after work for drinks. It cost $1,200.
• WBG provided fresh fruit for the staff three times a week. This cost $2,500 for the year.
• End-of-month drinks were provided and this cost $4,600 for the year.

Notes:

1. The company does not qualify as a SBE.
2. The company has paid GST where it is liable to do so and all amounts shown are GST-inclusive.

REQUIRED:

Problem 1: Complete working papers showing how you have calculated the taxable value of each benefit provided. Include in your working papers references to the FBT legislation for each benefit provided and provide reasons and explanations for any items which you exclude from the calculations. Calculate the FBT payable by World's Best Gifts Pty Ltd.