Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsThis table specifies the turnover thresholds and indicates how they affect the operation of this Act.
Item | This turnover threshold ... | Is relevant to working out: |
1 | whether you are required to be registered (see section 23 - 5). | |
2 | whether tax periods must be monthly (see section 27 - 15). | |
3 | whether you can elect to account on a cash basis (see section 29 - 40) | |
4 | whether you must lodge GST returns electronically (see section 31 - 25); whether you must pay amounts of GST electronically (see section 33 - 10). | |
4AA | whether you can choose to apply a simplified accounting method as a small enterprise entity (see section 123 - 7) | |
4A | whether you can make an annual apportionment election (see subsection 131 - 5(2)) | |
5 | whether you can elect to pay GST by instalments (see subsection 162 - 5(2)) | |
Note 1: The provisions referred to in the table indicate if the issue in relation to the turnover threshold in question is whether the threshold is met, or whether the threshold is not exceeded.
Note 2: Items 3, 4A and 5 of the table apply to you only if you do not carry on a business.
Note 3: This section is an explanatory section.