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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • Yeah, I got the letter confirming the NOI and saw the deposit in my super balance minus 15% tax several days before I lodged my tax return. I didn’t enter a value for TFN under my super contributions (just the fund name, fund ABN and amount contributed) because I couldn’t find a TFN for the super fund (I assume that’s for SMSFs or something), so not sure if that was an issue.

    But, my ATO account has been a bit weird, random errors when logging in (not a scam) and there’s a new “payments” prompt at the top of my home page even though there should be nothing outstanding

    Edit: I’m a goose, the “debit” account in the payment prompt would be the amount I owe if I didn’t have deductions. Sooo I have no idea why it isn’t through yet. I’ll wait and see…



  • I decided to check the status of my tax return and my voluntary super contribution has been reset to $0!!! Wtf! However, it’s still being processed (“Balancing accounts”) and I don’t want to slow anything down so I think I’ll just wait until it’s been finalised and maybe it’ll be added back in by then. I’ll be a very unhappy camper if I have to amend the lodgement and delay getting my money back…


  • No work for me the next two days, that’s good. The cash would be nice but I need to start planning my break in August and I’m just insanely, madly tired for some reason. The weather forecast is in the absolute toilet - I think I’m going to just blob out tomorrow, have a nice sleep in and watch dumb videos, and get to organising stuff on Friday. Oh it’s soooo glorious being free from the old baggage…





  • Fair points, I luckily don’t need to learn that much about the app myself as I use it a lot at my current workplace (I was approached precisely because I have experience with it). I was intending on keeping it fairly loose, just a few key points on a whiteboard and then demonstration and troubleshooting/answering questions. I could tie it in with another question they have which I said I didn’t know how to resolve with the current app but I could look into it and charge them for it…

    …okay so uh full disclosure it’s actually my former workplace (minus very difficult people who are no longer there) that wants to engage me. Yes, my current bosses are amazingly ok with this idea lol. I think my ex colleagues asked me because they know I’m 100% familiar with their existing setup (I did most of it) and therefore how best to translate that to this app. I won’t actually create the setup for them, apparently they’re most of the way through it, but help them figure it out themselves.

    They’re now part of a rather big org and gotten the green light from higher up, so they could afford a chunk, but I also don’t want to work that hard or set up high expectations! That said, everything is inflated these days. I shall have a look at what those pros are charging for similar services and adjust accordingly, great tip.


  • Aight so it looks like this whole workshop thing is going ahead but now I have no idea what to quote. All sorts of insecurities popping up. It’s a ~3 hr in person workshop with 50km return travel (30-40 mins each way) for about 3-4 professionals. It will be mostly hands on demonstration and troubleshooting, not much prep or materials required. I might need to look into a couple of the app’s functions I haven’t explored much but that would benefit my job as well so I wouldn’t count that time spent.

    I’m thinking I should be compensated at least the equivalent of what I get paid for a whole day of regular work (inc. super), since I can’t do my regular job the entire day, and maybe a 25% loading. That’s 600 rounded up, no GST. Hopefully that seems fair?? I don’t feel like enough of a grown up to ask for this, but fuckit. I can try

    E: ugh I forgot I’d need to pay 32% personal income tax on that. Or 15% if I chuck it in super… 600 is starting to sound very justifiable




  • I think that place should be fine without GST but I’ll definitely ask when I chat to my contact tomorrow. Need to ask if professional indemnity insurance is required because I ain’t doing it if so - I really don’t intend to do this for the broader industry, not worth paying monthly insurance…

    And I’ve never used an accountant bar the one time years ago when I was on WHV tax rates for half the FY and needed help lodging. I don’t think I’ll earn enough from this one off event to warrant getting an accountant but… if they ask me an additional time, I might get an accountant to help. I do have a family friend who is a CA so I might ask their advice. Lots to think about to do it the right way! Wish I could do it for cashies lol.






  • Thanks heaps for the advice. Yes I’ve already run this one past my employers and they’re good (actually shockingly good considering the details).

    Really don’t intend to do this more than as isolated one offs so I think I’ll find something free. Won’t earn 75k+ a year from it either but I’ll have a look into what services attract GST etc.

    So the tax only gets paid at tax time, not progressively… That’s good, I might keep this extra income as a buffer and when it comes to June 2026 I’ll probably throw it into super to reduce marginal tax on it. If it works like that.

    Thanks once again, personal experience is really helpful!


  • Does anyone here have tips about doing side gigs on an ABN? I created one for shits and giggles a couple of years ago but never used it. Now an opportunity might have come up where an org wants me to do a sort of training/workshop thing for a few employees. I intend for it to be a once off (maybe a second session at best) - set scope, hours, lump sum - but idk how I should be reporting all of this in terms of tax and what documents to generate and keep.

    I guess my ABN should be on the quote and invoice… GST?! and do I issue a receipt… I will Google things after dinner but if anyone has any personal tips (esp anything that’s easy to overlook) I’d be very grateful.

    E: now I’m getting truly lost in the weeds with personal services income and whatever. Geez. I’m glad most of my income is from a job at a company