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Australians love an excuse for a public holiday.

It’s ripper when it falls on a Tuesday, because it’s a true blue fair dinkum reason to take Monday off, and make it a long weekend!!

Throw another prawn on the barbie, grab a slab of coldies, invite a few mates around, and have a good time

Thanks to penrithcity.nsw.gov.au for the photograph – Happy Australia Day

Had a phone call today from a lady who told us she works at the ATO Australian Taxation Office.

She’d been reading our website and wanted to correct our entry regarding the due date for the December Quarter Q2 BAS lodgement for Business Activity Statements

“I’m calling from the ATO and noticed your website states the BAS is due 2 March 2010″

“Yes, That’s right!”

“Well, they are actually due on 28 February”

- “Really? What day is 28 February?

“Oh, I don’t know, I’ll see if I can find a calendar,” she said [One wonders why she can't use the calendar on her computer]

Amazing! People at the ATO have nothing better to do than web-surfing and calling up website owners

It’s wonderful to know that our hard-earned tax dollars are keeping Australia’s Public Servants so gainfully employed and contributing so much to the Australian Economy

Reminds us of an incident last year where the ATO sent out a letter advising that 5 cents was owing

Unfortunately the call dropped out, and the woman from the ATO didn’t get back to us.

Maybe she did find the ATO website page entitled “Activity statement generate dates” (BAS) which shows the Legislative due date as being 2 March 2010,

The reason the BAS is due 2 March is owing to the fact that 1st March (Monday) is a public holiday in Western Australia

It’s good to know that the staff at the ATO feel the need to search our website to see what dates the BAS are due

Probably because it’s so confusing trying to navigate around the ATO website

With Christmas out of the way, and many small businesses returning to work, it’s time to get all your paperwork together and get it to your bookkeeper or outsourced bookkeeping service- to report on the 2nd quarter (1 September to 31 December 2009) to get your BAS lodged on time.

Maybe the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) does have a heart, after all. Rather than asking for lodgements on 28 January, they automatically give everyone an extension to the BAS lodgements to 2 March.

However, don’t be fooled by their grace, because there is NO WAY that they’ll consider granting an extension after that date. So you need to ensure that you have your Business Activity Statement lodged by 2 March 2009

If you are struggling and need help, if you do not have a bookkeeper, or are looking to outsource to a mobile bookkeeping service, then contact us now

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