Income from a business structure

Income generated from the business structure of an entity, rather than from an individual's personal services, is not PSI.

Income is more likely to be generated from a business structure if your business has substantial income-producing assets, a number of employees, or both.

While you should consider your particular circumstances, the following factors will help you determine whether your income is generated by a business structure:

  • the extent to which the income depends on a particular individual's own personal skills, efforts or expertise
  • the number of arm's-length employees or others (for example, contractors) engaged to perform the work
  • any presence of goodwill
  • the extent to which income-producing assets are used to derive the income
  • the nature of the activities carried out
  • the size of the operation.

After considering these factors, if you determine that your income is generated from a business structure, then that income is not PSI.

Personal services income

Steps Progress

What is PSI?

4 mins

Is the income PSI?

5 mins

Income that is not PSI

9 mins

Whose PSI is it?

7 mins

Working out if the PSI rules apply: self-assess as a personal service business (PSB)

2 mins

The 80% rule

5 mins

Results test

8 mins

Unrelated clients test

5 mins

Employment test

5 mins

Business premises test

7 mins

Obtaining work through an agency

5 mins

Apply for a personal services business determination (PSBD)

3 mins

What to do when the PSI rules apply

2 mins

What to do when the PSI rules apply: claiming deductions

11 mins

What to do when the PSI rules apply: how to attribute PSI

8 mins

What to do when the PSI rules apply: PAYG

18 mins

What to do when the PSI rules apply: completing your tax return

4 mins

What to do if the PSI rules don’t apply

3 mins

Record keeping for PSI

1 mins

Help for PSI

1 mins

Case study: instructions

1 mins

Case studies: sole trader

11 mins

Case studies: partnership

12 mins

Case studies: company

12 mins

Case studies: trust

12 mins

Related courses

1 mins

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