If you’re earning PSI, then you need to report this as PSI in your tax return even if you’re a personal services business (PSB) and the PSI rules don't apply to you.
How you report your PSI depends on whether the PSI rules apply to your income, and whether you operate as a sole trader, company, partnership or trust.
You will also need to complete reconciliation labels in a company, partnership or trust tax return if the PSI rules apply to your income.
If you're operating as a sole trader, you report any PSI you've received in your individual tax return. You can do this online through myTax or via a registered tax agent.
If you're using myTax to lodge your tax return, you need to complete the PSI section.
You may also need to complete the Business payment summaries section.
If you're required to complete the Business and professional items schedule, you cannot lodge a paper tax return.
If you operate through a company, you need to report any PSI the company received in your Company tax return.
When lodging your company tax return, you need to complete:
- Item 6 Calculation of total profit or loss and include all personal services income and related expenses
- Item 14 Personal services income (if you answer no at N for this item, you’re finished with this question).
If you operate through a partnership or trust, you need to report any PSI received by the relevant entity on either a Partnership tax return or a Trust tax return.
When lodging your partnership or trust tax return, you need to complete:
- Item 5 Business income and expenses and include all personal services income and related expenses
- Item 30 Personal services income (if you answer no at N for this item, you’re finished with this question).
These items are the same for both partnership and trust tax returns.
Personal services income
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What is PSI? |
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Is the income PSI? |
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Income that is not PSI |
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Whose PSI is it? |
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Working out if the PSI rules apply: self-assess as a personal service business (PSB) |
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The 80% rule |
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Results test |
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Unrelated clients test |
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Employment test |
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Business premises test |
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Obtaining work through an agency |
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Apply for a personal services business determination (PSBD) |
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What to do when the PSI rules apply |
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What to do when the PSI rules apply: claiming deductions |
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What to do when the PSI rules apply: how to attribute PSI |
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What to do when the PSI rules apply: PAYG |
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What to do when the PSI rules apply: completing your tax return |
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What to do if the PSI rules don’t apply |
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Record keeping for PSI |
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Help for PSI |
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Case study: instructions |
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Case studies: sole trader |
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Case studies: partnership |
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Case studies: company |
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Case studies: trust |
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Related courses |
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