Working out your GST turnover

Your GST turnover is your total business income (not your profit), minus:

  • GST included in sales to your customers
  • payments that aren't taxable (for example, gifts and donations to charities)
  • sales not connected with a business that you run (for example, selling your home or a personal asset)
  • input-taxed sales you make (for example, financial supplies and renting out residential premises)
  • sales not connected with Australia (for example, income received from offshore investments).

You reach the GST turnover threshold if either:

  • your current GST turnover (which is your turnover for the current month and the previous 11 months) totals $75,000 or more ($150,000 or more for non-profit organisations), or
  • your projected GST turnover (which is your turnover for the current month and the next 11 months) is likely to be $75,000 or more ($150,000 or more for non-profit organisations).

Goods and services tax (GST)

Steps Progress

Introduction to the Goods and services tax (GST)

4 mins

Registering for GST

4 mins

Protecting yourself and your business

7 mins

Collecting GST on sales

6 mins

Claiming GST on purchases (GST credits)

8 mins

Claiming GST on imports and exports

3 mins

Record keeping and GST

5 mins

Accounting for GST

4 mins

BAS lodgment and payment options

6 mins

Completing your BAS

5 mins

Managing errors and making adjustments

5 mins

Getting support when you need it

2 mins

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