Attributing PSI where one individual generates PSI

Example

Sandi is an architect who works through her company Sandi's Architecture Services Pty Ltd.

Sandi completes 2 contracts on behalf of Sandi's Architecture Services Pty Ltd, generating $40,000.

This $40,000 is PSI, and Sandi has also worked out that the PSI rules apply. In addition to the PSI, the company earned $2,000 in interest income.

Sandi's Architecture Services Pty Ltd:

  • promptly paid $30,000 to Sandi as salary or wages
  • incurred $20,000 in allowable deductions
  • incurred $5,000 in entity maintenance deductions.

The attributed amount is worked out as follows:

  • $40,000 PSI is received by the company
  • $30,000 salary or wages promptly paid to Sandi
  • $3,000 entity maintenance deductions remaining after offsetting them against the other income first (the $5,000 entity maintenance deductions is first offset against the $2,000 interest income, leaving $3,000)
  • $20,000 allowable deductions
  • −$13,000 (net PSI loss).

The income position of Sandi's Architecture Services Pty Ltd would be as follows:

PSI

$40,000

PSI deductions

$50,000 ($30,000 promptly paid salary or wages plus $20,000 PSI deductions)

Other income

$2,000

Entity maintenance deductions

$5,000

Net PSI loss claimed by Sandi

$13,000

The company has net taxable income of

$0 ($2,000 other income less entity
maintenance deductions allocated $2,000)

Sandi's Architecture Services Pty Ltd will need to:

  • advise Sandi of her $13,000 net PSI loss (the company cannot use this loss)
  • report this $13,000 net PSI loss as a reconciliation item, under Non-deductible expenses in the company tax return
  • indicate the company's income includes an individual's PSI
  • include Sandy's PSI amount of $40,000
  • include the total amount of $53,000 deductions for PSI – the amount of $53,000 is calculated from the PSI deductions amount of $50,000 plus $3,000 of the entity maintenance deductions.

In her individual tax return, Sandi would declare:

  • $13,000 net PSI loss and offset this against other income
  • $30,000 salary or wages.

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

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1 mins

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