Government Business Events

MicroBiz Week

MicroBiz Week is a week of dedicated workshops and events targeted at the solo, home based and micro business sector. The week, previously known as Home Based Business Week, is an annual event organised by Industry & Investment NSW.

The Week recognised the contribution of micro businesses to the State's economy and assisted home-based, solo and micro business operators towards Connecting for Profit.

Industry & Investment NSW delivers hundreds of business events across NSW during the year covering a range of business topics. These events, plus others delivered by other business service providers, are listed on the SmallBiz Events website.

Watch for events soon!

ATO Workshops

Activity statement essentials (ASE)
This presentation aims to provide a more detailed look at the role of the activity statement, and details of the specific activity statement labels that small businesses may need to complete.

We will cover the following topics:

• the purpose of an activity statement
• the layout of an activity statement
• the GST, PAYG withholding and instalment labels plus the other labels
• how you can use activity statement data to plan and budget, and
• where to find more information.

Business deductions essentials (BDE)
The aim of this presentation is to increase your knowledge and awareness of what income tax deductions are and what you generally can and can’t claim. We will be covering some of the more common business tax deductions in some detail, with worked examples.

We will cover the following topics:

• income tax deductions - general
• expenses you can claim, both immediately and over time
• some expenses you can never deduct
• trading stock and other special deductions
• tax losses
• keeping proper records, and
• where to find more information.

Bookings:
For Tax basics

• Go to www.ato.gov.au/seminars, choose Small business seminars and workshops
• Select Free tax seminars for small business
• Select NSW

For ASE and BDE

• Go to www.ato.gov.au/seminars, choose Small business seminars and workshops
• Select New seminar series for business
• Select NSW

For Record keeping only
Clients can book directly by email to nsw.taxbasics@ato.gov.au

Alternatively all bookings for any seminars can be made by phone to 1300 661 104.