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Vehicle logbook workpaper
A ready-to-fill logbook that works out your business-use percentage for you — for FBT (operating cost method) or a car-expense deduction. Yellow cells are the ones you fill in; everything else calculates itself.
- Instructions tab with the ATO rules in plain English
- Vehicle & odometer details, including the dates that drive FBT
- 120 journey rows with a Business/Private drop-down and auto kilometres
- Summary tab: business-use %, plus a 12-week period check
Keep it for 12 continuous weeks and it stays valid for 5 FBT years. Pair it with the FBT car calculator to compare the statutory and operating cost methods.
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Key ATO lodgement due dates
The dates below are the standard program — a general guide only. Dates shift when they fall on weekends/holidays, and your circumstances can change them. Lodging through a registered agent generally unlocks the later dates in the second card — but only if you're on their client list by 31 October. Your agent confirms your exact dates; we keep the books ready so any deadline is easy.
Self-lodger due dates
| Individual tax return | 31 October |
| Quarterly BAS — Q1 (Jul–Sep) | 28 October |
| Quarterly BAS — Q2 (Oct–Dec) | 28 February |
| Quarterly BAS — Q3 (Jan–Mar) | 28 April |
| Quarterly BAS — Q4 (Apr–Jun) | 28 July |
| Monthly BAS / IAS | 21st of next month |
| FBT return (year ends 31 Mar) | 21 May |
| TPAR (contractor payments) | 28 August |
| Super guarantee (quarterly) | 28 Oct · 28 Jan · 28 Apr · 28 Jul |
Agent lodgment program (typical concessions)
| Individual return (most) | up to 15 May |
| Individual — prior-year liability $20k+ | 31 March |
| Companies & trusts (small, non-taxable prior year) | generally 28 Feb / 15 May |
| Quarterly BAS — Q1 (electronic) | 25 November |
| Quarterly BAS — Q2 (no extra time) | 28 February |
| Quarterly BAS — Q3 (electronic) | 26 May |
| Quarterly BAS — Q4 (electronic) | 25 August |
| FBT return (agent, electronic) | 25 June |
We're not a registered agent — these are the concessions your agent can access. The ATO publishes the definitive program each year.
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