Deduction of business expenses
The new law makes significant changes to the rules governing the deductibility of expenses for tax
years ending after 30 June 2014. Such expenses will be able to be deducted from gross income only
if the following requirements are met:
The expenses are incurred in the interest or ordinary course of the company’s business
transactions;
The expenses correspond to an actual transaction and are claimed at a value that is
neither less nor more than the actual value (measured using the basis used in the case of
indirect methods of determining taxable income); and
The expenses are reported in the accounting books of the period in which they are
incurred and are supported by proper documentation.