Mr Dominic Supreme owns a pizza restaurant. However, for public health reasons he has now closed the restaurant side of the business and is currently operating on a takeaway basis only. He has several...

Mr Dominic Supreme owns a pizza restaurant. However, for public health reasons he has now closed the restaurant side of the business and is currently operating on a takeaway basis only. He has several employees working in the kitchen and delivering pizzas. He also owns various assets, including a rental property.Enzo is Dominic’s head chef and he is provided with the use of a Toyota RAV4 motor car as well as his salary of $100,000 per year. The car was purchased by Dominic on 1 April 2018 for $55,000. Dominic has not made the election under section 10 of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act. Enzo travelled 10,000 km in the car during the FBT year ended 31 March 2019 and, of this, 4,000 km were for business purposes. Enzo paid for the petrol for the car and this amounted to $900 for the FBT year ended 31 March 2019. Enzo was not reimbursed for the petrol.Maria is Dominic’s store manager and she was given an interest free loan of $500,000 by Dominic on 1 January 2019. Maria used the loan for two purposes: 60% for the purchase of an investment property and 40% to pay off her home mortgage.Because of the current health crisis, Dominic pays the private health insurance premiums of all his staff and these premiums were $55,000 for the year ended 31 March 2019.Dominic purchased a rental property on 1 July 2018 for $1,200,000. To finance this purchase, he borrowed $1 million from Megabank at an interest rate of 5%. To arrange for the loan Dominic paid a total of $4,000 for a loan application fee, a valuation fee and legal fees on 1 July 2018. He also paid stamp duty of $52,000 and $3,200 in legal fees in connection with the purchase of the property.In August 2018 Dominic fixed the door to the rental property which was broken at the time of his purchase for a cost of $900. He also purchased new refrigerator for the rental property of $3,000 on 1 November 2018. The useful life of the refrigerator is 10 years. Dominic replaced the entire roof of the rental property in October 2018 at a cost of $35,000 after it was severely damaged in a hailstorm in September 2018. He used substantially the same type of material that was there before.On 10 June 2019 he sold the rental property for $1,500,000. The costs he incurred on the sale were $30,000 for real estate agent’s commission and $2,000 for advertising. He also sold the refrigerator on 10 June 2019 for $2,000. With the proceeds of the property sale, Dominic repaid his loan from Megabank on the date of sale.Dominic purchased some BHP Billiton Limited shares in May 1990 for $50,000 and then sold them in May 2019 for $100,000. He purchased an antique clock for $600 in June 2000 and sold it in June 2019 for $4,000. Dominic also sold his Mercedes sports car in April 2019 for $60,000 which he purchased in April 2001 for $20,000.Dominic wants to maximise his deductions at all times. Assume that Dominic can claim GST input tax credits for the provision of all fringe benefits he provides apart from the loan.Required:Part 1 (10 marks)What fringe benefits tax (FBT) must Dominic pay for the year ended 31 March 2019?Part 2 (10 marks)What is Dominic’s net capital gain or net capital loss for the year ended 30 June 2019?Part 3 (10 marks)What income tax deductions can Dominic claim for the year ended 30 June 2019?
May 21, 2021
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