This should be of interest to all sex workers whether you work for a company or working privately.
Last Wednesday I attended a meeting of Brothel Owners in Melborne that the taxation depatartment had asked to be called, so that they could update us to how they intend to handle the GST & Taxation matters for the industry.
The Cash Compliance branch of the taxation department have been working on this issue since 2003 and have investigated the indusrty Australia wide and have a very good understanding of the industry overall.
The implication to all sex workers is that they must have a current ABN number and this will apply to private workers and workers that work for parlours like Langtrees of Perth.
They want all owners to supply a education program and leaflets so that the sex workers understand their obligations to the taxation department.
They informed us that we have to start complying straight away and whilst owners have no obligation to supply ABN numbers if we don;t encourage our service providers that they expect us to at least supply the service provider phone numbers so that they can contact the service providers themselves to make them aware of their obligations.
They gave us a understanding that business and workers that do comply in the near future will not have their pasts looked into, but business and workers that ignored or refused to co-operate would be audited for their past taxation liabilities as well as their future.
It was also bought to our attention that the taxation department work closely with the Centrelink and that sex workers taking benefits will be cross targeted, and that all ABN will be checked by Centrelink.
Langtrees of Perth and Kalgoorlie intend to comply with all the new requirements no later than 1st January 2006.
We will be organising meetings with representatives of the taxation office for all our service providers.If you want to be updated on these meetings keep a eye on this post or add a post below.Private workers or other owners will be welcome to attend or may contact me through private messaging and I will give you the contact names to organise your own meetings.
I will post again shortly to expain how the new regulations are going to sffect your earnings because from the 1st of January we have to pay GST on the whole transaction not just the owners share which we have done to date.
Any one wanting more information please post below and I will reply as soon as I can.
Mary-Anne Kenworthy
Last Wednesday I attended a meeting of Brothel Owners in Melborne that the taxation depatartment had asked to be called, so that they could update us to how they intend to handle the GST & Taxation matters for the industry.
The Cash Compliance branch of the taxation department have been working on this issue since 2003 and have investigated the indusrty Australia wide and have a very good understanding of the industry overall.
The implication to all sex workers is that they must have a current ABN number and this will apply to private workers and workers that work for parlours like Langtrees of Perth.
They want all owners to supply a education program and leaflets so that the sex workers understand their obligations to the taxation department.
They informed us that we have to start complying straight away and whilst owners have no obligation to supply ABN numbers if we don;t encourage our service providers that they expect us to at least supply the service provider phone numbers so that they can contact the service providers themselves to make them aware of their obligations.
They gave us a understanding that business and workers that do comply in the near future will not have their pasts looked into, but business and workers that ignored or refused to co-operate would be audited for their past taxation liabilities as well as their future.
It was also bought to our attention that the taxation department work closely with the Centrelink and that sex workers taking benefits will be cross targeted, and that all ABN will be checked by Centrelink.
Langtrees of Perth and Kalgoorlie intend to comply with all the new requirements no later than 1st January 2006.
We will be organising meetings with representatives of the taxation office for all our service providers.If you want to be updated on these meetings keep a eye on this post or add a post below.Private workers or other owners will be welcome to attend or may contact me through private messaging and I will give you the contact names to organise your own meetings.
I will post again shortly to expain how the new regulations are going to sffect your earnings because from the 1st of January we have to pay GST on the whole transaction not just the owners share which we have done to date.
Any one wanting more information please post below and I will reply as soon as I can.
Mary-Anne Kenworthy
