Taxable payments annual report (‘TPAR’) for the 2020 financial year
The ATO has confirmed that more than 60,000 businesses have not yet complied with lodgement requirements under the taxable payments reporting system (‘TPRS’) for 2019/20.
The TPRS is a black economy measure designed to assist the ATO to identify contractors who don’t report or under-report their income.
The ATO estimates that around 280,000 businesses need to lodge a Taxable payments annual report (‘TPAR’) for the 2020 financial year.
Importantly, 2020 was the first year that businesses that pay contractors to provide road freight, information technology, security, investigation, or surveillance services may need to lodge a TPAR with the ATO (in addition to those businesses providing building and construction, cleaning, or courier services).
Businesses that have not yet lodged need to lodge as soon as possible to avoid penalties.
ATO Assistant Commissioner Peter Holt added that some businesses may not realise they need to lodge a TPAR, but may be required to, depending on the percentage of payments received for deliveries or courier services.
“Many restaurants, cafés, grocery stores, pharmacies and retailers have started paying contractors to deliver their goods to their customers. These businesses may not have previously needed to lodge a TPAR. However, if the total payments received for these deliveries or courier services are 10% or more of the total annual business income, you’ll need to lodge,” Mr Holt said.
More information and resources like videos, fact sheets, webcast recordings and examples to help businesses and their advisers work out if they need to lodge, how to lodge and what to report is available at ato.gov.au/TPAR.
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