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FRINGE BENEFITS TAX
CAR PARKING FRINGE BENEFITS
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Taxation Manual
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4.0
4.3
Revised Date
A car parking fringe benefit only arises when ALL of the following are satisfied:
: 24.07.2006 a car is parked at the University’s premises; there is a commercial parking station available for all day parking within a 1km radius of the premises;
• at the beginning of the FBT year the commercial parking station (which includes the visitors’ parking areas) charges a fee for all-day parking which is more than the car parking threshold [Refer
4.1 (Attachment A)];
• the car is parked for a total of more than 4 hours between the hours of 7.00am and 7.00pm on the day;
• the car is owned by, leased to, or otherwise under the control of, an employee or is provided by the
University;
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• the parking is provided in respect of the employee’s employment; the car is parked at or near the employee’s primary place of employment on that day; and the car is used by the employee to travel between home and work at least once that day.
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Where the University pays for, or reimburses, an employee’s car parking expense an ‘expense payment fringe benefit’ arises (Refer to Part 4.5).
There is a specific exemption from car parking fringe benefits for public universities and the above factors do not need to be assessed.
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