FBT 2026 – Employee Expenses, Overlooked and Misunderstood
Overview
For many Employers and Accounting Firms, the FBT focus, at best, is limited to Motor Vehicles and Entertainment. This limited focus overlooks over 75% of the FBT law and fringe benefit types.
In this session we will discuss the whole range of Employee Expenses, the FBT implications and Reportable Fringe Benefits requirements.
Paul will illustrate the significant tax implications on Employee Expenses with real life examples, ATO case studies and calculations.
Learning Outcomes:
Our Employee Expenses session will provide you with a clear understanding of the tax rules governing employee expenses.
Particular focus and learning areas will include commonly reimbursed employee expenses, including:
- Personal memberships
- Professional memberships
- Subscriptions
- Visa expenses (Temporary and Permanent)
- Travel Expenses
- E-tags / Tolls
- Car Parking Expenses
- Education
- Conference and Seminar attendance
- Personal expenses
- Motor Vehicle expenses
- Taxi / Uber travel
- Health insurance
- Home office costs
- Gifts
Paul will highlight best practice process, common errors and some of the myths that exist.
Suited to:
This session is suited to Accounting Firms and all Employers including Corporates, SME’s, Charities, Not for Profits and Local, State and Federal Government.
Suitable for everyone involved in FBT Management and Reporting, from FBT Return preparers and reviewers, including Accountants, Tax Accountants, Financial Accountants, Finance Managers, Payroll Managers, Salary Packaging Managers, Tax Agents, Tax Practitioners and their teams.
You will also be provided with:
- Access to watch the Live Webinar
- Opportunities to ask real time questions to the presenter/s
- Poll questions to test your knowledge
- Access to On Demand recording, which can be viewed multiple times, for as long as required
- Presenters contact details for follow up questions
- CPD Quiz (for On Demand recordings)
- CPD Certificate
- CPD Report – Logged automatically
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Verbatim Transcript, with Searchability
- Supporting Documentation
Your presenter
Paul MatherFBT Salary Packaging Solutions
has over 30 years specialist FBT & Salary Packaging experience working and advising across all industry sectors including large corporates, SME’s, Not for Profits, Accounting & Book-keeping firms and Local, State and Federal Government.
Paul helps employers and advisers to reduce risk, increase efficiency and maximise opportunities, by working with functional teams including Tax, Finance, Payroll, HR, Procurement, Legal, Risk and Fleet Management.
Paul is an accomplished trainer and speaker on all areas of FBT, Salary Packaging and Employment Taxes. Paul delivers training in a practical and insightful manner.
Paul was a member of the former ATO’s FBT Stakeholder Group from 2005 to 2024.