Free electronic calendar for small businesses

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Free electronic calendar for small businesses (http://www.ato.gov.au/content/00152334.htm)

A new electronic calendar from the Tax Office is now available to help small businesses better manage their tax lodgment and payment deadlines throughout the year.

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‘Your small business tax calendar’ (Tax Calendar) is an easy-to-use computer tool that will help you plan and manage your tax obligations and give you timely reminders. It automatically builds a 12-month schedule tailored to your business lodgment and payment needs.You can:


personalise it in approximately 10 minutes when you answer specific questions about your business
record personal notes and reminders in it
update it at any time if you change your business structure or reporting obligations
print a one-page summary of your tax obligations and due dates for the year for you to use as a yearly planner, and
receive a reminder through Microsoft Outlook or from your computer system when a lodgment or payment is due.
If you run:

more than one business, you can set up a unique tax calendar for each business
a bookkeeping service, you can set up a unique tax calendar for each of your clients.
Download a free copy of the Tax Calendar here:

Microsoft Windows Vista operating system (http://www.ato.gov.au/content/downloads/YSB_Tax_Calendar_Vista.exe)
Other Microsoft Windows operating systems (http://www.ato.gov.au/content/downloads/YSB_Tax_Calendar.exe).*
* minimum system requirements -
Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP
Internet Explorer 5.5
You should get the latest version of the Tax Calendar at the beginning of each financial year to ensure that you have the latest information for lodgments and payments.
We will notify you when we make changes to the Tax Calendar if you email your name, ABN and contact details to TaxCalendar@ato.gov.au (TaxCalendar@ato.gov.au)
To provide us with feedback about the Tax Calendar, email us at TaxCalendar@ato.gov.au (TaxCalendar@ato.gov.au)
Who can use the Tax Calendar?

This Tax Calendar was designed for use by small businesses, including sole traders, with turnovers of $2 million or less.

The Tax Calendar is not for:

businesses with more than $2 million turnovers
companies involved in overseas shipping, insurance and re-insurance or controlling non-residents’ money, and
endorsed charities, deductible gift recipients or non-profit organisations that do not have income tax obligations.
Last Modified: Thursday, 26 June 2008