{"id":5410,"date":"2020-11-15T12:09:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T01:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnygroup.wpengine.com\/?p=5410"},"modified":"2025-02-01T18:26:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T07:26:27","slug":"rounding-of-gst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/en\/rounding-of-gst\/","title":{"rendered":"Rounding Of GST Where Fractions Of A Cent Result"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">The ATO has devised special rounding conventions where an amount of GST includes a fraction of a cent.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 120%; color: #000000;\"> Although it labels these conventions \u201crules\u201d, there is no obligation for parties on either side of a transaction to follow them, as the ATO states: \u201cYou and your customer do not need to use the same rounding rules.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 120%;\">Where there is only one taxable sale on a tax invoice, the amount of GST should be rounded to the nearest cent (rounding upwards from 0.5 cents).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 120%;\">Where there is more than one taxable sale on a tax invoice, there are two conventions, dubbed by the ATO as the \u201ctotal invoice rule\u201d and the \u201ctaxable supply rule\u201d:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5411 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rounding-of-GST-where-fractions-of-a-cent-result-300x164.png\" alt=\"Rounding of GST where fractions of a cent result \" width=\"500\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rounding-of-GST-where-fractions-of-a-cent-result-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rounding-of-GST-where-fractions-of-a-cent-result-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rounding-of-GST-where-fractions-of-a-cent-result-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rounding-of-GST-where-fractions-of-a-cent-result.png 1057w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 120%;\">1. TOTAL INVOICE RULE<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 120%;\">Under this rule, the unrounded amounts of GST for each taxable sale should be totalled and then rounded to the nearest cent (again rounding up from 0.5 cents). Alternatively, if all the taxable sales on a tax invoice<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 120%;\">include an amount of GST that is exactly one 11th of the price, the business may choose to add up the GST- exclusive value of each taxable sale, calculate GST on that amount, and then round to the nearest cent.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 120%;\">2. TAXABLE SUPPLY RULE<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 120%;\">This rule deems that the business needs to work out the amount of GST for each individual taxable sale. Where the unrounded amount of GST has more decimal places than a standard accounting system can record, the amount should be rounded up or down as appropriate. Then the individual amounts are added up, and this total is rounded to the nearest cent (again rounding up from 0.5 cents).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Related link: <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.au\/Details\/C2014C00008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rounding of amounts of GST<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/\">www.mnygroup.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>This information has been prepared without taking into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. Because of this, you should, before acting on this information, consider its appropriateness, having regard to your objectives, financial situation or needs.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ATO has devised special rounding conventions where an amount of GST includes a fraction of a cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1690],"tags":[1457],"class_list":["post-5410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-taxation-news","tag-gst","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-20"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnygroup.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}