A $1,000 year-end bonus reaches your tech as about $703.50 before state tax. Which withholding method you can use, why gift cards are wages and the turkey is not, the holiday party and client gifts, and how to gross the bonus up.
Installing heat pumps, solar panels, batteries and insulation in homes carries zero VAT until 31 March 2027, then 5%. How the tax point decides the rate on a job that slips into April, what the Boiler Upgrade Scheme leaves open, and the line to put on winter quotes.
NSW funds portable long service leave with a levy on the job; Victoria charges 2.7% of each covered worker's ordinary pay. Who registers in each state, what it costs, apprentices, returns and the rules for owner-directors on the tools.
Your techs can deduct customer tips under the no tax on tips law, but only if you set up the tip screen, pay tips over and report them right. One $40 card tip traced from the screen to the 2026 W-2, and which trades qualify.
Christmas Day, a Saturday St Stephen's Day and New Year's Day all fall inside this year's closure. What each worker gets for them, how part-timers qualify, the dates by which you must consult and answer the crew, and a worked calendar for a crew of three.
Applications for the plumbing and drainlaying self-certification endorsement opened on 7 September 2026. It costs $2,260 and it moves the inspection off your programme and onto your signature.
From the 2026 tax year, employed construction tradespeople can deduct up to $10,000 of lodging and travel for out-of-town jobs, if the room is 120 km closer to the site than home. Who qualifies, the two caps, a worked example, and how your allowance changes the claim.
A home battery certified on 31 December earns more certificates than the same battery certified on 4 January: $600 more on a 13.5 kWh system. How the count works, what the drop from 6.8 to 5.7 costs on three common sizes, and what to put on a November or December quote.
FIRE closes on November 19, and from January IRIS is the only way to e-file 1099s with the IRS. Whether your count of W-2s and 1099s makes e-filing compulsory, the three ways to file, how to get an IRIS code in time for February 1, and the dates in between.
Two tradespeople on £35,000 profit: one owes HMRC £8,747.70 on 31 January 2027, the other gets a refund. The £1,000 and 80% tests behind payments on account, how CIS deductions count, both bills worked line by line, and when it pays to ask HMRC for smaller payments.
