Hello, my children 10 and 8 with tax file numbers, have a some of money earning interest in a bank. A portion of this money (less than 10k) they wish to use to buy cattle to raise on a property (not registered for primary production) to earn profits for their account. What responsibilities do they have to operate this between them? are each a sole trader? do they need an ABN or primary production license even though the property is not theirs? what records are required and how should they be kept?
Primary producers can operate under any business structure.
There are various considerations when you're operating a primary production business.
I recommend reading through our PP activities info to start with. You may also want to get professional advice to work out the best way to do this for your situation.
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It appears they can operate as a sole traders or as partners with an ABN. There is a tax free threshold of 18k but I think they are tax exempt being minors under 16? They only need to register for GST if their yearly GST turnover is $75,000 or more which is nowhere near where they are at. Registering an ABN appears to have some advantages to managing cost of operations but this might be later down the track, I'm still lost regarding primary production. So i suspect if they earn more than the threshold they will have to register on mygov and report earnings as a matter of legal requirement? Any help with primary production requirements and the information above would be very very appreciated
Primary producers can operate under any business structure.
There are various considerations when you're operating a primary production business.
I recommend reading through our PP activities info to start with. You may also want to get professional advice to work out the best way to do this for your situation.
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