Taxation Ruling
TR 96/26
Fringe benefits tax: car parking fringe benefits
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| What this Ruling is about | 1 |
| Class of person/arrangement | 1 |
| Previous Rulings | 3 |
| Index | 4 |
| Ruling | 5 |
| PART A | 6 |
| When does a benefit arise? | 6 |
| PART B | 13 |
| Methods of determining the number of benefits | 13 |
| PART C | 35 |
| Valuation methods | 35 |
| PART D | 62 |
| Record keeping | 62 |
| PART E | 77 |
| Ancillary matters | 77 |
| Date of effect | 88 |
Preamble
| This Ruling, to the extent that it is capable of being a 'public ruling' in terms of Part IVAAA of the Taxation Administration Act 1953, is a public ruling for the purposes of that Part. Taxation Ruling TR 92/1 explains when a Ruling is a public ruling and how it is binding on the Commissioner.
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What this Ruling is about
Class of person/arrangement
1. This Ruling explains the car parking provisions of
Division 10A of Part III of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment
Act
1986
(FBTAA).
2. This Ruling is a consolidation, revision and
amplification of all previous Taxation Rulings and Determinations on car
parking fringe benefits and includes changes made to the FBTAA by the
Taxation Laws Amendment (FBT Cost of Compliance) Act 1995
. To the extent that this Ruling conflicts with previous Rulings or
Determinations on car parking fringe benefits, this Ruling will
prevail.
Previous Rulings
3. Taxation Ruling TR 93/18, Taxation Determinations TD
93/71, TD 93/72, TD 93/106, TD 93/107, TD 93/198, TD 93/199 and TD
93/240 are withdrawn as of the issue date of this Ruling. To the extent
to which our views in those Rulings still apply, they have been
incorporated in this Ruling.
Index
4. Below is an index for this Ruling:
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Paragraph
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| Flowchart -
determining taxable value
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5
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| PART A lists the
criteria to be met before a car parking fringe benefit will arise
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6-12
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| PART B considers
methods by which the number of benefits may be determined
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13-34
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| * actual benefits
provided
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17
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| * statutory formula
method
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18-26
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| * 12 week register method
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27-34
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| PART C explains the
valuation methods which employers may use to calculate the taxable value
of a car parking fringe benefit
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35-61
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| * commercial parking station
method
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36-45
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| * market value basis
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46-57
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| * average cost method
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58-61
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| PART D discusses
record keeping requirements
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62-76
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| * actual benefits
provided
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63-68
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| * statutory formula
method
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69-70
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| * 12 week register method
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71-76
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| PART E covers
ancillary matters
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77-87
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| * what is a commercial
parking station?
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77-81
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| * measurement of the 1 km
radius between a commercial parking station and car parking premises
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82-84
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| * exempt car parking
benefits
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85-87
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Ruling
5. This flowchart is a diagrammatic representation of
Division 10A of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
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Note 1: This election allows for the employer to use
two alternative methods of calculating the total car parking fringe
benefits
provided in an FBT year.
Note 2: This election allows for the employer to use
two alternative methods for valuation of a car parking
benefit
provided in an FBT year.
Note 3: Section references
refer to sections of the FBTAA. Para references
refer to paragraph numbers in this Ruling.
PART A
When does a benefit arise?
6. For the purposes of Division 10A of the FBTAA, a 'car'
means a motor vehicle being;
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- motor car, station wagon, panel van or utility;
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- any other goods-carrying vehicle (including a four wheel drive
vehicle) with a designed carrying capacity of less than one
tonne;
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- any other passenger-carrying vehicle with designed carrying
capacity of fewer than nine occupants.
7. Excluded from the definition are panel vans and
utilities designed to carry a load of one tonne or more.
8. Parking provided for vehicles other than cars will not
give rise to a car parking benefit.
9. Section 39A of the FBTAA lists the following criteria,
all of which must be met before a car parking fringe benefit will arise;
- a)
- a car is parked at premises that are owned or leased by or
otherwise under the control of the provider (usually the
employer);
- b)
- a commercial parking station is located within 1 km of the
employer-provided parking facility;
- c)
- the lowest fee charged in the ordinary course of business, to
members of the public, for all-day parking by a commercial parking
station, exceeds the car parking threshold figure;
- d)
- the car is parked for a total of more than 4 hours between the
hours of 7 am and 7 pm on the day. The 4 hour period need not be
continuous, but may be made up of several parking periods;
- e)
- the car is owned by, leased to, or otherwise under the control
of, an employee or associate, or it is provided by the employer or
associate of the employer;
- f)
- the parking is provided in respect of the employee's
employment;
- g)
- on that day, the employee has a primary place of
employment;
- h)
- the car is used by the employee to travel between place of
residence and primary place of employment at least once on that day;
and
- i)
- the day is on or after 1 July 1993.
10. The car parking threshold for the FBT year ended 31
March 1996 is $5.00. The threshold will be indexed annually in line with
changes in the All Groups Consumer Price Index. The indexed threshold
for the 1997 FBT year is $5.20. The fee will not be representative if it
is substantially greater or less than the average fee charged on each
day during a four week period commencing or ending on the first FBT
business day.
11. Question 1
Alan drives a company car from home to work and parks it at
employer-provided parking near his employer's business premises. There
is a commercial parking station charging more than the car parking
threshold fee within 1 km of the employer-provided parking. After the
car is parked, it is made available for business use to other employees.
Various employees use the car on the day so that, in total, the car is
not parked at the employer-provided parking for more than 4
hours.
Answer
No car parking benefit arises because the car is not parked at
employer-provided parking for a total perio
d of more than 4 hours on the day.
12. Question 2
Does employer-provided parking for vehicles used for work-related
purposes, which are parked next to temporary places of work (e.g.,
electricity substations), constitute a car parking benefit?
Answer
An employee's primary place of employment is the business or
associated premises of the employer where, on a day, duties of work are
performed. A substation can constitute a place of employment on that
day. A car parking fringe benefit may therefore arise where
employer-provided parking is made available at these work
sites.
PART B
Methods of determining the number of
benefits
13. Section 39A of the FBTAA provides that FBT is levied
in respect of actual car parking benefits provided to employees or their
associates if certain criteria are met. Based on those criteria, one car
parking space can give rise to more than one benefit on a day if more
than one car is parked in a space for more than four hours in total.
This may occur because vehicles are coming and going from the car park
during a day, where cars are made available to employees for use on a
pool basis or where employees work in shifts.
14. The number of car parking spaces is not restricted to
physically marked car parking spaces, but includes all spaces which
could reasonably be taken up by a car in an employer's car parking
facility.
15. The number of benefits may be calculated by:
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- keeping actual records of all car parking benefits
provided;
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- the use of a statutory formula; or
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- the use of a representative 12 week
register.
16. An employer may elect to use either the statutory
formula or the 12 week register methods of calculating the number of
benefits provided. An election may cover some or all of the benefits
provided. If no election is made, an employer must calculate the number
of benefits provided by keeping records of actual usage of car parking
spaces.
Actual benefits provided
17. An employer may choose to base the number of taxable
car fringe benefits on a record of the actual number of benefits
provided in an FBT year.
Statutory formula method
18. This method is based on the number of car parking
spaces that an employer has available for employee parking, the cost of
the spaces, and a fixed statutory number of 228 days on which the
benefit is deemed to have been provided.
19. An employer may elect to use this method to cover
some or all of the benefits provided. An employer must specify whether
an election covers all employees, particular employees, or all employees
of a particular class. Under this method, benefits are limited to the
number of car parking spaces which are available.
Where the number of employees equals the number of spaces
available - section 39FA
20. The value of one car parking space for one year is
calculated using the following formula:
Daily rate amount *
(Number of days in availability periods in relation to the space / 366)
* 228
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- The daily rate amount
means the taxable value of one car parking benefit calculated using
either the average cost, the market value or the commercial parking
station method.
- *
- The availability period
means the number of days in an FBT year in which a car parking space is
available for use by each employee covered by the
election.
21. The total taxable value (total statutory benefit) of
all car parking spaces covered by the election is arrived at by:
- (i)
- working out all the amounts calculated by using the formula in
paragraph 20 for each space available;
- (ii)
- working out all of the employee contributions towards the cost of
the benef
it; and
- (iii)
- subtracting (ii) from (i).
22. Example 1
K Ltd carries on business at a warehouse and has 10 car parking
spaces available for use by its employees throughout the availability
period of one FBT year. The company has 15 employees who may use the car
parking facility. The company elects that the statutory formula method
applies to all employees. The daily rate amount has been calculated at
$3.50. The employees make no contribution towards the benefit.
The value of each car parking space for the FBT year is:
$3.50 * 228 = $798.
The total statutory benefit is $798 x 10 = $7,980.
23. Example 2
If K Ltd provided car parking benefits for only half the year,
i.e., the 'availability period' is 183 days, the total statutory benefit
is calculated as follows:
$3.50 * 228 * (183/366) * 10 = $3,990.
Where the number of employees is less than the number of
spaces available - section 39FB
24. If the average number of employees covered by the
election is less than the average number of spaces, the taxable value
may be reduced by multiplying the total statutory benefit by:
(Average number of employees / Average number of eligible
spaces)
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- The average number of employees
is the number of employees covered by the election at the beginning and
at the end of the parking period, divided by two.
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- The average number of eligible spaces
is similarly calculated.
25. This will not apply if the average number of
employees and eligible spaces is not representative. An average will be
unrepresentative if it differs substantially from that established in a
four week period ending on the first day of the parking period or
beginning on the last day of the parking period.
26. Example 3
Given the facts in Example 1
above, the company has 10 spaces available throughout the parking
period. It has 6 employees at the beginning of the parking period and 8
employees at the end (average number of employees is 7).
The company elects that the statutory formula method applies to
all employees. The taxable value is calculated by multiplying the total
statutory benefit by the average number of employees divided by the
average number of spaces. The total statutory benefit is:
($7,980 * 7) / 10 = $5,586.
12 week register method
27. Under Subdivision D of Division 10A of the FBTAA, an
employer may elect to keep a register, for a continuous 12 week period,
to determine the total value of car parking benefits for an FBT
year.
28. An employer may keep separate registers for different
classes of employees.
29. The total taxable value of the employer's car parking
fringe benefits may be determined by the use of the following formula:
(((Total value of car parking benefits (register)) * (52/12)) *
(Number of days in car parking availability periods /
366))
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- The total value of car parking benefits (register)
is the amount that would be calculated by using either the commercial
parking station, market value or average cost method, assuming that the
register had been kept in that FBT year and the value of benefits were
calculated in accordance with the information in the
register.
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- The car parking availability period
is the period between and including the first and last days in the FBT
year in which a car parking benefit is provided for an employee covered
by the election.
30. The 12 week period must be continuous and
representative. Whether a chosen period is representative will depend
upon the nature of the business activities and relevant patterns of
usage.
31. If the register is maintained for one FBT year, it is
valid for that year and the following four FBT years. If the 12 week
period falls across two FBT years, the register is only valid for the
second and subsequent four years.
32. The register will cease to be valid at the end of the
FBT year if the number of benefits provided increases by more than 10%
on any day in that FBT year.
33. If a register becomes invalid, the number of benefits
will be based on whatever records are available, and the taxable value
is calculated using the commercial parking station method.
34. The record keeping requirements of this method are
discussed in PART
E
of this Ruling.
PART C
Valuation methods
35. If an employer does not elect to use a specific
valuation method, the taxable value of the car parking fringe benefit
must be calculated by use of the commercial parking station method. More
than one valuation method may be used to calculate the taxable value of
employer-provided parking facilities. A mixture of acceptable methods
may be used to value separate benefits.
Commercial parking station method - the lowest all-day fee
- section 39C
36. Under this method, the employer records, and applies
as the valuation, the lowest all-day fee charged by any commercial car
park located within a 1 km radius of the employer-provided
parking.
37. The taxable value is the lowest fee charged in the
ordinary course of business, to members of the public, for all-day
parking by any commercial parking station that is located within a 1 km
radius of the premises on which the vehicle is parked.
38. For the FBT year ended 31 March 1994, 'all-day
parking'
was defined as the parking of a single car for a continuous period of
six hours or more. Therefore, the lowest fee charged for any 6 hours of
continuous parking on a particular day was acceptable. The definition of
'all-day parking' was changed from the FBT year ended 31 March 1995. The
6 hours of continuous parking must now fall within the daylight period
hours of 7 am to 7 pm.
39. Example 4
The lowest fee charged by ABC Carpark to members of the public is
$5.50. The lowest fee charged to members of the public for all-day
parking by the nearby XYZ Carpark is $2.00. Both carparks are located
within 1 km of the employer-provided parking. Accordingly, the employer
may value the benefit at the lower of the two available fees, i.e.,
$2.00.
40. If all-day parking is provided by a commercial car
park on a weekly, monthly, yearly or other periodic basis, the operator
is taken to charge, on any particular day, a daily rate equivalent. This
is calculated by use of the formula:
(Total fee / Number of business days in
period)
- *
- Total fee is the total fee charged by the operator in
respect of all-day parking for the total days in that
period.
- *
- A business day
is a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday in the place
concerned.
41. Example 5
A company leases the third floor of the nearby ABC Carpark
mentioned in Example 4
for use by its employees to park when at work. The lease value equates
to $4.00 per day per car parking space (daily rate equivalent), but as
this rate is not generally available to members of the public, it cannot
be used for valuation purposes under this method.
42. Where an employer leases parking in a commercial
parking station, the value for the purposes of the commercial parking
station method need not be the value under the lease. To calculate the
taxable value, if using the commercial parking station method, an
employer need not use the value obtained from the commercial parking
station at which the car parking facilities are provided.
43. The lowest all-day fee may include a fee which a
commercial parking station charges for bona fide
early bird parking or 'car pooling' arrangements where a reasonable
number of parking spaces are set aside for those purposes.
44. A nil fee is not a fee charged and therefore cannot
be used as the lowest all-day fee - see Case 27/95
95 ATC 275; AAT Case 10128
(1995) 30 ATR 1297.
45. Example 6
Apex Parking is a 24 hour commercial car-park. It charges $3.00 a
day for early-bird parking (for cars parked before 7.30 am), $1.50
hourly from 6.30 am to 6 pm with a maximum fee of $6.00 for all day
parking and 20 cents per hour for cars parked between 6 pm and
midnight.
The fee to be used for valuation purposes is $3.00, which is the
lowest fee charged for all-day parking.
Market value basis - section 39D
46. The taxable value under this valuation method is the
amount that the recipient could reasonably be expected to pay for the
benefit if the provider and recipient were at arm's length. A market
valuation, in a form approved by the Commissioner
, must be provided by a suitably qualified valuer
acting at arm's length
in relation to the valuation. The valuation must be made before the
declaration date which is generally the date of lodgment of the FBT
return for the year.
47. The cost and availability of parking of a similar
standard near that being valued is relevant in determining the market
value of a car parking fringe benefit. However, it is inappropriate that
the taxable value of the benefit be determined solely by reference to
the cost of similar nearby car parking where the price of that car
parking is artificially inflated by virtue of a monopoly or due to the
availability of a captive market.
48. Example 7
Seaside Shire Council provides parking to employees in a parking
area in which free all-day parking is also available to members of the
public. In determining the value of the car parking fringe benefit
provided by the council to its employees, it is appropriate for a valuer
to consider the availability of that free public parking.
49. Example 8
Untitled Airlines provides parking to its employees on premises
adjacent to Capital Airport. All the surrounding public parking is
either leased from the Airport Authority or is operated by the Airport
Authority, and is provided to the public at a minimum cost of $20.00 per
day. In determining the market value of the parking provided to the
employees of Untitled Airlines, it is appropriate to take into account
that the value is inflated by the existence of a captive market for
public parking and the monopoly held by the Airport Authority. It may be
inappropriate in these circumstances to base the market value on values
which are inflated.
A suitably qualified valuer
50. A suitably qualified valuer must be at arm's length
in relation to the valuation and must have expertise in the valuation of
car parking facilities. We consider that expertise in the valuation of
parking may be acquired through relevant experience in the parking
industry over a significant period of time or from a course of study.
The attainment of relevant professional qualifications or recognition by
an appropriate professional organisation is indicative of expertise in
this field. The onus of proving that a person has expertise in a
particular field will rest in each case with the employer. A person who
would be likely to be acceptable as an expert witness on the issue of
the valuation of parking facilities before a Court or Tribunal would be
considered to be a suitably qualified valuer.
51. Example 9
Bill is a registered valuer who specialises in the valuation of
commercial properties and car parks associated with commercial
properties for the purposes of determining lease premiums. He is
considered to be suitably qualified.
52. Example 10
Joe has worked as a personnel manager for Undercover Parking for
10 years and has not been involved in the valuation of car parking
services in that time. Due to the nature of Joe's participation in the
car parking industry, it is not considered that he is suitably qualified
to assess the value of car parking facilities.
53. Example 11
John is a real estate agent whose only experience and expertise
is in the area of domestic housing. He is not considered to be a
suitably qualified valuer of car parking facilities.
A valuer must be at arm's length in relation to the
valuation
54. A valuer will not be considered to be at arm's length
in relation to the valuation if they are:
- *
- the employer obtaining the valuation or the provider of the car
parking facilities to be valued;
- *
- an associate of the employer or of the provider of the car
parking facilities to be valued;
- *
- an employee of either the employer or the provider of the car
parking facilities to be valued; or
- *
- an employee of an associate of the employer or the provider of
the car parking facilities to be valued.
55. Example 12
Sue has been employed for 5 years by Undercover Parking as a
sales manager. Her duties include the assessment of the value of car
parks managed by Undercover and determination of the price to be charged
to commercial clients. Although she has no formal qualifications in
property valuation, she is considered to be a suitably qualified valuer
for the purposes discussed above.
However, because Sue is an employee of the provider, she is not
at arm's length in relation to the clients. Therefore, she would be
precluded from providing valuations to clients of Undercover Parking for
the purposes of determining their FBT liability under section
39D.
Form of market valuation
56. A market valuation of a car parking benefit must be
provided in a form approved by the Commissioner. The valuation must:
- *
- be in English;
- *
- include the valuation date;
- *
- give a precise description of the location of the car parking
facilities valued;
- *
- include the number of car parks valued and the value of the car
parks based on a daily rate;
- *
- state the full name of the valuer and a description of his or her
qualifications as a valuer;
- *
- be signed by the valuer; and
- *
- include a declaration stating that the valuer is at arm's length
in relation to the valuation.
57. It is also necessary for the employer to be able to
produce, when required, details of the basis on which the valuation was
determined.
Average cost method
58. Under this method, an employer calculates an average
of the lowest fees charged to members of the public for all-day parking
by a commercial car parking station within 1 km radius of parking
facilities, on the first and last day in an FBT year. The taxable value
is reduced by any recipient's contributions towards the benefit.
59. The fee used is the same as that used for the
commercial parking station method. Because the value is an average of
the lowest fees charged on the first and last days on which parking
benefits are provided, it follows that different commercial parking
stations may be used for valuations.
60. This method cannot be used if the lowest fee charged
is not representative.
61. Example 13
A Company Ltd has, on the first and last days on which it
provided car parking to its employees, determined the lowest fee charged
by a commercial car parking facility. The fees charged were $3.50 on the
first day and $5.50 on the last day of the 1996 FBT year. The fee which
A Company Ltd will use to calculate its car parking benefits is:
($3.50 + $5.50) / 2 = $4.50.
PART D
Record keeping
62. Employers are required by subsection 132(1) of the
FBTAA to keep appropriate records which form the basis upon which FBT
liability is determined. This general record-keeping requirement applies
equally to records which explain the calculation of car parking fringe
benefits. Subsection 132(3) of the FBTAA requires that records relating
to the provision of fringe benefits must be maintained in English or in
a way which is readily accessible and convertible into English. Records
relating to the provision of fringe benefits should be retained by
employers for 5 years.
Actual benefits provided
63. Records kept under this method must be sufficient to
establish the actual number and value of car parking benefits provided
during an FBT year.
64. Employers adopting this method should complete, by
the lodgment date of their FBT return, a declaration stating:
- (a)
- the number of car parking spaces available to be used by
employees and/or their associates;
- (b)
- the daily value of those spaces;
- (c)
- the number of days in the year which are business days of the
employer; and
- (d)
- the method of valuation which the employer has chosen to
use.
65. An employer may keep records noting the occasions
over the FBT year when no car parking benefit arose in respect of a car
parking space because an employee who would normally occupy the parking
space was absent on a particular day.
66. Where the number of employees parking on
employer-provided premises is always fewer than the number of available
car parking spaces, the employer may make an additional declaration in
which is noted the actual number of employees who park on the
premises.
67. Where there are more car parking spaces available
than there are employees or associates who actually park in them, an
employer may make an additional declaration to the effect that a certain
number of car parking spaces are not occupied by employees for a period
of more than 4 hours.
68. An employer may, in addition to the basic records,
note the business days when certain car parking spaces were unoccupied
because particular staff were absent from work.
Statutory formula method
69. Under this method, if the number of car parking
spaces an employer has available does not exceed the number of
employees, an employer is deemed to have provided as many car parking
spaces as he has available over an FBT year. An employer will therefore
need to record the number of car parking spaces available over an FBT
year.
70. In order to reduce the total statutory benefit if the
number of spaces exceeds the number of employees, an employer must keep
a record of the number of employees and spaces at the beginning and end
of the FBT year. This will enable an average number of spaces and
employees to be determined for the year.
12 week register method
71. An employer may elect to keep a 12 week register on
which to base the total value of car parking benefits provided in an FBT
year. The election must specify if it covers all employees, all
employees of a particular class, or particular employees.
72. Where the number of car parking benefits for
employees covered by the election increases by more than 10% on any day
in that FBT year, an employer must complete another register.
73. An employer may also choose to complete a new
register if the provision of car parking benefits decreases.
74. The register must include the following details:
- *
- the date on which each car was parked;
- *
- whether the car was parked for longer than 4 hours;
- *
- whether the car was used to travel between the place of residence
of an employee covered by the election and the primary place of
employment; and
- *
- the place where the car was parked.
75. Entries must be made as soon as practicable after the
above details are known.
76. The 12 week period during which the register is
maintained must be continuous and representative of benefits provided
over a full FBT year.
PART E
Ancillary matters
What is a commercial parking station?
77. The term ' commercial parking station
' is defined in subsection 136(1) as:
'in relation to a particular day, means a permanent commercial
car parking facility where any or all of the car parking spaces are
available in the ordinary course of business to members of the public
for all-day parking
on that day on payment of a fee, but does not include a parking
facility on a public street, road, lane, thoroughfare or footpath paid
for by inserting money in a meter or by obtaining a
voucher.'
78. 'All-day parking'
is defined in subsection 136(1) as:
'in relation to a particular day, means parking of a single car
for a continuous period of 6 hours or more during a daylight
period
on that day' .
79. 'Daylight period'
is defined in subsection 136(1) as the period between 7 am and 7
pm.
80. A vacant lot, utilised commercially as a car park,
could be considered to be a permanent commercial car park even where it
is intended that a building will be erected on the site in due
course.
81. We do not regard the following parking arrangements
as constituting commercial parking stations:
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- car parking facilities, with a primary purpose other than
providing all-day parking, that usually charge penalty rates
significantly higher than the rates chargeable for all-day parking at
commercial all-day parking facilities (such as parking provided for
short term shoppers or hotel guests);
- *
- a car park that is not run with a view to making a profit or
which charges a nominal fee (usually a significantly lower rate than the
current market value), e.g., an all-day parking fee of less than $2.00
is likely to be a nominal fee;
- *
- car parking that is established for a short period to cater for a
special function;
- *
- car parking spaces leased to a tenant by a property developer as
part of an overall lease agreement for business premises;
- *
- parking facilities provided by a sporting venue to persons
associated with the venue where:
- (a)
- parking facilities are usually available only after 5 pm to
coincide with night events; or
- (b)
- parking is available only for a specific event, and the event is
a daytime event; or
- (c)
- parking is available to all members of the public only during
sporting events; and
provided that, when there is no such event, the parking
facilities are not usually available to members of the
public;
- parking provided by a business for its own employees and those of
a nearby business, but to no other person, if there is no commercial car
park within 1 km;
- *
- in an area without a commercial parking station and where street
parking is not permitted, arrangements made by a business for its
employees to park during business hours in yards and driveways of
surrounding houses;
- *
- a kerb side parking meter, from the FBT year commencing 1 April
1994, even where it is possible to purchase all-day parking at the meter
in a single transaction.
Measurement of the 1 km radius between a commercial parking
station and car parking premises - section 39B
82. A commercial car parking station is taken to be
located within a 1 km radius of business or associated premises, if and
only if, a car entrance to the commercial parking station is situated
less than 1 km, by the shortest practicable route, from a car entrance
to those premises. This route can be travelled by foot, car, train,
boat, etc., whichever produces the shortest practicable route.
83. Where the shortest route can be travelled on foot, we
expect that public thoroughfares such as arcades through shopping
centres will be utilised in determining the distance. However, illegal
or impractical shortcuts through, e.g., private property, will not be
considered to be part of a practicable route.
84. The 1 km radius may be measured by using an odometer
reading, a street directory, information available from a public
transport authority or by measurement on a scale map or any other method
that will give a correct indication.
Exempt car parking benefits
85. The payment or reimbursement by an employer of a car
parking expense incurred by an employee will be exempt if the expense is
not a car parking expense payment fringe benefit.
86. Car parking benefits will be exempt if the employer
is a non profit scientific institution, a religious institution or a
Commonwealth, State or Territory government educational
institution.
87. Car parking facilities provided to employees who are
entitled to the use of a disabled person's car parking space are not
subject to fringe benefits tax. A valid disabled persons' car parking
permit should be displayed on the car and the parking space must be
designated for the exclusive use of disabled
persons.
Date of effect
88. This Ruling applies to FBT years commencing both
before and after its date of issue. However, the Ruling does not apply
to taxpayers to the extent that it conflicts with the terms of a
settlement of a dispute agreed to before the date of issue of the Ruling
(see paragraphs 21 and 22 of Taxation Ruling TR 92/20).
Commissioner of Taxation
27 November 1996
Previously released in draft form as TR 96/D13
References
ATO references:
NO 96/11281-5
95/9631-3
BO FBT 171.1
ISSN 1039 - 0731
Related Rulings/Determinations:
MT 2021
TD 94/54
Subject References:
- 12 week record keeping
- availability period
- average cost method
- business days
- business premises
- car parking
- car parking threshold
- commercial parking station
- daily rate amount
- daily rate equivalent
- exempt benefits
- fringe benefits
- market value
- primary place of employment
- public educational institution
- record keeping
- representative fee
- statutory formula
- suitably qualified valuer
- taxable value
- total statutory benefit
- valuer's report
Legislative References:
- FBTAA Div 10A
- FBTAA 39A
- FBTAA 39B
- FBTAA 39C
- FBTAA 39D
- FBTAA 39DA
- FBTAA 39F
- FBTAA 39FA
- FBTAA 39FB
- FBTAA 132(1)
- FBTAA 132(3)
- FBTAA 136(1)
Case References:
Case 27/95
95 ATC 275
AAT Case 10128
(1995) 30 ATR 1297
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