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The Free FBT & Christmas Party Guide

Rewarding your team can quietly create a tax bill. Fringe benefits tax catches parties, gifts and perks, and the Christmas rules surprise employers every year. Here is how to stay on the right side of it.

  • ✓ The minor benefits exemption (under $300)
  • ✓ Christmas parties: cost per head and the catch
  • ✓ Staff gifts, entertainment and GST
  • ✓ The electric vehicle FBT exemption

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Reward Your Team Without the Tax Surprise

The $300 exemption

How the minor benefits rule works, and how to keep parties and gifts under it.

The deductibility catch

Why FBT-exempt often means not deductible and no GST credit, and how to choose.

Gifts done right

Why a party and a gift are assessed separately, so both can be exempt.

The EV exemption

Eligible electric cars exempt from FBT, plus the home-charging rate.

From People Who Do FBT for a Living

Ascend Solutions is a CPA-led advisory and bookkeeping practice. We help employers structure parties, gifts and perks so they keep the goodwill and avoid an unexpected FBT bill.

Before You Download

Is the guide really free?
Yes, completely free. Enter your name and email and we send the download link straight to your inbox. No credit card, no catch.
When does FBT apply to me?
FBT can apply whenever you give employees non-cash benefits, parties, gifts, perks. The guide explains the exemptions that keep most modest benefits FBT-free.
Is it current?
Yes. The FBT rate, the $300 minor benefits threshold and the EV exemption are checked against the ATO as at July 2026.
Will you spam me?
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Who wrote it?
The CPA-qualified team at Ascend Solutions, who advise Australian employers on FBT every year.

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