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NOVATED LEASING -
TAX EFFECTIVE SALARY PACKAGING FOR EMPLOYEES
TO ACQUIRE LAPTOP COMPUTERS
Income tax and GST savings
can be provided through a Westminster National
finance package utilising a novated lease agreement
within the employee’s remuneration package.
For Example: Where an employees’ marginal
tax rate is 48.5% (including Medicare levy)
a laptop costing $3500 including GST can be
purchased utilising a Novated lease for a tax
effective cost of circa $2,016. That is, a saving
of 42%!
Under the arrangements, an
employee enters into a standard finance lease
agreement ($50 is the preferred residual) through
Westminster. A novation agreement is simultaneously
entered into between the employee, the employer
and Finance provider.
The novation agreement effectively
transfers the lease obligations (payments) of
the employee to the employer for the term of
the novation agreement. Therefore the employer
or remuneration manager pays the lease payments
directly to the Finance provider. The amount
of the lease payment is deducted from the salary
of the employee effectively reducing before
tax earnings.
If an employee leaves the employment of the
employer, the novation agreement ends and all
obligations under the lease agreement revert
to the departing employee. The employer will
have no further obligation to the Finance provider
apart from advising them that the employee has
left their employment.
Disclaimer:
Please be aware that the information outlined
in this section is solely of a general nature
and is for information purposes only. All parties
seeking to rely on this information should seek
their own professional legal and financial advice
in order to satisfy themselves, in all respects,
as to the product’s suitability for their
purpose.
Novated Lease Application Form
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