New platform helps small businesses with tax and super

The ATO has launched a new online learning platform offering free courses to help small business owners and operators with their tax and super obligations.

The Essentials to strengthen your small business website includes more than 20 short courses and a calendar of key lodgement due dates.

Content includes videos, case studies, audio content and written information, as well as the option to test your knowledge with quick quizzes.

The content focuses on areas where small business owners often make mistakes, such as the GST and business deductions and also offers help on core business management issues.

Course titles include:

• Starting a small business
• Goods and services tax (GST)
• Using your business money and assets
• Record keeping
• Claiming small business tax deductions
• Growing your small business

The new platform could also be a useful resource for tax practitioners, especially for those that are small businesses themselves, to share and use with their staff and clients.

The website was co-created with small businesses and educational experts to deliver learning pathways that can be customised, depending on each stage of a business’s life cycle, structure and industry.