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FBT Essentials Series
Strategic Tax Benefits in Bite-Sized Sessions Deep dives into vehicles, entertainment, and salary packaging.
This is a 3-part online mini-workshop series running across 3 weeks in September. Each session is 2–3 hours and focuses on a specific area of Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT). Sessions can be purchased individually or as a bundled package.
What is the FBT Essentials Series?
The FBT Essentials Series is a three-part online mini-workshop program designed to help employers, advisors, and finance professionals navigate key areas of Fringe Benefits Tax. Each session is a focused 2–3 hour deep dive into a specific topic, offering practical insights and strategies to help you maximise tax enefits and stay compliant.
Whether you're looking to sharpen your understanding of motor vehicle rules, entertainment expenses, or salary packaging, this series delivers targeted knowledge in a flexible, time-efficient format.
Why Join the FBT Essentials Series?
- Gain practical, up-to-date insights into key FBT areas
- Learn from an experienced FBT specialist
- Attend one session or all three — your choice
- Maximise tax savings and reduce compliance risk
- 100% online — join from anywhere
Workshop Dates & Topics
- 11 September – Deep dive into Motor Vehicles, Valuations, Logbooks & Exemptions, and Car Parking. Explore the rules, exemptions, and valuation methods that apply to employer-provided vehicles and car parking benefits.
- 18 September - Unravelling Entertainment, Food & Drink, and Travel Expenses
Unpack the complexities of entertainment-related expenses and learn how to distinguish between deductible and non-deductible costs. - 25 September - Salary Packaging – A Winning Program for Employers and Their Employees. Discover how to structure effective salary packaging arrangements that benefit both your organisation and your staff.
FAQs
Date and Location
11, 18, 25 September 2025
Online
Time
11 AM to 2.30 PM AEST
Cost
Unit Cost: All prices are AUD excluding GST
- Full Price:
- 1 Workshop only: $350
- Bundle Discount:
- Attend all 3 Workshops: $900
Attending as a group? Email us at eventsanz@thomsonreuters.com to enquire about group pricing.
Don't miss out - register today to guarantee your spot at this exciting event!
Workshop Facilitator
Paul Mather
FBT & Salary Packaging Specialist
Paul has over 25 years hands-on FBT, Employment Taxes & Salary Packaging experience across all industry sectors and businesses ranging from large corporates, SME’s, Not for Profits, Charities, Local State and Federal Government and Accounting Firms.
Paul works closely with Accounting firms to ensure they are proactively managing their clients FBT obligations and have a well structured “FBT Service Line” offering for clients.
In particular, Paul assists employers with:
1. Annual FBT Reporting via Outsource
2. FBT and Employment Taxes Reviews
3. Managing FBT Audits
4. Salary Packaging review, gap analysis and implementation
5. Car Parking FBT Valuation
6. Employee Expense process reviews and implementation
7. Review of Employee benefits, policies and processes
8. ATO and Revenue Office review and audits
Paul is an accomplished trainer and speaker on all areas of FBT, Employment Taxes and Salary Packaging. Paul delivers training in a practical and insightful manner.
Paul is a current member of the ATO’s FBT Stakeholder Group (since 2005).
Paul is the founder of FBT Salary Packaging Solutions (since 2009).
Prior to setting up his own practice in 2009, Paul worked as Director of Employment Taxes at EY Sydney for 10 years