Introduction Background
57.Existing income tax legislation requires the taxable profits of a business to be calculated in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
58.This means that profits are computed on the accruals basis so that income is the income earned in a tax year and not the amounts received in a year; expenses are those incurred in a tax year not the expenses paid out in a tax year.
59.The cash basis introduced by this schedule allows eligible small businesses to choose to use a simpler cash basis to work out their taxable income with effect from the tax year 2013-14.