Tax Planning
Rake Documentation Article
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Launch Tax Planning Dashboard📋 Overview
The Tax Planning panel evaluates your real-time tax positions, projects potential end-of-year liabilities, and tracks your compliance posture regarding specific Australian regulatory frameworks including the ATO PSI Self-Assessment.
⚙️ Run a Tax Projection
- Open the Tax Planning view
- Select your target Financial Year scope
- The module pulls actual data from finalized invoices and projections from forecasts
- Amounts are run through current ATO marginal tax brackets automatically
- Expand the ATO PSI Self-Assessment Checklist to step through statutory tests
📑 Field Definitions
| Field | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Actual & Projected Income | Currency | Net revenue minus deductions, combined with forecast values |
| Estimated Tax Payable | Currency | Projected liability using current FY individual marginal tax tables |
| Medicare Levy | Currency | Auto-calculated at 2% of projected taxable income |
| PSI vs PSB Status | Enum | Compliance determination: Personal Services Income or Personal Services Business |
🔗 System Interrelationships
This view relies on data from across the app. It reads actuals from Invoicing & Billing, forward-looking data from Planner & Forecast, and business structure profiles from Business Entity Setup. The resulting PSB status determination directly changes how the PSI Extraction Scenarios module models your tax optimization structures.