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Scenario · Tax and Business Advisory

Prepare a monthly activity statement for review

You are an Accountant in Tax and Business Advisory.

Intermediate3 to 4 hours7 tasks
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The situation

What has happened

Tarrant Freight Services is a company with 58 staff and a fleet of prime movers that lodges monthly activity statements and claims fuel tax credits. The August statement, job JB-26-2198, must be reviewed by the Tax Manager on Wednesday and lodged by 21 September. The bank is reconciled but the GST report shows a refund of 18,400 dollars, far higher than usual, the fuel tax credit calculation still uses the previous rate, a new prime mover was purchased in August with GST on the invoice, and wages in the accounting system do not match the single touch payroll figures by a few hundred dollars. The client must approve the statement through the portal before lodgement.

Your brief. Prepare the August activity statement for Tarrant Freight Services under the Activity Statement Preparation and Lodgement Procedure, with a workpaper that shows how every label was calculated, the GST coding reviewed, fuel tax credits recalculated at the current rate and the wages difference resolved, ready for the registered agent's review and client approval.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Pre-preparation reconciliation checklist
  • Activity statement workpaper with label calculations
  • Fuel tax credit calculation
  • Client approval summary and updated tracker entry

Documents to use

Systems to use

Jobs and Lodgement Tracker

Tracks every bookkeeping, payroll, activity statement, tax return and advisory job with its period, due date, preparer, reviewer and stage.

Client Register

Holds every client's entity details, relationship owner, services engaged, anti-money laundering risk rating and identity verification status.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Financial Services Training Package as at 10 September 2026.

FNSTPB411Complete business activity and instalment activity statements
FNSACC411Process business tax requirements
FNSACC418Work effectively in the accounting and bookkeeping industry
FNSINC413XApply codes and standards of ethical practice to own role

Qualifications

FNS40222Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

The workpaper must show every label traced to source figures. The student must identify that the prime mover purchase explains the refund and confirm the tax invoice supports the credit, apply the current fuel tax credit rate, and resolve the wages difference rather than force it. Check that the statement is prepared for review and approval, not lodged, and that the tracker note is specific.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.