What part of the world are you in Lee?

Dan, im in Brissy.

Have done, thanks .

mkseven said...

Hi Lee, I use sparky's to run cable. If you interested send me a pm.

and then you can pay yourself or a mate the go windsurfing,,, yeah right... the sticker or the cost of the printing is a deduction not the sail... and even then its a bit dodgy ...

when i asked my accountant this she laughed.., but good luck to ya..

Well if i dont get any work from it at least the stickers will cover holes in my sails!

r2908 said...

when i asked my accountant this she laughed.., but good luck to ya..

I bet she also laughs about how much you pay her and what she is actually doing !
Get a new accountant
Had no problems for 4 years straight and my accountant is as straight as they come

I have literally just last week ordered advertising stickers for my business to go on my sails as a result of the earlier thread about this. My info is the same as what Kev said so all my future windsurfing purchases will be made using my work credit card. I run a promotional merchandise business and have my back window of my car decalled up too so fingers crossed if I only catch 1 persons interest and job then it is objective achieved.
Lee I went and got unvarnished vinyl as varnished would have been twice the price and not nescessarily any better.
I'll let you know how they last.

This might be what you are after
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/Putting-Logos-or-graphics-on-ur-kite/

believe me i pay her loads of money.. so if you have a non sailing company you can deduct WS gear from your tax, if you joint a club that competes . . as advertising.. far out .. thats a cracker !!! . new gear here i come

You can also say your sponsoring a local hotshot and buying him his gear in return for him advertising you name on the equipment, the same way as you can sponsor a local footy team and supplying the clothes with your name on it.
Then just claim it as advertising

Then it just happens that he always has to leave the stuff a your house as he has nowhere to store it.

I wouldn't even bother about the stickers

i cant see the tax man at you local beach with his socks and shoes off looking for a sail with your name on it just cause your claiming a couple of grand for advertising

i dont think the tax man watches every grand prix just to make sure he can see all the stickers on the helmet and cars

theres no law on how you choose to advertise

Just keep your receipts to prove what you spend

r2908 said...

believe me i pay her loads of money..

Yeah that was my point

That would be so distracting!

sick_em_rex said...

gazza said...


I wouldn't even bother about the stickers

You don't sound like you own your own business then Gazza. Personally I want to attract as much attention to mine as possible. My stickers will be on BOTH sides of my sails!

Thats quite funny, ive been working for myself and have employed a couple of guys for the last 13 years.
Haven't needed to advertise in the last 11 years, i suppose its one of the other joys of living in the boom state.

Plus daddy always told me not to mix work with pleasure, i go to the beach to forget work not to find it.

But i do love a good tax scam!!!!!

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I'm with Gazza...although the idea of subsidising the cost of some kit through my business sounds very tempting, I rely on word-of-mouth mainly & honestly...my brain is constantly thinking of work (which I do enjoy as a career), hitting the water switches my brain off work & into reset mode.

If I looked up & saw my logo/details on my sail every few minutes, I doubt I'd enjoy it as much & would probably be constantly going through client's jobs/bills/deadlines etc.