The South Australian Business Support is comprised of two grants:

1. Employing Businesses, that meet the eligibility criteria, have access to a $3,000 grant; and
2. Non-employing Businesses, that meet the eligibility criteria, have access to a $1,000 grant.

Yes, mobile businesses are eligible to apply subject to meeting the other eligibility criteria.

To be considered an employee, staff must be under the control of the business, receive regular PAYG salary or wages, and have Pay As You Go Withholding amounts as well as superannuation paid by the employer.

Sole traders that do not employ staff may apply for the $1,000 (Non-employing Business) grant.

Sole traders that employ staff may apply for the $3,000 (Employing Business) grant.  A business or not-for-profit must have employed staff as at 12:01am Tuesday 20 July 2021 to be eligible for this grant.  To be considered an employee, staff must be under the control of the business, receive regular PAYG salary or wages, and have Pay As You Go Withholding amounts and superannuation paid by the employer.  An owner is not considered to be an employee for the purpose of the $3,000 grant.

The $1,000 (Non-employing Business) grant is open to partnerships that do not employ staff.

To be eligible for the $3,000 (Employing Business) grant a business or not-for-profit must have employed staff as at 12:01am Tuesday 20 July 2021.  Partners are not considered to be employees for the purpose of the $3,000 grant.

A trust structure does not prevent an applicant from applying or being eligible for the Business Support Grant. The trust will still need to meet all the criteria of the grant programs.

A beneficiary of a trust is not deemed an employee, just because they are a beneficiary. Being deemed an employee requires a genuine employer/employee relationship with Pay As You Go Withholding amounts and superannuation paid by the employer.

A company can employ a director or shareholder in a role other than a director or shareholder. The employee would receive regular PAYG salary or wages, and Pay As You Go Withholding amounts and superannuation would be paid by the employer. Where the company employs workers, including a director or shareholder, they may be eligible for the $3,000 (Employing Business) grant.

No, where multiple non-employing businesses meeting the eligibility criteria are controlled by one individual, company, partnership, or trustee, funding will be restricted to one grant for all non-employing businesses controlled by the individual, company, partnership, or trustee.

Turnover will be defined according to the current calculation for GST purposes and is reported on Business Activity Statements. It includes all taxable supplies and all GST free supplies but not input taxed supplies.

Under the GST law, only Australian based sales are included and therefore, only Australian based turnover is relevant.

Businesses will be required to declare a reduction in turnover due to restricted trading conditions. They will not be required to provide any supporting information at the time of application but will be required to retain supporting information for 2 years that could be made available if required such as:

• Turnover comparison data for the week prior to the assessment period;
• Emails or texts to or from clients or suppliers detailing cancelled orders or appointments;
• Receipts for refunds provided;
• Invoices or delivery dockets;
• Appointment/scheduling platform, demonstrating cancelled appointments or bookings; and / or
• Screenshots of cancelled events

A Business Activity Statement (BAS) is required as evidence that your business has an annual turnover of more than $75,000.  If you are unable to provide a BAS, you must provide business bank statements or audited financial statements to evidence that your business activities in the 2019-20 or 2020‑21 financial year meet the eligibility criteria.

Where a business was operating prior to 21 July 2021 and does not have a full year of trading history but their turnover since commencement is consistent with achieving an annualised turnover of $75,000, the business should apply for the grant and include in the supporting attachments the most recent BAS plus any other material that supports an assessment of annualised turnover.  This will include evidence of the date trading commenced.

No, eligibility requirements are for turnover greater than $75,000 in 2019-20 or 2020‑21.

Owners of non-employing businesses may be eligible for the COVID-19 Disaster Payment if they have had a reduction in work hours.

For more information on the Commonwealth COVID-19 Disaster Payment, please visit: https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/covid-19-disaster-payment

The BAS registration threshold for not-for-profit organisations is $150,000 so it is possible to have annual turnover greater than $75,000 but not be registered.  Not-for-profit organisations that are not registered for GST are asked to upload evidence with their application that annual turnover is greater than $75,000.

1. Evidence must clearly indicate that the business activity statement has been lodged with the ATO (lodged Business Activity Statements are available on the ATO’s Business Portal or through your tax agent).
2. Activity has occurred in FY2020-21 (can be either monthly or quarterly BAS, depending on how your business reports).
3. If on an ATO letterhead – it should include the phrase “Activity Statement”.
4. Multiple forms of evidence may make up an acceptable submission, as long as there is:
   1. Evidence it has been lodged with the ATO (could include payment confirmation).
   2. An ABN (first 11 digits of BPAY reference may include ABN if not stated elsewhere).
   3. Activity has occurred in the current financial year

Employing businesses and not-for-profit organisations can apply for a one-off grant of $3,000.

Non-employing businesses and not-for-profits can apply for a one-off grant of $1,000

Not-for-profit organisations may apply for a grant as long as they meet the eligibility criteria.

No. The grants are provided to support eligible businesses that have been adversely impacted by COVID-19.
This may include expenditure on:

• Utilities, salaries and rent.
• Seeking financial, legal or other advice to support business continuity planning.
• Developing the business through marketing and communications activities.
• Other supporting activities related to the operation of the business.

JobKeeper payments are excluded from the calculation of total Australian payroll.

Yes.

Yes, it is permissible for an agent such as an accountant or lawyer to submit the application on behalf of business provided they have been instructed to do so by the following authorised people:

• In the case of a business that is a sole trader that employs, the sole trader
• In the case of a business that is a partnership that employs, a partner
• In the case of a business that is a body corporate that employs, a director, secretary, public officer or equivalent.

South Australia’s COVID-19 Business Support Grant – July 2021 and COVID-19 Additional Business Support Grant are considered as non-assessable, non-exempt (NANE) for income tax purposes.

Yes, a simplified application process is being used for businesses that were paid grants in either Round 1 or Round 2 of the COVID-19 Small Business Grants program based on having already satisfied a number of the eligibility criteria.

All grant recipients in either Round 1 or Round 2 of the COVID-19 Small Business Grants program have been contacted through the email address provided as part of their original grant application.

If you were successful in Round 1 or 2 of the COVID-19 Small Business Grants program and have not received an email advising of how to proceed with a Business Support Grant application, please email: BusinessSupportGrant@sa.gov.au

Please enter your email address and select the ‘Verify’ button. A security code will then be sent to that email address, and a second row will appear on the application form page asking for the security code.

To verify the email address, enter the security code into the second row, and then select the ‘Next’ button. If you instead select the ‘verify’ button, a new code will be sent to your email address and you will then have to enter that code into the second row (and select ‘Next” to proceed).

Please note: if you do not receive a verification code in your inbox check the spam/junk folder.

To complete your address details, follow the following steps:

1. Click on the drop down field to select Address type (Australian, Overseas, Other)
2. (where “Australian” is selected in step 1 above) type in your address details and click Search
3. Select your address from the list that appears to validate your address.
4. If your address is not found, please select Address Type Other to complete.

The ABN field is linked to the Australian Business Register for all registered ABNs. Please ensure that you enter all 11 digits of your ABN without any spaces, starting at the far left of the blank data field, then select the ‘verify’ button to verify the ABN. This will populate the fields directly below the ABN field with your registered business details.

Please enter the first three digits of your BSB, followed by a hyphen, then select the drop-down arrow and scroll through the list until you find your BSB.

If applicants are experiencing issues uploading their Business Activity Statement it is recommended that they use an alternate internet browser

That functionality is not currently available in the grant system.  If you wish to provide additional information to the grant assessment team, please email businesssupportgrant@sa.gov.au