Funded review programme
Ten bounties. Ten domains. Named credit.
We are building an open-source operating system for Australian tax compliance. The engines are deterministic — statute compiled into predicates, calculators that produce audit-provable output. Before we ship, we want the statute-to-predicate translation attested by people who have actually applied the law in practice.
Each bounty is a bounded statutory question with a worked example, a set of forensic questions, and a structured verdict form. Expected effort: 1.5–3 hours. Paid on acceptance of your verdict.
Who this is for
The reviewer we’re looking for
Credentials we recognise
- — Chartered Accountant (CA ANZ)
- — Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA, The Tax Institute)
- — CPA (CPA Australia)
- — FIPA / MIPA (Institute of Public Accountants)
- — Registered Tax Agent (TPB) with relevant domain experience
Lapsed membership is fine. Retirement is fine. If you did tax work at a Big-4, mid-tier, or public-practice firm and still enjoy the puzzle, you qualify.
Better fun than Sudoku
Each bounty is a genuine statutory forensic exercise. We give you the section references, a worked example against our calculator’s wire output, and a set of edge-case probes.
You return a structured verdict — ACCEPT, REJECT with reasons, or FIX with the correction. Your reasoning becomes part of the public attestation record for the engine you ratified.
How it works
Four steps from open to paid
Choose a bounty. Email us to reserve it before you start work.
Read the brief, the worked example, and the forensic questions. Statute is pre-cited in the appendix.
Fill out the verdict form. ACCEPT / REJECT / FIX. Cite where you diverge.
We review your verdict, mint it into the public registry, pay within 30 days.
Open bounties
The ten domains
Ranked by effort and prize. Bounty #1 is live and dispatched. Bounties #2–#10 open for applications from today.
Div 7A minimum yearly repayment
Section 109E benchmark interest calculation. The MYR formula and its edge cases — timing, amalgamated loans, shortfall consequences.
Depreciation effective-life lookup
TR 2024/4 effective-life audit. Commissioner’s determination vs self-assessment vs statutory caps.
Instant Asset Write-Off eligibility
$20k IAWO threshold FY2024–25 and the FY2025–26 transition. Aggregation, held-ready-for-use, per-asset test.
Small business general pool
Simplified depreciation pool mechanics. Opening balance, additions, 15%/30% rates, low-pool-value write-off, disposals.
FBT car — statutory formula vs operating cost
Election mechanics between s 9 statutory formula and s 10 operating-cost method. Log book, business-use percentage, taxable-value calculation.
FBT car parking — commercial parking station threshold
Post-TR 2021/2 commercial parking station test. 1 km rule, all-day parking, lowest fee methodology.
Hire purchase — interest apportionment
Division 240 notional-loan treatment. Actuarial vs Rule-of-78 comparison, term-to-maturity effect, tax vs accounting reconciliation.
CGT small business 15-year exemption
Subdivision 152-B. Basic conditions, 15-year ownership, retirement/incapacity nexus, entity-type variations.
CGT small business active-asset test
Half-of-ownership-period test, main-use exclusions (rent), TR 2019/1 guidance on mixed use.
PSI attribution — 80/20 and results test
Personal services income attribution. Results test, unrelated clients test, 80/20 rule, employment test, business premises test.
Attribution
Your name on the record
Every accepted verdict is minted into a public reviewer registry with your name, credential class, jurisdiction, and the verdict hash. The reviewer's reasoning becomes part of the emergent knowledge graph that underwrites the calculator you ratified.
This is not marketing filler. When a customer asks “who says your Division 7A engine is correct?” — the answer is your name, cryptographically bound to the version of the calculator you attested. That binding travels with the engine.
Default attribution: named credit (full name + credential). You can opt down to initialled (e.g. “H.J.”) or anonymous (verdict published without attribution) when you submit.
Terms in brief
The paperwork, short version
Payment
Paid within 30 days of verdict acceptance, by AUD bank transfer. Australian resident reviewers only for the first wave.
IP
You retain moral rights and named credit. Your reasoning and citations become part of the open-source attestation record under an open licence.
Non-acceptance
If we cannot accept the verdict (e.g. incomplete, off-scope), we’ll say why and give you the opportunity to revise. No revision, no payment.
Reservation
Email to reserve a bounty before you start. First-in-first-served. We’ll confirm within 24 hours.
Get in touch
Ready to pick one up?
Reserve a bounty, ask a question, or send us your CV / credentials summary. We reply within one business day.
support@lodgeit.net.au
Or open a GitHub issue on any of our public repos with the tag [bounty-enquiry].