Successful grant recipients must: 

• Agree to acknowledge the financial assistance by placing the City of Melville logo (supplied by the Council) on all promotion/fliers/stationery, etc.
• Undertake joint media promotion with the City of Melville.
• Agree to special conditions, if necessary, in relation to financial assistance addressing relevant elements of the City’s Strategic Plan.
• Agree to provide a report and details on the acquittal of the funds (on the relevant form provided) at the completion of the twelve-month funding period.

Important information on the goods and services tax

The following guidelines are provided to help organisations understand the GST:

• Under the new Federal legislation relating to the Goods and Services Tax (GST), financial assistance received by an organisation may be subject to GST.
• Organisations that have an Australian Business Number (ABN) and are registered for the GST- will be liable to pay GST to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) on any financial assistance received from the City of Melville. In this case the Council will provide a "cashed-up" amount, i.e. it will include an additional 10% for the GST. For example, if an organisation applies for financial assistance of $1,000 and the Council approves it, they will receive $1,100. Organisations will be asked to provide a tax invoice to the City of Melville, and the Council will then claim the GST component back from the ATO as an input tax credit.
• Organisations that have an Australian Business Number (ABN) and are not registered for the GST- will not be liable to pay GST to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), on any financial assistance received from the City of Melville. In this case the Council will not "cash- up" the financial assistance amount.
• Organisations that do not have an Australian Business Number (ABN) and are not registered for the GST- will not be liable to pay GST on any financial assistance received from the City of Melville, if they can provide proof that their organisation is not required to have an ABN (please complete the "Statement By A Supplier" form which is available from the Australian Taxation Office). If this is not provided, the organisation may have 48.5% of their financial assistance payment withheld by the City of Melville, which is then payable to the Australian Taxation Office.

For more information telephone the Customer Service Officer on 9364 0652 or 9364 0656 who will refer you to the appropriate Cultural and Community Development Officer.

The applications can be received either by fax to 08 9364 0285 marked attention to the Community Development Officer, by post to City of Melville, Locked Bag 1, Booragoon 6954 or in person to the foyer of the Civic Centre at 10 Almondbury Road Booragoon.