Why Now’s the Best Time to Upgrade Office Furniture
As EOFY 2025 approaches, now’s the time to look at your office furniture and assess what needs to be replaced or added to your workspace. It’s a solid opportunity to look into ergonomic furniture for the office, both from a financial and employee well-being standpoint.
Because if you’re going to upgrade the office furniture you have in any capacity, you may as well consider the options that will allow employees to work with greater comfort and focus.
Tax advantages before EOFY
With furniture purchases, there can be several tax advantages that come with making these purchases before the end of the financial year rolls around. For example, if your business is eligible, the ATO permits instant asset write-offs, in which you can immediately claim a deduction for the business portion of an asset’s cost - this can include furniture.
Even if you can’t get an instant write-off, a lot of furniture qualifies as capital equipment. These are items that your business will use for a prolonged period (over several years), and you can claim the expenses of these purchases over several years.
Remember that, as with any purchase you’re making and aiming to claim for tax purposes, you should speak with your account or tax professional to ensure the furniture you’re looking at qualifies.
Boosting employee productivity and wellbeing
Now, outside of all the tax advantages that securing ergonomic office furniture for EOFY can bring, there are also the very real benefits that comfortable and posture-supporting furniture bring to the workplace at large.
The key purpose of ergonomic furniture is to make work more comfortable. Whether you’re talking about chairs, desks, or simple computer accessories like a wrist rest mousepad, all of these can help reduce strain on specific body parts, muscles, and tissue. This results in less discomfort and can also contribute to a lower incidence of repetitive strain injuries. Ergonomic accommodations in the workplace are beneficial to all.
This can lead to improved morale, reduce the frequency of sick days due to strain or injury, and can even make your business an appealing place for people to work. You shouldn’t undervalue how good modern workspaces can attract great talent.
Ergonomic Essentials for a Healthier Workspace
Chairs – Fleet, Vella, Fitzroy
In an office space, three specific types of office chairs have become synonymous with ergonomic design. These are the Fleet, Vella, and Fitzroy chairs.
Fleet chairs are a dependable, everyday task chair. Their ergonomic features typically include adjustable seat heights and tilts, a basic level of lumbar support, a lightweight frame, and typically a mesh back for breathability. They can be a good fit for standard desks, home offices, and shared workstations.
Vella chairs are often seen as the premium ergonomic option and are typically a type of executive office chair designed for long-duration sitting. They often include multi-point adjustability (things like seat depth, armrests, tilt tension, etc.), high-back support with contoured lumbar zones, and padded seats and headrests made of premium upholstery (such as leather).
Fitzroy chairs are a more modern ergonomic chair, often used in open-plan offices and meeting rooms. Their ergonomic features usually sit somewhere between what’s offered in a Fleet and Vella chair. This includes mid-back support and a solid degree of adjustability (height, tilt, etc.) that is more extensive than a Fleet chair but usually less than a Vella chair. As Fitzroy chairs are often used in more modern open-plan offices, they tend to have sleek lines and colour options that match modern design sensibilities.
Sit-stand desks and monitor arms
Sit-stand desks and monitor arms are worthwhile investments in office spaces where staff will work in front of a computer all day. Sit-stand desks are height-adjustable desks that allow you to sit and stand as needed.
Sit-stand desks aren’t just beneficial from an ergonomic perspective; they can also help change how people perform otherwise sedentary jobs (ones where they sit for prolonged periods). Alternating between sitting and standing can reduce the potential health impacts of sedentary work and help improve your posture. And thanks to their height-adjustable nature, they work for people of almost any height.
Monitor arms are another worthwhile investment. These allow you to secure computer monitors to them and freely move the monitors up, down, or side to side for better viewing angles. This can help address issues such as neck and shoulder strain that can otherwise occur when monitors are limited to one specific viewing angle/level.
EOFY Offers to Take Advantage Of
Once the EOFY sales start to roll around, that’s when it’s time to start securing the ergonomic furniture you can for your office. It’s a good idea to make a list of the furniture you’re on the lookout for before any EOFYS begins, so that you can hit the ground running when they start up.
Featured ergonomic chair discounts
EOFY sales will undoubtedly ramp up in the coming weeks, and this will be the time to look around for any ergonomic furniture discounts. This includes office chair EOFY discounts, especially the ergonomic designs of the Fleet, Vella, and Fitzroy-style office chairs.
Wherever you’re searching, including here on Office Choice, search terms like “ergonomic furniture”, “ergonomic chairs”, “standing desks”, and “monitor arms” are good starting points. Then see what results come up.
For certain ergonomic products, they even include bulk-buy or bundling options that could result in even greater savings for your business. And if you happen to find listings that include free delivery or extended warranties at no additional cost, these are certainly worth your consideration.
Fit-out packages
If you’re looking to overhaul your office space, you may also find that fit-out packages are being offered as part of EOFY sales. You can look into these and see if any include options that would involve a broad use of ergonomic furniture, tools, and accessories (e.g. a fit-out that includes sit-stand desks, ergonomic chairs, monitor arms, mouse and keyboard pads that offer wrist support, and even lighting solutions to reduce eye strain).
This option is naturally best-suited to businesses that are looking to completely change the layout or design of their office space. If you can arrange for these to be completed before 30 June rolls around, then you may be able to claim significant portions for tax purposes. Once again, you should speak directly with your accountant or tax professional to confirm what’s possible.
As EOFY approaches, be sure to look at the ergonomic furniture and accessories we sell at Office Choice. And if you’re interested in any bulk-purchasing options for your business, get in touch or visit your local store, and we’ll discuss what we can do for you.