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Doing your tax return can seem overwhelming. How can the ATO help?

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It depends really on how complex your tax affairs are, if you've got simple arrangements, not too many employers, not too much in terms of capital gains tax or of those sort of issues then really it's pretty straight forward and if you go through e-tax then we'll step your through what you need to put into your return and by and large it's not that difficult for most people. If you have a lot of complex situations, as some people do you might want to think about using our website it has a whole lot of information that is available to you or you might want to go to a registered tax agent.

Last Modified: Thursday, 5 July 2012

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