Pre-filling service - e-tax

The pre-filling service for 2012 is no longer available. E-tax 2012 has now closed so you cannot pre-fill or lodge your 2012 tax return online, even if you have already downloaded the software. If you use a tax agent they can still access your 2012 pre-filling information for you. The e-tax 2013 software and the pre-filling service will be available from 1 July 2013.

About pre-filling

Pre-filling is a service available within e-tax which partially completes your tax return for you. It downloads information straight into your e-tax return using both:

• current year information from organisations that must report to us, such as employers, banks, government agencies and others
• the data we have from your account activity and previous tax returns.

All you have to do is check the pre-filled information and add any missing details.

Pre-filling is designed to help you by making your e-tax return easier to complete and more accurate.

Information is available to download into e-tax within a couple of days of it being sent to us from other organisations, with most information available now.

Watch the Pre-filling video on our YouTube channel.

Our Questions and answers section will help answer the following questions:

• Why should you use pre-filling?
• How do you use the pre-filling service?
• What information can be pre-filled?
• Where is your pre-filling information?
• What if the pre-filled information is wrong?
• Can you rely on pre-filling for lost records?
• How do you subscribe for pre-filling alerts?