Guide to lodging your tax return

Use a registered tax agent

You can engage a registered tax agent to prepare and lodge your tax return for you.

Registered tax agents are the only people allowed to charge a fee to prepare and lodge your tax return. They must be registered with the Tax Practitioners Board and follow strict regulations that ensure they act in a professional manner.

You can find a registered tax agent or check whether a person is a registered tax agent at the Tax Practitioners Board website.

We cannot recommend specific agents, so make sure you ask the agent about their fees and their expertise with the type of return you need their help with before you decide who to use.

Remember - you are responsible for all the information on your tax return even if a registered tax agent completes it for you. You will be responsible for any extra tax if your agent has made a mistake.

Most registered tax agents have special lodgment schedules and can lodge returns for their clients later than the usual 31 October deadline. But if you did not go to a registered tax agent last year - or you will be going to a different tax agent this year - make sure you see them before 31 October.

If you want to make a complaint about a registered tax agent, contact the Tax Practitioners Board.

	For more information refer to the Tax Practitioners Board website (www.tpb.gov.au)
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Sections within How to lodge your tax return

• Lodge online using e-tax
• Lodge by mail
• Lodge by telephone
• Use a registered tax agent
• Signing your tax return or verifying your identity
• Lodging from overseas
• Lodging a prior year return