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Doing your tax return: the essentials
Key information about your options for preparing and lodging your annual income tax return.
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Basic topics
Introduction to tax returns
Need help with your tax?
How much tax you will pay
Medicare levy - what is it?
Medicare is the scheme which gives Australian residents access to health care. To help fund the scheme, resident taxpayers pay a Medicare levy.
What is the tax-free threshold?
This document explains what the tax-free threshold is and what this means to you.
Tax-free threshold for newcomers to Australia
Explains how to work out your tax-free threshold for your first year in Australia.
Special tax rules for under-18s
Special rules apply in taxing the income of people under the age of 18. The rules were introduced to discourage adults from splitting their income and diverting it to their children.
Tax-free threshold if you are leaving Australia permanently
You can only claim the tax-free threshold while you are in Australia.
When you have to lodge
Amendments and audits
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