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New employee essentials
Tax information you need to know when you become an employee for the first time.
Basic topics
Starting a job
Tax file number declarations - what are they?
Explains what a tax file number declaration is, and when you need to use one.
How to claim the tax-free threshold
This document explains how to claim the tax-free threshold when you complete a tax file number declaration.
Superannuation - what is it?
What superannuation is and who has to pay it. How to contribute to your superannuation and why it is a good way of saving for your retirement. Whether your employer will contribute to your superannuation, and how much.
Are you in Australia temporarily?
Explains how our tax system affects international students and holidaymakers such as backpackers who work while they are in Australia.
What you can claim
Deductions for specific occupations
How much tax you will pay
Completing your TFN declaration
Planning for your future
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SuperSeeker
Find your lost super
Rates, calculators & tools

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