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A2 - Part-year tax-free threshold 2013

Complete question A2 if you were not an Australian resident for the whole financial year.

Last updated 27 May 2013

If you were not an Australian resident for the whole 2012-13 year, we use the information you show at this item on your tax return to work out your tax-free threshold.

If you are not sure whether you are an Australian resident, read Are you a resident?

In 2012-13 did you:

  • become an Australian resident, or
  • stop being an Australian resident?

No

Go to question A3 Government super contributions 2013.

Yes

Read on.

Did you receive any Australian Government pension or allowance, which you showed at item 5 or item 6?

No

Go to Completing your tax return.

Yes

Read on.

Was this amount only for:

  • Youth Allowance
  • Newstart
  • a sickness allowance
  • a special benefit, or
  • a payment under the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) Scheme?

Yes

Go to Completing your tax return.

No

You are entitled to the full tax-free threshold. You do not need to answer this question. Go to question A3.

Completing your tax return

Step 1

Write the date you became, or stopped being, an Australian resident for tax purposes in the Date box at item A2.

Step 2

Write the number of months that you were an Australian resident in 2012-13 (counting the first month during which you became, or stopped being, a resident) at N item A2.

For example, if you:

  • became a resident in November 2012 and remained a resident for the rest of the income year, you would write 8
  • stopped being a resident in September 2012, you would write 3.

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