A2 - Part-year tax-free threshold 2012

If you were not an Australian resident for the whole 2011-12 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 2011-12 did you:

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

Completing your tax return

If you became an Australian resident in 2011-12

Step 1

Write the date you became 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 2011-12 (counting the first month during which you became a resident) at N item A2. For example, if you became a resident in November 2011 and remained a resident for the rest of the income year, you would write 8.

If you stopped being an Australian resident in 2011-12

Step 1

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

Step 2

Write the number of months from 1 July 2011 to when you stopped being an Australian resident (counting the month in which you stopped being a resident) at N item A2. For example, if you stopped being a resident in September 2011, you would write 3.