A2 Part-year tax-free threshold 2015

If you were not an Australian resident for the whole 2014-15 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 an Australian resident for tax purposes?

In 2014–15 did you:

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

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

Was this amount only for:

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

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 2014–15 (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 2014 and remained a resident for the rest of the income year, you would write 8
• stopped being a resident in September 2014, you would write 3.

Where to go next

• Go to question A3 Government super contributions 2015.
• Return to main menu Individual tax return instructions.
• Go back to question A1 Under 18.