myTax 2018 Private health insurance

Complete this section if at any time during 2017–18 you:

• were covered by a private health insurance policy, or
• paid for a dependent-child-only policy.

For this section, the definition of a dependent child is affected by the rules of your health fund. If you are under 25 years old and do not have your own policy, you may be covered as a dependent child on your family policy. If you are unsure about whether this applies to you, check your family private health insurance policy details or contact your insurer.

We will use the information you provide at this section to work out your share of any rebate entitlement. This may result in a tax offset or liability.

Completing this section

Warning:

This information may not apply to the current year. Check the content carefully to ensure it is applicable to your circumstances.

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Note: If you are an overseas visitor, for more information and instructions on how to complete the Medicare levy surcharge and this section, see Overseas visitors.

You will need a statement from your registered health insurer. If you did not receive a statement, contact your insurer.

If you were covered as a dependent child on a family policy, use the information shown on the statement for that policy.

Your tax return may be delayed if you do not use the pre-filled details or your statement and the private health insurance details you provide are incorrect.

We have pre-filled your tax return with private health insurance policies provided to us. Check for additional policies you held that are not pre-filled and ensure you add them.

For each private health insurance policy that has not been pre-filled, complete the following steps.

1. At Private health insurance policies, select Add.
2. Select the Health insurer ID, shown at B on your statement.
3. Enter your Membership number, shown at C on your statement.

We have pre-filled your tax return with private health insurance policy details provided to us. We may have pre-filled the tax claim code for you based on your last year's tax return. Check for additional policy details that are not pre-filled and ensure you add them.

For each policy, complete the following steps for each line of information on your statement.

4. For each line on your statement that has not been pre-filled, select Add at Policy details.
5. Select your Tax claim code.
   For more information, see Working out your tax claim code.
   If you selected the following tax claim codes, you do not need to enter any other information for that line. Go to step 10.
   E – Your spouse is claiming your share of the rebate.
   F – You were covered as a dependent child on a private health insurance policy.
6. Enter Your premiums eligible for Australian Government rebate, shown at J on your statement. Do not show a percentage.
7. Enter Your Australian Government rebate received, shown at K on your statement. Do not show a percentage.
8. Select the Benefit code, shown at L on your statement.
9. If you had a spouse on 30 June 2018 and the Tax claim code you selected is C, answer the question Do you want to claim your spouse's share?
   If Yes, your spouse's share will be automatically completed with tax claim code D.
10. Select Save.
11. Select Save and continue when you have completed the Medicare and private health insurance section.