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Tax aṉangu kutju-kutjuku

Learn about paying tax, applying for a TFN, lodging a tax return, receiving income and claiming deductions.

Last updated 12 January 2026

Tax payamilaṉi

Kamantangku nganaṉanya ATO-la waaka ungu mani mantjintjaku aṉangu tjuṯanguṟu, nyangatja panya, payamilaṉi tax paying tax.

Ngana tax mantjilpai nyanganypa payamilantjaku:

  • hospital-ku
  • education-paku
  • roads-paku
  • railways-ku.

Nyuntumpa nampa tax payamilantjaku ngaṟanyi panya mani yaaltjiṯu nyuntu waakanguṟu mantjilkatipai munu tax file number (TFN) kanyiṟampa.

Nyuntumpa tax file number

TFN panya nampa nyuntunya ungu tax munu superannuation-pangka. TFN nampa free.

Nyuntu TFN wiyangka tjinguṟu tax puḻka nguwanpa payamilaṉi.

Nyanga alatji TFN mantjini. Mapaḻku nguwanpa TFN mantjini online.

Nyuntu tjinguṟu document tjuṯa kanyintja wiya, panya birth certificate, passport, drivers licence online-pangka lipulankunytjaku. Nyuntu palya lipulananyi apply for a TFN pipangka Aboriginal munu Torres Strait Islander tjuṯaku.

Media: Pitjantjatjara – 01. Tax aṉangu kutju-kutjuku (Tax for individuals)
https://tv.ato.gov.au/ato-tv/media?v=bd1bdiurzaek9iExternal Link (Duration: 0:59)

Nyuntumpa Tax Return

Nyuntu mani mantjini waakanguṟu, nyuntumpa ngaṟanyi tax return tjunkunytjaku. Aṉangu tjuṯangku tax return tjunkupai 31 October kuwaripangka. Nyuntu palya tax return tjunanyi myTax ATO online services-pangka munta, registered tax waakangka, pipangka palyaṉi.

Nyuntu maḻpa munta nyuntumpa walytjangku palya nyuntunya alpamilaṉi tax return tjunkunytjaku, paluṟu palu tjana puṯu nyuntulanguṟu mani mantjini – registered tax agent-pangku kutju mani nyuntulanguṟu mani mantjini nyuntumpa tax return alpamilaṟa palyara. Nyuntu tax return pipangka nyuntumpa ini walkatjunanyi, panya nyara paluṟu nyuntumpa.

Nyuntu putu nguwanpa kulini tax return tjunkunytjaku munta witu-witu nguwanpa ngaṟanyi, nyuntu palya nganaṉala tjapini kala nyuntunya alpamilaṉi free-angku Tax Help volunteers-nguṟu.

Nyuntu Indigenous helpline palya ringamilaṉi 13 10 30 (8 am-nguṟu, 6 pm-kutu, Monday-nguṟu, Friday-kutu, public alataingka paṯi).

Nyangatja nyawa tax return tjunkunytjaku How to lodge your tax return.External Link

Media: Pitjantjatjara – 02. Tax aṉangu kutju-kutjuku (Tax for individuals)
https://tv.ato.gov.au/ato-tv/media?v=bd1bdiurzaeqx1External Link (Duration: 1:03)

Mani tjarpantja tjuṯa utini

Nyuntu mani uwankaraṯu tjarpantja tjunanyi income yiya nyara palula tax return tjunkula. Nyanga alatji:

  • waakanguṟu
  • mani kutjupa tjuṯa
  • kamantangku ungkuntja munta grants kuḻu
  • mani kutjupa tjuṯa.

Nyuntu tax return tjunanyi myTax-wanu, nganaṉa kutjupaṟa nganana kanyini nyuntu mungaṯu tjunkunytja tjuṯa.

Mani nyanganpa tjunkunytja wiya tax return-pangka

Kutjupaṟa mani kutjupa tjuṯa tjunkunytja wiya tax return-pangka amounts you do not include as income. Nyanga alatji ngaṟanyi kutjupaṟa, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people munu Indigenous holding entities payamilantja wiya tax return tjanampa capital gains native title payments or benefits.

Media: Pitjantjatjara – 03. Tax aṉangu kutju-kutjuku (Tax for individuals)
https://tv.ato.gov.au/ato-tv/media?v=bd1bdiurzaeix9External Link (Duration: 0:41)

Deduction ngatjini

Nyuntu tax return tjunanyi, nyuntu palya tax deduction-paku ngatjini kutjupa-kutjupa tjuṯaku. Nyuntu ngatjini deduction-paku panya waakangka kutjupa-kutjupa tjuṯa payamilantja tjuṯa.

Nyuntu records kanyinma panya receipts munu payamilantja tjuṯa. Nyanga palunya ATO app's myDeductions -pangka tjura nyakukatinytjaku.

Offsets munu rebates

Nyuntumpa tjinguṟu tax offsets and rebates palya ngaṟaku. Nyanga paluṟu panya tjaṟuni nyuntu tax payamilantjaku.

Nyuntu tjinguṟu ngura patu nyinanyi, kutjupa-kutjupa ila wiya, nyuntumpa tjinguṟu palya ngaṟaku zone tax offset mantjintjaku.

Nyuntu tjinguṟu pitulu munta titjilinangka pawa alalpai nyuntumpa waliku, nyuntumpa palya ngaṟanyi, fuel tax credits mantjintjaku. Nyuntu ini warara tjunanyi nyanga palumpa ngatjintjaku.

Media: Pitjantjatjara – 04. Tax aṉangu kutju-kutjuku (Tax for individuals)
https://tv.ato.gov.au/ato-tv/media?v=bd1bdiurzaes9oExternal Link (Duration: 0:51)

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