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Cancelling your registration

If your circumstances change and you are no longer eligible to claim, you should cancel your registration.

Last updated 26 September 2021

If your circumstances change and you are no longer eligible to claim fuel tax credits or a Product stewardship for oil benefit, you should cancel your registration. Your cancellation is effective the day you submit the cancellation request.

Find out about:

Fuel tax credits – business

You can cancel your registration for fuel tax credits:

  • online using Online services for business:  
    • Select Profile, and then Tax registrations
    • find Fuel tax credit in your list of current registrations and select Cancel
    • complete all mandatory fields
    • tick the Declaration box and select Submit.
     
  • through your registered tax and BAS agent
  • by phone
  • by lodging the Application to cancel registration (NAT 2955) form, which you can order using our online publication ordering serviceExternal Link

Fuel tax credits – non-business

You should cancel your Fuel tax credits – non-business registration if you are no longer eligible to:

  • claim fuel tax credits for fuel used to generate electricity for domestic purposes
  • operate an emergency vehicle or vessel (non-profit organisations).

You can cancel your registration for fuel tax credits:

  • online using Online services for individuals and sole traders (accessed through myGov):
    • select Tax registration
    • find Fuel tax credit non-GST in your list of current registrations and select Cancel
    • complete all mandatory fields and review the cancellation details – you can make changes or stop the cancellation process here
    • tick the Declaration box and select Submit.
     
  • online using Online services for business, if you are a not-for-profit organisation (not registered for GST)
    • Select Profile, and then Tax registrations
    • find Fuel tax credit non-GST in your list of current registrations and select Cancel
    • complete all mandatory fields and review the cancellation details – you can make changes or stop the cancellation process here
    • tick the Declaration box and select Submit.
     
  • through your registered tax and BAS agent
  • by phone

Product stewardship for oil

If you are no longer eligible to claim a product stewardship for oil (PSO) benefit, you should cancel your registration:

  • online through Online services for business:
    • go to Tax registration
    • click cancel on Product stewardship for oil
    • review the cancellation details – you can make changes or stop the cancellation process here
    • tick the Declaration box and click Submit.
     
  • through your registered tax and BAS agent
  • by phone

We may also cancel your registration if you have not made a claim during a 13-month period. We will notify you in writing if we do this.

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