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Completing your Australian tax return

Follow these instructions to complete myTax to ensure that your tax return is filled out correctly and prevent delays with your assessment.

Last updated 24 March 2024

Step 1

On Personalise return screen, select the following:

  • 'You received salary, wages or other income on a payment summary, or Australian Government payments', followed by
  • 'Foreign employment income (on a payment summary)'.

Click Next.

Step 2

On Prepare return screen, alongside 'Payment summaries' section click 'Add/Edit'.

Step 3

In 'Payment summaries' section, alongside 'Foreign employment income', click 'Add'.

Step 4

Show the following details:

  • Payer's name
  • Payer's ABN (if unknown, leave blank)
  • 'Joint Petroleum Development Area (JPDA)' as Foreign employment income type
  • Residency status
  • Any other details from your PAYG payment summary – foreign employment
    Note: You may need to adjust some amounts from your PAYG payment summary – foreign employment in myTax. To see if this applies to you, go to Step 5.

myTax will use your answers to complete the schedule of additional information for you.

Step 5

If the Residency status you selected is:

  • 'A - Australian resident for the whole year', go to Part 1 – Australian Resident.
  • 'B - Timor-Leste resident for the whole year', go to Part 2 – Resident of Timor-Leste.
  • 'C - Resident of another country for the whole year', go to Part 3 – Resident of another country.
  • 'D - Changed residence during the year', you may need to apportion your JPDA income and complete more than one part. You will need to follow the instructions in
    • Part 1 for the period that you were an Australian resident
    • Part 2 for the period that you were a resident of Timor-Leste
    • Part 3 for the period that you were a resident of another country.
     
 

Part 1 – Australian Resident

Use this part if you were an Australian resident for tax purposes during 2015–16.

Part 2 – Resident of Timor-Leste

Use this part if you were a resident of Timor-Leste for tax purposes during 2015–16.

Part 3 – Resident of another country

Use this part if you were a resident of a country other than Australia or Timor-Leste for tax purposes during 2015–16.

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