Completing your Australian tax return

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.