It’s that time of year again: Australian tax season! The least favorite of all the seasons. And, if you’re like most people, you’re trying to remember where you can get your Australian tax returns, so you can lodge your taxes and move on. There are a few options–one for locals and one for tourists/visitors:
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Where Can I Get My Australian Tax Returns?
Posted by Tax Advisor on August 9th, 2010How Can I Get Australian Tax Back–And Save Money Doing It?
Posted by Tax Advisor on August 4th, 2010With tax season upon us, most of us are thinking of ways to make sure we get our Australian tax back. After all, it’s not like we have money just lying around to give to the government. More and more tax season seems like a game that we have to try and win if we want to keep our own money.
Fortunately, there are a few ways you can ensure you get your Australian tax back — and some of them are free!
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Is Doing My Tax Return Online A Security Risk?
Posted by Tax Advisor on July 28th, 2010These days, everything is online. From our bank statements to our resumes to our high school photos–its all there out in the open. A lot of times, this just makes things easier and more automated for all of us, especially when it comes to taxes. Being able to lodge a tax return online is one of the biggest conveniences ever created. No more stumbling over maths or taking forever to deal with your tax pack.
But does having a tax return online mean your information is safe?
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Now Is The Time to Lodge Tax Return 2010
Posted by Tax Advisor on July 21st, 2010Tax season is officially underway and, if you’re like most of us, you’re celebrating by avoiding it altogether. Unfortunately, this avoidance could cost you hundreds in tax bonuses, which are only given out to those who file before 30 June. If you wait too long to lodge tax return 2010, you miss out!
There are always excuses, of course.
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Can Lodging Online Tax Save Me Money?
Posted by Tax Advisor on June 9th, 2010In a word? Yes. Even though you’re paying tax preparers to do online tax for you, you’re still saving money in the long run (even though you’re paying them). This sounds like backwards logic, but it’s completely true! In fact, right now, if you don’t lodge your tax online, you’re probably hurting yourself and costing yourself money. Here’s why:
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I Traveled To Australia: Can I Get An Australian Tax Refund?
Posted by Tax Advisor on June 7th, 2010Australia is a hotbed of tourism and people all over the world come to enjoy the beaches, the outback, and the coral reefs that Australia has to offer. The other thing that Australia has to offer is taxes. Like many countries around the world, Australia has a Value Added Tax (VAT) and, like a lot of countries, this VAT can reach up to 17.5%! An awful lot to pay if you’re just visiting.
Fortunately, Australia has a Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) which allows for visitors to its beautiful country to receive some of that VAT back…provided they follow the proper steps. Luckily, the steps are pretty easy:
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Lodge Your Online Tax in 3 Easy Steps
Posted by Tax Advisor on June 3rd, 2010If you’ve ever lodged online tax before, you know what the experience is like. It starts out easy and then, as they ask for more information and you forget what you put before, what you did this year, and the like, it gets harder. Not so hard that you can’t answer–but hard enough that some preparation would have helped a lot. So here are three easy steps to make sure you get from start to finish much faster this year.
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4 Things to Know About Lodging an Australian Tax Return Online
Posted by Tax Advisor on June 3rd, 2010Tax time is a stressful time for most of us. Beyond the pain of having to give away a big chunk of our money, we also are forced to figure out just how much of that money we have to give away. As if losing income wasn’t enough, the government wants us to do maths! Fortunately, the option to lodge an Australian tax return online means that at least some of the problems have been removed.
Still, here are 4 things you should know about doing your Australian tax return online:
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3 Steps to Lodging Taxes Online Easily
Posted by Tax Advisor on June 3rd, 2010There’s a lot of ways computers make our lives harder. Printers. Crashing. Windows Vista. But there are moments when computers connect us to truly wonderful things. Things like helping us by lodging taxes online.
That’s right. No fuss. No muss. A few clicks. A few forms. And you’re done with your taxes for the year. When you’re lodging taxes online you don’t have to spend days getting a headache over maths. You can be done in an afternoon. That is, if you pick the right place to go. Some sites (some tax offices…) make the whole thing more confusing than it needs to be. So here are 3 steps for lodging taxes online easily, when computers go and muck things up again.
