On your TFN form.......

shane86

When it asks are you an Australian resident for tax purposes, do you answer yes or no? (WHV people Im asking)

Oddly it doesnt seem to be clear cut, I put down yes oin mine, then HR got onto me and are asking me to clarify it. I did the survey online and it came up with yes, but it seemed to be nearly more based on my own opinion of my status! (typically Australian disorganised etc etc Im well used to it by now)

What do the rest of yis go for? Just want to be sure Im eligible for a near on full tax refund like everyone else come July.

Spud83

If you are on a WHV Yes you are an Australian resident for tax purposes. AFAIK all it means is that you pay the same amount of tax as an Australian resident.

hussey

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

If you are on a WHV Yes you are an Australian resident for tax purposes. AFAIK all it means is that you pay the same amount of tax as an Australian resident.

not 100% true

you are a ARfTP if you have been in Oz > 6months and working in the one job for most of that time

shane86

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

If you are on a WHV Yes you are an Australian resident for tax purposes. AFAIK all it means is that you pay the same amount of tax as an Australian resident.

But I get virtually all of it back, no?

Spud83

hussey wrote: »

not 100% true

you are a ARfTP if you have been in Oz > 6months and working in the one job for most of that time

Never knew this.

shane86 wrote: »

But I get virtually all of it back, no?

Thats way too complicated for me.

brendansmith

shane86 wrote: »

But I get virtually all of it back, no?

Virtually??? HAHAHA

hussey

shane86 wrote: »

But I get virtually all of it back, no?

Virtually all - no

what yo do get back is a tax free allowance of 6k
and a tax bracket of 15% for 6001-34000k

what this means in money terms
e.g. you earn 40k over the year

as a backpacker you
will be taxed
29% 0-34000 = 9,860
30% 34001-40000 = 1,800
total tax for a non resident = 11,660

resident for tax
0-6k = 0
15% of 6001-34000 = 4,200
30% of 34001 - 4000 = 1,800
total tax = 6,000

difference = 5,600

plug in your values of how you earned above and it will tell you what you will get back etc

Spud83

I'd like to say hussey seems far more knowledgeable on this than me, so please take his/her advice rather than mine.

Mahatma coat

Just try and convince yer employer ta stick cash in the aul Paw instead, job sorted, none of this fiddlin about with forms.

kinda reminded of that skit from father ted about tom withdrawin his money from the Post Office

Daithio

shane86 wrote: »

When it asks are you an Australian resident for tax purposes, do you answer yes or no? (WHV people Im asking)

Oddly it doesnt seem to be clear cut, I put down yes oin mine, then HR got onto me and are asking me to clarify it. I did the survey online and it came up with yes, but it seemed to be nearly more based on my own opinion of my status! (typically Australian disorganised etc etc Im well used to it by now)

What do the rest of yis go for? Just want to be sure Im eligible for a near on full tax refund like everyone else come July.

Are you from Ireland? Things in general run WAAAAYYYY more smoothly out here in Aus IMO.

hussey

^^^
100% agree, the tax system here is very efficient, Most taz returns can be done online and money in the account within two weeks