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Should I use Taxback.com or go to an agent for my tax return?

  • 07-07-2015 1:56am
    #1
    CM24
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭


    So I'm on my 2nd year Working Holiday visa. I'm owed back all the tax that I paid in the 14/15 tax year. I work in a gym as a PT and I have to pay them $200 a week for the use of the premises. As far as I know I can claim this back as a work expense, along with all of the equipment I have purchased for work.
    I have receipts for all these things.

    I also did my farming and have all my PAYG/ Final Payment summaries which show the total amount of tax witheld.

    I should be able to claim a couple of grand back.

    Some of my friends have just gone to their local tax agents and paid them around $100 to get their tax return sorted out.

    I can do it online via Taxback.com and they promise that they will get you the maximum possible return but apparently they take a percentage of it.

    Which is the better option for me? I'd like to try get the cash ASAP but I don't want to get ripped off either.


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  • #2
    d.pop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭d.pop


    CM24 wrote: »
    So I'm on my 2nd year Working Holiday visa. I'm owed back all the tax that I paid in the 14/15 tax year. I work in a gym as a PT and I have to pay them $200 a week for the use of the premises. As far as I know I can claim this back as a work expense, along with all of the equipment I have purchased for work.
    I have receipts for all these things.

    I also did my farming and have all my PAYG/ Final Payment summaries which show the total amount of tax witheld.

    I should be able to claim a couple of grand back.

    Some of my friends have just gone to their local tax agents and paid them around $100 to get their tax return sorted out.

    I can do it online via Taxback.com and they promise that they will get you the maximum possible return but apparently they take a percentage of it.

    Which is the better option for me? I'd like to try get the cash ASAP but I don't want to get ripped off either.

    If your tax return is not too complicated you could do it yourself by downloading the etax from the ATO? It's free...

    Personally I use HR block, they charge a flat fee around $100-150 but have got me some good returns in the past, I think the tax agents generally get a slightly better return than you would for yourself, it's just that their familiarity with the various options is worth a few hundred dollars straight away I think.


  • #3
    d.pop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭d.pop


    Forgot to say, the refund comes from the ATO and at this time of year usually takes around 2 weeks unless you get audited.... Randomly chosen to submit all your receipts etc for reconciliation with what you claimed...


  • #4
    Batgurl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭Batgurl


    If you worked in a gym and paid them, wouldn't you have been a contractor on ABN? And so need to file a business return as well as an employee return?


  • #5
    CM24
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭CM24


    Batgurl wrote: »
    If you worked in a gym and paid them, wouldn't you have been a contractor on ABN? And so need to file a business return as well as an employee return?

    I have no idea! I have my own ABN and am techinically running my own business. I'll go into a tax agent tomorrow and find out.


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