The Australian Tax Office (ATO) Tax Help program is geared for low-income workers who have not earned any income under an ABN.
The free program is open to anyone and helps eligible people earning $70,000 or less lodge their tax return online.
The service is run by accredited volunteers recruited by the ATO with appointments held at the Gosford CBD Community Hub, every second Thursday from 9.30am to 1.30pm starting August 7 through to October 30.
The ATO takes about two weeks to process a return after lodgement.
For appointments, participants will need to bring their myGov usernames and password, mobile phone, bank account details, tax file number, original or amended notice of assessment from any one of the past five years, income statements or payment summaries from all sources, receipts for gifts, donations and work-related expenses, details of any child support payments and details of spouse’s (married or de-facto) taxable income or a reasonable estimate if you had a spouse at any time during the financial year.
For appointments call 4326 7359.
You are eligible for Tax Help if your income is around $70,000 or less for the income year and you did not work as a contractor, run a business, have a partnership or trust matters, sold shares or an investment property, own a rental property, have capital gains tax, receive royalties, receive distribution from a trust other than a managed fund, receive foreign income that is not a foreign pension or annuity.
