The Australian Tax Office’s (ATO) free Tax Help program offers assistance for people on low incomes to complete their tax returns.
Tax Help is a free, confidential service, and involves over 1,200 trained community volunteers throughout Australia offering help and guidance. LTSU will offer a Tax Help centre at La Trobe University Bundoora Campus from July to October, using the services of student volunteers who have been trained and accredited to provide this service by the Australian Taxation Office.
Your return will be lodged electronically using e-tax, which means tax returns are processed even faster.
Who can use the Tax Help service?
How to use the LTSU Tax Help Service
Introducing Tax Help
Who can use the Tax Help service?
You are eligible for Tax Help if your income is around $50,000 or less and your tax affairs are straightforward, and especially if you are preparing a tax return for the first time.
Tax Help is for people on low incomes including, but not restricted to, those who are also:
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Seniors
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Students
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People from non-English speaking backgrounds
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People with a disability
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
You are not eligible for Tax Help if any of the following situations applied to you in the income year 2011:2012
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you were employed as a contractor (for example, a contract cleaner or taxi driver)
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you were in business, including being a sole trader
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you sold shares
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you sold an investment property
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you owned a rental property
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you received royalties
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you received distributions from a trust other than a managed fund
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you received foreign income other than a foreign pension or annuity
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How to use the LTSU Tax Help Service
For further enquiries, or to make a booking for the LTSU Tax Help service, please call LTSU Reception on 9479 2314, or visit us on campus. LTSU Reception is located Upper Agora West (behind the Student Lounge)
For more information on the Tax Help program, visit www.ato.gov.au/taxhelp
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