annual income under 6000, still need to lodge tax return?

stoval

asking the question for a friend:

arrived Australia on 5 May. not seeing a job till end of this financial year. all the possible income will be from deposit instrests only. which will be hundred dollars by the end of June. Does he still need to lodge the tax returen? or no need to do so becuase the income is below $6000??

please help. thanks!

LENNY_DONG

if u do not have tax witheld on that income, do not need lodge.
but better lodge tax return  with no hassle in future

shuangchao

原帖由 stoval 于 2009-5-14 12:06 发表
asking the question for a friend:

arrived Australia on 5 May. not seeing a job till end of this financial year. all the possible income will be from deposit instrests only. which will be hundred do ...

There is no need to lodge unless there is tax withheld, what you can do is, you can lodge a return not required form/CU form(basically notifying the ATO that you don't have to lodge for the year)

stoval

thank you very much. it is very hard to understand the explainations on ATO website.
poor english ...

coollemon

你就LODGE一个CU FOMR嘛!! 就是告诉ATO,你的TAXABLE INCOME WAS BELOW TO THE TAX THRESHOLD OF $6000 FOR 07/08 YEAR.

LENNY_DONG

CU is client update. Easy an quick.

Guys when you tell people sth, do not use professional taxation shortcut

shuangchao

原帖由 STS-TAX 于 2009-5-15 10:24 发表
CU is client update. Easy an quick.

Guys when you tell people sth, do not use professional taxation shortcut

Keep in mind, this is not a formal tax advisory web site, everyone here voice their opinion with good intentions of helping out others. I am sure everyone have plenty of their commitments everyday, therefore we often give out a brief answer. The important thing is that we give the correct answer and not mislead others into doing the wrong thing.

LENNY_DONG

原帖由 shuangchao 于 2009-5-15 11:34 发表


Keep in mind, this is not a formal tax advisory web site, everyone here voice their opinion with good intentions of helping out others. I am sure everyone have plenty of their commitments everyday ...

Keep in mind, Even not every accountant know what mean for CU, right?
When you start your accountancy, your ex-boss told you do CU form, u knew what was that?

stoval

thank you for all the comments and advices.
my friend got answer from ATO: better still lodge tax return, no hassel in the future. just let them how much you earned for this financial year, and why.