house keeper offset

sunrise

my mother hold visitor visa,helpme to look after my son and do some house work,she stay her for one year,both of us work full time ,we donot have family benifit A & B,
can we eligible for houskeeper offset.

maylily01

Don't think so. You may ask Centrelink.

junjun

if my memory servers me well, house keeper offset only apply between spouses, not for parents.

bluesky999

Forget this rebate. You're not eligible for it.

coollemon

The housekeeper tax offset is available if the housekeeper is engaged full time in keeping the taxpayer's house in Austrlia or for also caring for
-a child of the taxpayer who is under age 21 , irrespective of the child's seperate net income

However, a taxpayer can't claim a housekeeper tax offset for any part of the financial year during which the taxpayer or spouse is eligible to receive FBT Part B.

Therefore In your Case, I think u are eligible for a housekeeper tax offset for the whole year, if neither your spouse nor you were entitled to family tax benefit (FTB) Part B at any time during the year.
-U could claim maximum $1655 for the whole year or $4.53 a day (NO dependent child or student)
-U could claim maximum $1984 for the whole year or $5.44 a day (With a dependent child aged under 21years or a student aged under 25 years)

Hopefully that explanation does help as I just started my accounting job in Chartered Accountant firm:)

休

其实我认为他这个case关键是他母亲作为非税务居民是否符合housekeeper的定义.由于税局网上没给明确的解释,所以照claim.错了也不罚,只退钱和利息.

sunrise

thanks,every one

maylily01

You are definitely not qualified. Look the link below:

http://www.ato.gov.au/print.asp?doc=/content/19211.htm

It's clear that your housekeeper has to be a resident.

原帖由 休 于 2007-10-23 23:02 发表
其实我认为他这个case关键是他母亲作为非税务居民是否符合housekeeper的定义.由于税局网上没给明确的解释,所以照claim.错了也不罚,只退钱和利息.

休

原帖由 maylily01 于 2007-10-24 09:29 发表
You are definitely not qualified. Look the link below:

http://www.ato.gov.au/print.asp?doc=/content/19211.htm

It's clear that your housekeeper has to be a resident.

Housekeeper tax offset
       

What is a ‘housekeeper’?

A housekeeper is a person who worked full time keeping house for you and cared for:

    * a child of yours aged under 21 years, irrespective of the child’s separate net income (SNI)
      
    * any other child aged under 21 years (including a student aged under 21 years) who was your dependant and whose SNI was less than $1,786
      
    * your invalid relative who was your dependant and for whom you can claim a dependant tax offset – if you are unsure you will need to read invalid relative tax offset, or
      
    * your spouse who received a disability support pension.

Keeping house means more than simply child-minding or performing domestic duties. It includes having some responsibility for the general running of the household.

http://www.ato.gov.au/individual ... =/content/19202.htm

maylily01

I think because housekeeper is not only child-housekeeper, a housekeeper should also satisfy
the eligibility of the child-housekeeper. LZ should contact ATO to clarify this.

休

原帖由 maylily01 于 2007-10-24 10:09 发表
I think because housekeeper is not only child-housekeeper, a housekeeper should also satisfy
the eligibility of the child-housekeeper. LZ should contact ATO to clarify this.

What is a child-housekeeper?

A child-housekeeper is your child, adopted child or stepchild who kept house for you full time. A child who is a full-time student or a full-time employee is not considered to keep house full time. Keeping house means more than simply child-minding or performing domestic duties. It includes having some responsibility for the general running of the household.

Chhild-housekeeper 必须是自己的孩子
Housekeeper 可以是任何人,由于税局网上没有明确的定义,我才建议楼主照claim. 错了也不罚.

goodguy1234

希望问完后,给个结果

goodguy1234

要是能报的话，这倒是一个空子可钻，这有很多父母过来带小孩的，不只他们申请了没

休

原帖由 goodguy1234 于 2007-10-24 10:20 发表
要是能报的话，这倒是一个空子可钻，这有很多父母过来带小孩的，不只他们申请了没

有孩子,不领FTB part B 才合资格.

goodguy1234

看到休这么快回复了，谢谢，还有一个问题，什么是ＰＡＹＧ啊，利息收入多少他会要求你报啊，可不可以不报啊，是要在退税之前报还是什么，没懂这是个什么东西

休

PAYG= Pay As You Go .是由老板发工资时先扣下税,转交税局.利息多少都要报,税局己经从银行收到资料,逃不了.在报税时专门有这一项,填上去就是了.

goodguy1234

问题是收到单子，问你是季报还是年报，这我就没懂了，那你的意思就是不用另外报了哦，报税时报就可以了，因为以前没收过这个单子，只是报税时报的，

休

原帖由 goodguy1234 于 2007-10-24 10:50 发表
问题是收到单子，问你是季报还是年报，这我就没懂了，那你的意思就是不用另外报了哦，报税时报就可以了，因为以前没收过这个单子，只是报税时报的，

利息很多? 对你来说选年报合算.

goodguy1234

谢谢休

sunrise

谢谢休 !

lucyzhou

我认为你不能claim housekeeper offset. 我今天又看了看TAX PACK, 对于Housekeeper 的要求：
1．        Australian Resident， 也包括Temporary resident. 但不能是visitor
2．        不是简单的keeping house, 也包括Financial running, 也就是我们说的管家， 要管钱的， 所以，毕业闲赋在家的学生，一般不是housekeeper. 这点我前几天刚问了我老板
3．        除配偶和孩子的其他housekeeper, 一般限于对残疾配偶和孩子的优惠政策。
所以我认为你不适用任何条件。

此外， 你也不能申请parent tax offset， 这也要求是Australian Resident。

但是，你可以申请，如果税务局5年不查，你也就没事了。我觉得没必要冒这个险。