关于税务的一个问题

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本人刚来澳州不久（3月初到达），也刚刚开始工作（5月初）。对于税务的很多事情不甚了解，希望大家可以指点一下。

现在是我跟我太太在这里，我是全职工作，太太做周末的part-timer。没有孩子。我们打算把父母接来一起住。请问父母同住，对于退税有任何的帮助吗？

谢谢了。

黑山老妖

父母和你们同住而且不工作可以算dependent。可以有一定的tax offset。好像几千一年吧。

bffbffbff

申请这种政策的税务优惠 要求 一起住的父母必须是PR 或 公民吗？

夢回唐朝

原帖由 bffbffbff 于 2008-5-26 09:33 发表
申请这种政策的税务优惠 要求 一起住的父母必须是PR 或 公民吗？

白老大，这个问题讨论过N遍，翻翻老贴，大致就是一部分认为要长期居住为前提不能是来度假的，但也有不同意的，但还没有具体的实例，偶倾向于前者ATO不应该是那样宽容滴

Artcore

As long as your parents are dependent for tax purposes.

From ATO website

Who is a dependant?
A dependant can be:

your spouse – married or de facto (see the definition of spouse)
your parents or spouse’s parents
a student under 25 years old who is studying full time at school, college or university
a child – including your stepchild or adopted child – who is under 21 years old and not a student
a child-housekeeper – your child of any age who works full time keeping house for you
an invalid relative – your child, brother or sister – who is 16 years or older and:
receives a disability support pension or a special needs disability support pension, or
has a certificate from a Commonwealth-approved doctor certifying a continuing inability to work

General rule of thumb, stay in Australia for more than 6 months.

夢回唐朝

这个太简单了，父母offset要满足很多条件的，翻翻以前的贴子讨论过很多遍, 如果只是探亲来的应该不可以

smallpig1

General rule of thumb, stay in Australia for more than 6 months.
Key point

探亲的可以

夢回唐朝

http://calculators.ato.gov.au/sc ... _2007.XR4&go=ok

Parent, spouse's parent or invalid relative tax offset calculator - 2007  
  
  
This tool works out the amount of tax offset that you can claim for a dependent parent, spouse's parent or invalid relative.  
  
  Please note:  
At least one of the following conditions must apply to each relative you wish  to claim for:
you and the dependant resided together,
you gave the dependant food, clothing and lodging, and/or
you helped to pay their living and medical costs etc.
No offset will be available for:
a parent, if their separate net income exceeds $6,237, or
an invalid relative, if their separate net income exceeds $3,261

You cannot claim a tax offset if your dependant did not reside in Australia or they were only visiting you during a holiday in Australia.

You can claim a dependant tax offset only if you were an Australian resident for tax purposes.

bffbffbff

反正对我的情况来说没不同了，就是不可以~

Artcore

Generally, a person is considered to be an Australian resident for tax purposes if:

• they have always lived in Australia or they have come to Australia and live here permanently
• they have been in Australia continuously for six months or more and for most of that time they worked in the one job and lived at the same place, or
• they have actually been in Australia for more than half of 2005–06 – unless their usual home is overseas and they do not intend to live in Australia.
  

Resident for tax purposes is different to PR or citizen, 如果符合这个条件,余下的I assume LZ都到达了.

父母和你住for the whole financial year (or pro rata),他们没有收入(Separate Net Income < $282, or pro rata, capped at $6442), you provide  food, clothing, housing and general maintenance to your parents.

Maximum rebate for one dependant parent is $1,540.

夢回唐朝

其他都不重要这句话才是每年都来讨论的关键

You cannot claim a tax offset if your dependant did not reside in Australia or they were only visiting you during a holiday in Australia.

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十分感谢楼上各位提供的信息。

风中旗

按理说探亲是不行的。但很多人都claim。ATO也没精力管。

大饼

没戏了

我父母已退休，所以不是visiting you during a holiday in Australia
可是他们 did not reside in Australia

大饼

原帖由 风中旗 于 2008-5-26 16:06 发表
按理说探亲是不行的。但很多人都claim。ATO也没精力管。

问题是有人因此被ATO要求补交tax甚至罚款吗？

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我打算让他们来住一年。所以6个月应该是没有问题的。
从那个网站上面算来，父母两个可以有差不多3000块的offset。

夢回唐朝

原帖由 大饼 于 2008-5-26 16:09 发表

问题是有人因此被ATO要求补交tax甚至罚款吗？

记得以前讨论的一个贴子里，休大师说过探亲签证不可以且有案例

smallpig1

Tourist Visa (Subclass 676)

This visa is for people who want to visit Australia for a holiday or recreation, visit family and/or friends, or study for up to three months. This visa may also be used for other short-term non-work purposes including study for less than three months.

Sponsored Family Visitor visa (Subclass 679)

This visa allows people to travel to Australia to take a holiday or visit their family.

take a holiday != visit their family

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那是不是说，他们应该要申请Sponsored Family Visitor visa ，才能够算得上“Dependent“？

Artcore

很难justify a holiday for more than one year. 而且大多数父母来是帮你带小孩的,怎能算HOLIDAY.

如果你父母来澳, 你准备帮他们办移民. 或者他们刚移民,但无法拿政府的pension(无收入), 和你住.

我是说只要符合resident for purposes的话,就行, 没有一定要永居或公民.

[ 本帖最后由 Artcore 于 2008-5-26 16:25 编辑 ]

smallpig1

他们应该要申请Sponsored Family Visitor visa ，才能够算得上“Dependent“？ NO

For 676
a holiday or recreation, visit family and/or friends, or study

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因为如果是676 tourist visa，他们就会要求提供国内的存款状况（他们在国内办签证）。这样一来，貌似等同于他们能够经济独立，这样还算dependent吗？