2008 tax return thread (2 Viewers)

[milocole]

You all do your tax through e-tax right

 

[spence]

You all do your tax through e-tax right

I did, and I'm pretty sure most people do

 

[chicky_pie]

I'm going to do what I always do when I get my tax return, donate half to charity, when I tell my friends this, they laugh in my face but I don't care, I'm just hoping I'll be getting good karma.

 

[IMABOYDAMON!]

I'm going to do what I always do when I get my tax return, donate half to charity, when I tell my friends this, they laugh in my face but I don't care, I'm just hoping I'll be getting good karma.

HAHAHAHHAHAHA! Half to CHARITY! CLASSIC!

 

[agirlinatutu]

Hi everyone :wave:

If I earn below $6000.00 in the 2007/2008 financial year, do I still have to lodge a Tax Return? If not, is there anything that I should do (like advise the Tax Office?).

This is my 1st job and I only started working at end of June for 2 hours, earning $20.00 - haha.

Yeah you would only have to lodge a tax return if you paid tax during that financial year.
lol my mum is an accountant. I gave her my group certificate and she said she'll do it for me, because more than likely I'd rip myself off

 

[IMABOYDAMON!]

Yeah you would only have to lodge a tax return if you paid tax during that financial year.
lol my mum is an accountant. I gave her my group certificate and she said she'll do it for me, because more than likely I'd rip myself off

I earned less than 6000, but I still paid tax. Can you ask your mum what I have to do?


Thanks a lot!

 

[milocole]

do it on etax

 

[chicky_pie]

HAHAHAHHAHAHA! Half to CHARITY! CLASSIC!

You don't believe me?

 

[milocole]

Can I claim:
-My Mcdonalds name badge that I bought (it was nearly $10:uhhuh: )
-2x Mcdonalds shirts
-2x Coles Shirts
-My Laptop that I bought for "editional purposes" lol

 

[Charizard]

i don't think you can claim the laptop?

maybe the depreciation though. Not sure.

 

[milocole]

depreciation??

 

[^CoSMic DoRiS^^]

When is the deadline for doing your tax return?

I know I'm not getting any money back so I'm not rushing to do it but I don't want to get done for being late.

 

[lilkiwicutie89]

Can I claim:
-My Mcdonalds name badge that I bought (it was nearly $10:uhhuh: )
-2x Mcdonalds shirts
-2x Coles Shirts
-My Laptop that I bought for "editional purposes" lol

hey milocole.. u can also claim laundry consindering u have uniform!

u can claim laundry up to $150 WITHOUT reciepts. - same with u guys out there... who work and have uniform, though in my firm we dont claim the full amount

we claim weeks worked x $1 x 2 (for wash) = deduction .. but yeah 150 without reciepts ur call.

have a good one!

 

[lilkiwicutie89]

When is the deadline for doing your tax return?

I know I'm not getting any money back so I'm not rushing to do it but I don't want to get done for being late.

october the 31st was last year. probally the same.

this year... but yeah tax agents have a longer period.

 

[lilkiwicutie89]

i don't think you can claim the laptop?

maybe the depreciation though. Not sure.

yeah use depreciation, as someone beofre said its 30ish %

but anything under $300

ie. external harddrive/ printer... something under... just write it off as "other work related expenses"


oh and u need the private and work use! *remember to keep that in mine!

 

[lilkiwicutie89]

I'm going to do what I always do when I get my tax return, donate half to charity, when I tell my friends this, they laugh in my face but I don't care, I'm just hoping I'll be getting good karma.

oh thats really sweet of you =]

for me = textbooks and hecs

 

[icraig88]

Yeah for some reason our work gave them to us like a week before the financial year ended. Seems a bit strange

How much did you earn?

i earnt roughly $18500

 

[icraig88]

When is the deadline for doing your tax return?

october 31st

 

[milocole]

hey milocole.. u can also claim laundry consindering u have uniform!

u can claim laundry up to $150 WITHOUT reciepts. - same with u guys out there... who work and have uniform, though in my firm we dont claim the full amount

we claim weeks worked x $1 x 2 (for wash) = deduction .. but yeah 150 without reciepts ur call.

have a good one!

Thanks for that, Im claiming laundry then, lol

After all my shirts, laundry stuff, its getting close to $500 in deductions, and then like $700 tax, IM RICH, LOL

 

[townie]

by the way, on laptops, my dad says (so i could be wrong) that if you bought a laptop, you can claim it as a deduction, regardless of whether you use it for work or not, and you can claim 1 per year, well you could, this only applies to purchases BEFORE the budget

should prolly check that, but meh, wat he saud