Satori said:
In the acceptance and enrollment booklet that they sent out a couple of days ago, it says that I need a Tax File Number (or certificate from the Taxation Office that confirms that I have applied for one). I have neither, and enrollment for my course is at 9AM tomorrow.
Does anyone have any idea what I should do or be doing?
I feel your pain, I have the same problem I called up Usyd so many times and called up the Tax office too.
I wrote them an e-mail
my e-mail
At 03:15 PM 1/20/2006, you wrote:
>To whom it may concern,
>
>I have received an offer from Usyd and am going to attend enrollment to
>accept the offer, however it says on your website
>(<http://www.info.usyd.edu.au/facts/enrol_info.shtml#enrol>
http://www.info.usyd.edu.au/facts/enrol_info.shtml#enrol)
>that students on enrollment need to bring a Tax File Number with them. I
>don't have a TFN and have currently requested a form in the mail to apply
>for one (as my printer is currently not connected) which should arrive on
>Tuesday. Enrollment is on the 25th of Jan and I will not be able to give
>any form of certification that I have applied for a TFN. On your site it says:
>
>What do I do if I don't have a tax file number?
>If you don't have a
><http://www.info.usyd.edu.au/facts/enrol_info.shtml#tax#tax>tax file
>number (TFN), do not let this prevent you attending your enrolment day.
>TFNs are obtained from any Australian Taxation Office (ATO). If you do not
>have a TFN in time for enrolment, please bring a 'Certificate of
>Application for a Tax File Number', which is issued by the ATO upon
>request when you lodge your TFN application.
>
>I also do not have the Certificate of Application for a Tax File as I
>am
>still waiting to receive my form from the ATO and then apply for one and
>by time my TFN certificate comes enrollment day would have already passed.
>I called the helpline and they said to call 9351 6988 and no one answered.
>I am a little worried because I won't have anything on enrollment to show
>that I have applied for a TFN. Could you please tell me what I should do
>and what I should say or bring to enrollment. If I told the people at
>enrollment that I have applied for a TFN is that good enough or do they
>something more solid?
their reply
Hi,
If you do not receive that certificate for application for a TFN, you
should still come in on enrolment day. Just explain your situation to the
people at enrollment. However, I would assume that if you already have
applied for a TFN then that certificate of application may still come prior
to your enrolment on Wednesday. If you'd like to double check this (as the
fees office is currently closed for the weekend and I cannot double check
with them), you can call them on 9351 5222, when they reopen on Monday.
Regards,
Camilla
Student Adviser
I think what I am going to do is tell them my situation and then call them up later and then give them the TFN before the 31st of March or something.
Maybe you could do that too?