Doing your own Tax

[nothing2lose]

You can only claim if you spent more than $2k out of pocket (ie. After Medicare)

[Marley&Me]

I just checked and I can't find half of the receipts anyway. A few months ago I remember the lady at Medicare told me I had reached the safety net and so i got more back than normal, so i figured i must have spent a fair bit. DH has had lots of dental, but i tend to throw a lot of things out

Oh well I'll just do the etax thing. Does it tell you how much you will get back (if any) as soon as you do it?

[misty]

etax will prompt you on all of that.

[Marley&Me]

Thanks

[Marley&Me]

Ok so now I'm trying to do tax online and I'm unsure about the medicare questions! I am a low income earner and Dh has not put his tax in this year yet. It keeps telling me 'data exists for this item'

What do i do???

[Marley&Me]

Never mind, I just closed the whole thing. Too confusing!!

[RhiChiChi]

I am currently doing our tax using e-tax (ATO) and it automatically populates my Medicare stuff (I went way beyond the threshold). However, if it doesn't pre-fill for oyu, you can go to Medicare and they should be able to print a statement off for you or you can get it online if you register.