E-Tax

hi fellow taxpayers!!

I am normally really organised and have my tax done in July but came to a hiccup this time..

I use e-tax, have for years and years. Every year I have gotten some money back. This year though I did it and I owe money (grr) so I put it off cause i didn't want to lodge it until as late as possible so I had time to sort the money out.

Since I have done it I have applied for the HECS-HELP benefit and i was successful because of my line of study.

Now I am trying to go back and do my lodgement, but want to know if my now being eligible for the benefit will affect my return.

Is there a way to start my lodgement again? how do I reset/refresh the file sort of thing. As its linked to my taxfile number the computer wont let me have a 2nd file with the same number.

can I just redo under the same file and have it refresh/update the information in it? or can I just delete the file and start completely fresh.

Note - none of this has gone to the tax office yet, i havent Lodged it itms.

but just want to fix it cause im actually finding it really odd I owe them money all of a sudden when i NEVER have before (except for my frak up which was sorted earlier in the year)

ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT!!!

TIA!!

you can just click up the left hand side to where you want and re-enter that information again.

im not sure what i need to change though... if anything.
i go to the HECS bit (HELP and SFSS), and it says put in how much you owe, which i have but its the same as before, so its no different. there is a box for 'finacial suppliment balance' but i dont know what i would put in there if anything. at the bottom it goes on about the HECS-HELP benefit and how to apply for it, but that is it.

so would i just assume that when it gots to them they will know about it and sort it out, would that make a difference on how much i owe them?

ok.. so i read about the estimate, in the list of things that might affect the estimate supplied being eligiable for the benefit is on there.. so it might change, but would have to be processed first.


i dont think i'm ready to bite the bullet yet and put it in cause i cant afford to pay it all yet.


any other tips people??

Hey Babe..

Not sure about the application for the new lots of HECS.. BUT... it shouldnt effect your tax return for this year IF it was approved in the new financial year.. if it wasnt then it should already be counted in what is automatically there. If it was approved this financial year it wont be added til you do next years tax return..

The financial supplement part is a scheme the govt had where you could trade in half of your Austudy allowance and get twice as much back which you then have to pay off. i did this years ago and still havent earned enough to have to start paying it back yet.

Would you owe money coz with the contract work your doing your not paying tax out of it??? In which case can you do like a profit and los statement thing and include some of your petrol costs and things like that to offbalance your income amount???? Maybe you might need to give Uncle Bob a call ;)

hecs will only show up if you have already got an accumulated debt
it won't reduce what you have to pay in tax (if anything, you may have to pay more if you have a hecs or financial supplement loan)

SB ~ the benefit is for 2010-2011 finacial year. and I am paying tax, even on my top ups.. so i dont know, somewhere along the line it obviously wasnt enough.. another reason to just get a normal job I guess =P oh and I forgot about Uncle Bob! thanks! I really should do that =)

BG ~ thanks. so is tax and HECS pretty much seperate? even though you pay HECS like tax? so they dont affect eachother?

they use the tax system to collect the money - so you pay a bit more tax each pay, and if you go over the thresholds, the ATO add HECS to your tax bill. but your HECS debt and your tax debt are seperate.

ahh ok!! Thanks BG!!!!