Reply With QuoteThere's a section for HECS isn't there? Professor has a debt of about 30k, so every fortnight he pays extra tax from his wage, it isn't taken from his tax return.
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Implications of HECS debt on my tax return
Hi all,
Did my tax return last night. e-tax are projecting a healthy return of around 3500 which I'm pretty thrilled with. However I also have a HECS debt of around 1600.
Will this amount be deducted from my tax return before I get it or will I just pay this off over the next financial year out of each pay?
Cheers,
Fiona
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There's a section for HECS isn't there? Professor has a debt of about 30k, so every fortnight he pays extra tax from his wage, it isn't taken from his tax return.
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Yeah I get less in my wage as my HECS is taken out before it is paid.
It just popped up at the end when I was doing my return and I wasn't sure how it was treated.
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They ask to make sure you've paid enough tax to cover your minimum HECS repayments. It sounds like you have, so they won't take anything from your tax return.
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Winning!
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hmmm I dunno if it says you owe $1600 for the hecs stuff at the end then I would think you will get a invoice with a payment notice attached? Did you receive a HECS statement in the mail? DH has a hecs debt & last year his tax said the same thing & he had a debt that needed to be repaid but a set date. This year he has had coming out of his pay apparently. But we got a statement with what his balance was & it said on that that no payment was required at this time. BUT Im not counting my chickens just yet. Not till I have lodged our tax.
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Mine pops up but because I haven't earnt over the threshold I don't have to pay any this year. Mine is around $2000 and I just scrape under.
When I resume working full time I'll opt to pay a bit more out of my pay each week/fortnight etc.
If etax said you'll get a refund and the hecs info is in there then you should be fine
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SOrry to go OT a bit but what is the threshold this year???
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Awesome fanks!
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^^ This.
The calculation should look something like this (slightly different format though):
Income $xxxxx
Tax $xxxx
ML $xxx
HECS $xxxx (now called HELP)
Total Payable $xxxx
Less offsets (if any) $xxx
Less credits - PAYGW $xxxx
Net refund $xxxx
As long as ETax knows that you have a HECS debt, it should be included in your refund amount.
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WooHoo!!! Awesome tax refund - make sure you buy yourself something nice
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