Tax return turn around

[Mother Goose]

Just because I'm impatient... Does anyone know what the current turn around is for tax returns? We had it done through an accountant 2 weeks ago.

I know they say allow 28 days but hoping its quicker!

[Astrid]

There is a thread about the turnaround of the e-tax returns. You could assume that once submitted that the ATO would handle the same as the e-tax ones, I could be completely wrong though.

We are finding the male returns are coming in first, then up to a week for the female, this is due to reconciling with the FAO to ensure there is not debt there to be settled. (well that is assuming you receive some form of FTB etc)

[Doing my best]

I was reading an article online in the news this morning and it said approx 12 working days and gave a number to call to check progress. Am I allowed to put the number?

[Liviam]

there is also a "check your tax return progress" on the ato website. DH's took 9 days (7 business days) and mine took about 12 days. I was very impressed with how quickly they came.

[sangie]

DH's came today and it took 7 days (5 working days) but mine hasn't arrived yet. I was impressed at how quickly DH's came!

[Jaycee]

I submitted mine on 2nd July via etax and am still waiting, have no idea why!

[CKJ]

I submitted mine via etax late at night on the 18/7 and it was in my account 30/7.

Income etc was updated with centrelink on 19/7 so that part was quick, although that reconciliation and arrears were paid 31/7

[Mother Goose]

Thanks everyone for your replies

Dan, I just checked online and it says the ATO didn't receive the return until 4 days AFTER our appointment! (Ok, so 2 of those days were the weekend...but still!). So I guess I just have to be patient for a while longer...

[Floweryfields]

Did mine on Etax 2 weeks ago and had it in my account last Tuesday - so 8 days.