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Withholding from suppliers

If a business supplies you with goods or services, it should quote its Australian business number to you.

Last updated 4 April 2017

If a business supplies you with goods or services it should quote its ABN.

If it doesn't, you generally:

  • withhold the top rate of tax from the payment you make to them
  • send the withheld amount to us.

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Documents quoting supplier's ABN

Suppliers with an Australian business number should quote it to you to avoid having tax withheld from payments.

Withholding if ABN not provided

If a supplier does not provide an ABN, you generally withhold the top rate of tax from the payment and pay it to us.

Payments you don't withhold from

You don't have to withhold tax from some payments from suppliers regardless of whether an ABN is provided or not.

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