Who should complete this form
If your ancillary fund isn't a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), you need to complete an annual Ancillary fund return form and lodge it with the ATO.
Note: If you're a registered charity, you need to use the ACNC annual information statement as your approved ancillary fund return. It has additional questions relating to your ancillary fund activities, and the ACNC will provide us with the relevant data.
Download the Ancillary fund return 2024 (NAT 73640, PDF 348KB).
Read these instructions on how to complete the return form:
- You can type directly into the form, or you can print the form and write the information.
- If typing, check you can save a copy of the completed form to your computer. Enter text into the first field, save and close the file, then re-open it to check the text you entered is displayed.
- If you can't save the form, print a completed copy before you close it.
- Print an additional completed copy for your records.
- If writing, print neatly in BLOCK LETTERS using black pen.
- Place X in all applicable boxes.
- Insert whole dollars only, do not show cents.
- Print and sign the form.
If you need to lodge an amendment, write to us with details of the changes. Don't lodge another form.
When we refer to the ancillary fund guidelines, we're referring to the:
- Public ancillary fund guidelines 2022External Link for public ancillary funds (public AFs)
- Private ancillary fund guidelines 2019External Link for private ancillary funds (private AFs).
When we refer to a 'fund' in these instructions, we're referring to an ancillary fund.
When we refer to 'you' in these instructions, we're referring to you as the trustee of the ancillary fund.
These instructions are not a guide to law on ancillary funds. They sometimes refer you to a guideline that specifically addresses an item in the return you are completing. This doesn't mean the guideline is all you need to consider regarding that item, or the operation of the fund.
Note: Don't send the audit report and financial statements with the return, unless you need to do so because of particular circumstances – such as winding up the fund or ceasing to be an ancillary fund.
Penalties may be imposed for giving false or misleading information – penalties may also be imposed for non-compliance with the ancillary fund guidelines.
Relevant period
An entity's income year for the purposes of tax law is usually the period of 12 months ending on 30 June each year.
If you don't write any dates in this field, then your organisation will be treated as having a 1 July to 30 June income year.
An entity that wishes to adopt a substituted accounting period (SAP) can only do so with the Commissioner of Taxation's approval.
If your organisation has an approved SAP, you would have been sent a letter confirming your approved SAP.
Any SAP must be approved by the Commissioner prior to lodgment of the return.
Privacy
We are authorised by taxation law to collect the information on this form and disclose it to other government agencies. This includes the personal information of the person authorised to sign the declaration. For more information, see our privacy policy.
Lodging the return
You are required to lodge an Ancillary fund return either by:
- 31 December 2024, if the year of income ended on 30 June 2024
- the last day of the sixth month after the end of your ATO approved substituted accounting period.
If your ancillary fund has to complete an ACNC's annual information, the lodgment date for the ancillary fund return is the same lodgment date as the information statement.
Send the completed return form by the lodgment due date to:
Australian Taxation Office
GPO Box 9845
[insert the name and postcode of your capital city]
For example:
Australian Taxation Office
GPO Box 9845
SYDNEY NSW 2001