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Certificate of residency and certification of overseas tax relief - request form for individuals

Individuals can use this form to request a certificate of residency or certify an overseas tax relief form.

Last updated 18 May 2023

Get the form

Download the Certificate of Residency and Certification of Overseas Tax relief request form (NAT 75441, PDF, 378KB)This link will download a file – for individuals.

To complete the form, save it to your computer and use a program that can view PDFs and has JavaScript enabled.

What you can do with this form

Use this form to request a certificate of residency or overseas tax relief certification, or both, for an individual.

A custodian, tax agent or other representative can also request a certificate of residency on your behalf.

For more information on the certificate of residency and overseas tax relief, see Certificate of Residency and overseas tax relief.

Requirements

During the requested period:

Limitations

The following limitations apply to using the form.

  • A separate form must be completed for each client or entity.
  • The forms can only be used for 1997 and later years.
  • When requesting certification of an overseas tax relief form, the country chosen in the form must have a tax treatyExternal Link with Australia. If they don't, we will supply a certificate of residency and return your uncertified overseas tax relief form.
  • If you are a tax resident of a treaty country as well as Australia, see dual residents before requesting an overseas tax relief form or certificate.

Completing the form

You must:

  • be either a primary contact, custodian, or an authorised contact who can access the income tax account to make this request
  • make sure the name, residential, business address and tax file number (TFN) or Australian business number (ABN) supplied in the request matches our current records of the Australian resident.

Certificate of residency period

We generally only complete requests that have a time period within the last 5 years.

Generally, a certificate period can't be greater than 12 months after the date we issue the certificate (date of issue).

For example, if we issue a certificate on 10 January 2022, the certificate period can be up to 10 January 2023. However, you can request a certificate for any past period that you were an Australian resident for tax purposes (but not a temporary resident in that same period).

If we can't confirm your residency for part of the period you request, we'll issue separate certificates for the period we can confirm (for example, before and after the period we couldn't confirm).

Don't request a certificate of residency if you:

  • weren't an Australian resident for tax purposes during the requested period
  • are an Australian resident who was also a temporary resident during the requested period.

Submitting the form

If you're an individual who doesn't have an ABN or WPN, you must send us this form by mail.

Online services

You can use our Online services to submit the completed form.

Within Secure and Practice mail, use:

  • Topic – Income tax.
  • Subject – Certificate of residency.

Mail

Mail the completed form to:

Australian Taxation Office
PO BOX 3544
ALBURY NSW 2640

There is no need to send a return envelope.

When you'll receive your certificate or certified form

If your request form was completed correctly, you should receive your certificate of residency or certified tax relief form within 28 days.

Request from a custodian

To confirm if your custodian is currently authorised, you can:

Ensure the individual:

  • completes all the required fields in the form
  • provides their name and signature on the forms.

To nominate a custodian, complete the Nomination of a custodian for Certificate of Residency or tax relief form requests.

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