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Completing your Australian tax return

Tailored guidance to complete your Australian tax return based on your residency status.

Last updated 25 June 2019

Complete myTax by following these instructions. They provide tailored guidance based on your residency status (Australian, Timor-Leste or another country).

  1. On Personalise return screen, select the following:
    • 'You received salary, wages or other income on an income statement/payment summary, Australian Government payments, or First home super saver (FHSS) scheme payment', followed by
    • 'Foreign employment income (on an income statement/payment summary)'.
    • Click Next.
  2. On Prepare return screen, alongside 'Income statements and payment summaries' section click 'Add/Edit'.
  3. In 'Income statements and payment summaries' section, alongside 'Foreign employment income', click 'Add'.
  4. Show the following details:
    • Payer's name
    • Payer's ABN (if unknown, leave blank)
    • 'Joint Petroleum Development Area (JPDA)' as Foreign employment income type
    • Residency status
    • Any other details from your income statement or PAYG payment summary – foreign employment

      Note: You may need to adjust some amounts from your income statement or PAYG payment summary – foreign employment in myTax. To see if this applies to you, go to Step 5.

myTax will use your answers to complete the schedule of additional information for you.

  1. If the Residency status you selected is:
    • 'A - Australian resident for the whole year', go to Part 1 – Australian Resident.
    • 'B - Timor-Leste resident for the whole year', go to Part 2 – Resident of Timor-Leste.
    • 'C - Resident of another country for the whole year', go to Part 3 – Resident of another country.
    • 'D - Changed residence during the year', you may need to apportion your JPDA income and complete more than one part. You will need to follow the instructions in    
      • Part 1 for the period that you were an Australian resident
      • Part 2 for the period that you were a resident of Timor-Leste
      • Part 3 for the period that you were a resident of another country.
       
     

Use this part if you were an Australian resident for tax purposes during 2018–19.

Use this part if you were a resident of Timor-Leste for tax purposes during 2018–19.

Use this part if you were a resident of a country other than Australia or Timor-Leste for tax purposes during 2018–19.

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