Personal investors guide to capital gains tax 2005

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• Personal tax 13 28 61: Individual income tax and general personal tax enquiries, including capital gains tax.
  
  
• Business tax 13 28 66: General business tax enquiries including capital gains tax, GST rulings, Australian business number (ABN), pay as you go (PAYG) instalments, business deductions, activity statements (including lodgment and payment), accounts and business registration (including Australian business number and tax file number), dividend and royalty withholding tax
  
  
• Superannuation 13 10 20 .
  
  
• Fax 13 28 60: Get information faxed to you about individual taxes and the repayment of debts under the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS), the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) and the Student Financial Supplement Scheme (SFSS). Phone 13 28 60 and follow the instructions to order information to be faxed to you.

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• Translating and Interpreting Service 13 14 50: If you do not speak English well and want to talk to a tax officer, phone the Translating and Interpreting Service for help with your call.
  
  
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• If you do not have access to TTY or modem equipment, phone the Speech to Speech Relay Service 1300 555 727

Publications

Publications referred to in this guide are:

• AMP Group demerger: How it affects Australian resident shareholders (NAT 11101)
  
  
• Carrying on a business of share trading - Fact sheet
  
  
• General value shifting regime in brief (NAT 8933)
  
  
• Guide to capital gains tax 2004-05 (NAT 4151-6.2005)
  
  
• Guide to capital gains tax concessions for small business (NAT 8384)
  
  
• You and your shares 2004-05 (NAT 2632-6.2005)
  
  
• fact sheets listed in appendix 1 .

To get any publication referred to in this guide:

• visit our website at www.ato.gov.au/publications
• phone our Publications Distribution Service on 1300 720 092 , or
• visit one of our Tax Office shopfronts .

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You can use e-tax to:

• prepare your tax return electronically in a secure online environment
• calculate items such as your net capital gain
• work out your tax refund or tax debt.

e-tax is available from 1 July 2005.

Tax returns lodged using e-tax are usually processed in 14 days.

Last Modified: Thursday, 11 August 2005

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ATO references:
NO NAT 4152