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chicky_pie

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I'm going to do what I always do when I get my tax return, donate half to charity, when I tell my friends this, they laugh in my face but I don't care, I'm just hoping I'll be getting good karma. :)
 

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chicky_pie said:
I'm going to do what I always do when I get my tax return, donate half to charity, when I tell my friends this, they laugh in my face but I don't care, I'm just hoping I'll be getting good karma. :)
HAHAHAHHAHAHA! Half to CHARITY! CLASSIC!
 

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Hi everyone :wave:

If I earn below $6000.00 in the 2007/2008 financial year, do I still have to lodge a Tax Return? If not, is there anything that I should do (like advise the Tax Office?).

This is my 1st job and I only started working at end of June for 2 hours, earning $20.00 - haha.
Yeah you would only have to lodge a tax return if you paid tax during that financial year.
lol my mum is an accountant. I gave her my group certificate and she said she'll do it for me, because more than likely I'd rip myself off :p
 

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agirlinatutu said:
Yeah you would only have to lodge a tax return if you paid tax during that financial year.
lol my mum is an accountant. I gave her my group certificate and she said she'll do it for me, because more than likely I'd rip myself off :p
I earned less than 6000, but I still paid tax. Can you ask your mum what I have to do?


Thanks a lot!
 

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Can I claim:
-My Mcdonalds name badge that I bought (it was nearly $10:uhhuh: )
-2x Mcdonalds shirts
-2x Coles Shirts
-My Laptop that I bought for "editional purposes" lol:uhoh:
 

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i don't think you can claim the laptop?

maybe the depreciation though. Not sure.
 

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When is the deadline for doing your tax return?

I know I'm not getting any money back so I'm not rushing to do it but I don't want to get done for being late.
 
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milocole said:
Can I claim:
-My Mcdonalds name badge that I bought (it was nearly $10:uhhuh: )
-2x Mcdonalds shirts
-2x Coles Shirts
-My Laptop that I bought for "editional purposes" lol:uhoh:

hey milocole.. u can also claim laundry consindering u have uniform!

u can claim laundry up to $150 WITHOUT reciepts. - same with u guys out there... who work and have uniform, though in my firm we dont claim the full amount

we claim weeks worked x $1 x 2 (for wash) = deduction .. but yeah 150 without reciepts ur call.

have a good one!
 
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^CoSMic DoRiS^^ said:
When is the deadline for doing your tax return?

I know I'm not getting any money back so I'm not rushing to do it but I don't want to get done for being late.

october the 31st was last year. probally the same.

this year... but yeah tax agents have a longer period.
 
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Charizard said:
i don't think you can claim the laptop?

maybe the depreciation though. Not sure.

yeah use depreciation, as someone beofre said its 30ish %

but anything under $300

ie. external harddrive/ printer... something under... just write it off as "other work related expenses"


oh and u need the private and work use! *remember to keep that in mine!
 
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chicky_pie said:
I'm going to do what I always do when I get my tax return, donate half to charity, when I tell my friends this, they laugh in my face but I don't care, I'm just hoping I'll be getting good karma. :)

oh thats really sweet of you =]

for me = textbooks and hecs
 

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Yeah for some reason our work gave them to us like a week before the financial year ended. Seems a bit strange

How much did you earn?
i earnt roughly $18500
 

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lilkiwicutie89 said:
hey milocole.. u can also claim laundry consindering u have uniform!

u can claim laundry up to $150 WITHOUT reciepts. - same with u guys out there... who work and have uniform, though in my firm we dont claim the full amount

we claim weeks worked x $1 x 2 (for wash) = deduction .. but yeah 150 without reciepts ur call.

have a good one!
Thanks for that, Im claiming laundry then, lol:rolleyes:

After all my shirts, laundry stuff, its getting close to $500 in deductions, and then like $700 tax, IM RICH, LOL
 

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by the way, on laptops, my dad says (so i could be wrong) that if you bought a laptop, you can claim it as a deduction, regardless of whether you use it for work or not, and you can claim 1 per year, well you could, this only applies to purchases BEFORE the budget

should prolly check that, but meh, wat he saud
 

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