Taxback from Australian working holiday

latimer

Got back from Australia 3 weeks ago, and last week I applied for a tax refund through taxback.com. I only worked for 2 months so I only paid $900 tax, but taxback.com told me I was only entitled to a refund of $117 because "we can only refund the excess tax that you paid". And on top of this, they want to charge me $89 for their services leaving me with next to nothing.
:mad:

I finished working in late June, and Australian tax year ended July 1st.

Anybody have similar experiences, or know of anywhere I can go for better news!? Australian Government/Australian Tax Organisation etc.? Any advice at all would be appreciated, because at the moment I stand to lose Au$900.

I still have my payslips & tax file number.

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BC

You are not losing anything. The rules on tax back from Oz changed a few years ago. You are not entitled to get all your tax back. I don't know all the ins and outs but check out www.ato.gov.au

accensi0n

you are not entitled to get all of your tax back.

k974

you should get nealry it all back once you claim your milage and expenses you should get it all back, ask around get an accountant who knows the story to do it for you dont use taxback.com and them that follow the rules strictly. or do it yourslef on www.ato.gov.au

silverlight

hi there, I would recommend www.allmytax.com

mikedragon32

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