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Declaring income earned in Australia

  • 25-11-2017 04:36PM
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    electrofelix
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    During 2013/2014 I worked in Australia on a working holiday visa, and I'm looking to sort out my Tax affairs in Ireland before the new year (left it a bit late). Since I returned in 2014, I don't qualify for split year treatment, basically I end up being tax resident in Australia for July 2013 - Jan 2014 (when I departed) and tax resident in Ireland for 2013 & 2014.

    When I filled my tax return for the Australian Tax Office (ATO), you had to enter the amount earned, tax paid during the period and the country it was in (presumably so they could check whether they had tax agreements in place).

    Due to the relatively high tax paid in Ireland from July 2013 until September 2013 (I worked remotely while in Sydney for a few months), I got almost all tax paid in Australia back as they took into consideration what I had paid in Tax in Ireland.

    However when I went to fill in the same information in the Revenue online system here, they only distinguish between Foreign Income and Exempt Foreign Income, with no way to indicate which country the income was earned in.

    I had logged a request for information on whether the income is exempt due to it the ATO already having considered my irish income + australian income together, and I've just received requests for how much was earned, how much I declared to the ATO as my irish income, how I calculated that (it's a bit cumbersome to go back and work out the figures again, but it can be done), but not an answer on whether the income should not be assessed again due to the double taxation treaty.

    tbh, the answer should be independent of what I earned, so we could confirm all the figures subsequently, but it seems that I'm not going to get an answer that helps me understand what the liability is in this case.

    Course if Revenue tax me again on my Australian income, that means I'd have to go back and fill an update to the ATO because the tax paid would be different, likely resulting in different figures again for the Revenue and then into a fun cycle of updates to both tax offices.

    Does anyone know if there is clear information anywhere on these tax liabilities? I would have thought it was common given that many people would have taken the opportunity of a working holiday visa in Australia. I'd prefer to get an answer on how things are supposed to be assessed before needing to worry about the figures involved.


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