ATO Tax Talk June 2017: Tax Time

The following community information is brought to you by the Australian Taxation Office. Interview with Jagjit Singh

Monthly Tax Talk segment on SBS Punjabi Source: ATO

June 30 marks the end of the financial year. Tax time commences each year on 1 July and people have until 31 October to lodge their own tax return.

If you have earned more than $18,200 during the financial year, you will need to lodge a tax return.

You can prepare your own return online using myTax or you can use a registered Tax agent.

To lodge online, you will need a myGov account and then link it to the ATO.

There are videos available on the ATO website showing how to lodge.

There is also Tax Help, a free and confidential service available throughout tax time provided by volunteers trained by the ATO.

People earning less than $60,000 with simple tax affairs can use this service.

Tax Help is available in languages other than English in some community centres.

You can find out more at ato.gov.a/taxhelp

Jagjit Singh, Community Relations Manager at ATO, tells you more in this interview

Jagjit Singh, Community Relations Officer, ATO Source: Supplied

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