tax refund

What expenses can I claim for with the Educational Tax Refund?

by Mitz September 7, 2009

For each child that you have in Primary or Secondary school (up to the age of 25) you can claim your expenses on the following items: computers and laptops and the expense in repairing them and updating them; software to run on the computers – this includes word, excel, power point, adobe and virus protection; [...]

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Who can claim the Education Tax Refund?

by Mikelle September 7, 2009

You can claim the Education Tax Refund if the following applies to you: the Family Tax Benefit Part A was received by you for your children that are attending school (primary and secondary only, not tertiary). Basically if you and your partner are receiving under $100,000 combined income you are entitled to Family Tax Benefit [...]

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Use e-tax online to save money on Accountancy bills

by Mikelle September 4, 2009

E-tax is an online `tax pack’ program.  If you have ever filled out a paper income tax return then you will be fine to do it online.  Follow this link to download the program directly from the ATO.  E-tax form This is the 2009 e-tax (for the year July 2008 to June 2009). Make sure you [...]

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How to claim and fill out the educational tax refund from the tax department.

by Mitz July 8, 2009

We have all heard about the new Educational tax refund that the Australian government is offering but how do you claim? Obviously the first thing you must do if you want to claim expenses with the education tax rebate is to keep receipts of all your eligible purchases. Then at tax time, parents can simply [...]

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Education Tax Refund from the Australian government.

by Mitz June 22, 2009

This year we have another bonus coming our way. An Education tax refund for items that we purchase for our children’s education. This education tax refund lets you claim up to 50% of eligible education expenses for school children.   Who is eligible for this education tax refund? If you care for a child that [...]

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