tomtam

Not in the same situation, no!

Thanks AJ, I've seen that before but upon doing their test I get different results due to other criteria not listed above.

According to the ATO test, I am resident then... But it's a bit of a grey area. The 6 month question asks 'do you intend' to stay for 6 months or more. My intention when filling out my tax form certainly was so, however life changes... I guess my best bet is just to file the tax return next month anyway.

If you are not resident for tax purposes then you get no tax free allowance right? So 5 months I should have been getting taxed on the first $18k of my annual pay? Not quite sure how to work it out correctly? Perhaps $1.5k per month ($18k divide by 12) x 5 months = $7.5k is what I haven't been taxed on but should have been? So 32% of that is $2400?

But if I fill in my return as a non-resident, I will owe them thousands. If I was resident for tax purposes, I would be owed a fair bit back. How lenient are they when it comes to meeting the threshold? Some places it is shown as 6 months, others as exactly 183 days.

Hi all, I've been in Aus since early January and working since early February. I am on a working holiday visa. When filling in my tax file number form etc, there was a box to tick if I am resident for tax purposes. I wasn't sure what to put, and upon asking my company they said to tick it (I told them I am on a working holiday). It since seems of course, that I am not officially resident for tax purposes on this visa, unless I am stationary for 183 days in the tax year. Sadly I will be about 10 days short of that criteria. So basically I think I've been underpaying tax essentially? I am off to live in NZ as of July. I am told I MUST fill out a tax return for my time in Aus or I will get a fine. But then I will surely alert them to the fact that I have underpaid tax? I would like to keep the door open to be able to work here again, so don't want to leave a black mark on my name. What are people's opinions? Thanks