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damien275x

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Hi,
I don't know whether I get this or not.
I did lodge a tax return last year. But I might have got it all back.

someone told me if you get all your tax back, then no $900.
Is that right? =( Is there some qualifying test you can take
 
damien275x said:
Hi,
I don't know whether I get this or not.
I did lodge a tax return last year. But I might have got it all back.

someone told me if you get all your tax back, then no $900.
Is that right? =( Is there some qualifying test you can take
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Yeh you didn't earn enough. My younger bro was in the same case.
 
Ridiculous. How can you earn too little and not be eligible?
I am 19, a trainee, I earn $300 a week for 38 hours and I do not qualify for any centerlink money because my parents have lots of money.I'm always getting absolutely nothing. Might as well quit and move across the road and get the living away from home like everyone else around me seems to do, despite still being AT home most days. Im so sick of assholes getting money they don't deserve. I'm going to go home tonight and blow the whistle on every single person screwing the system around, friend or not. I've had enough.
 
damien275x said:
Ridiculous. How can you earn too little and not be eligible?
I am 19, a trainee, I earn $300 a week for 38 hours and I do not qualify for any centerlink money .
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Wait until you are 58. It doesn't get any better - I don't get any either as I didn't earn enough


Bob
 
If you have earnt over $18000 in the last 18 months and are studying then you will qualify under the Independent test for Youth Allowance, which is $125 per week. Also needed to have left school for 18 months.
 
Guess what? As soon as I hit 18 months out of school my trainee ship will be completed and I will be on a salary. That's great but it is such a pain in the ass that as soon as I am set to be 'entitled' .. I earn more. Talk about shocking timing.
 
on the ATO website you can check it out if you get the money or not...
and the reason they say to have your assessment is to check if you had a rebate of offset any tax...

most people earning money and receiving centrelink payments will not get any money back....because they did not pay any tax in the first place...
if there was some tax payable...but the rebates offset it,,,,then no bonus

but if you did pay some tax...eg 300...thats all you get back is 300...
I think a lot of people are going to be dissapointed..when they find out

heard of all those dole bludgers suddenly wanting to do a tax return so they can get back 900....but they paid no tax...so no bonus is due
 
kincella said:
but if you did pay some tax...eg 300...thats all you get back is 300...
I think a lot of people are going to be dissapointed..when they find out
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You sure about this?

As far as i am aware if you paid some tax, over and above what you got back, then you are eligible for the whole $900.

Got a link for your view? I guess i'll just wait and see...
 
I suggest everyone stop speculating as to who and when is eligible for what.

The ATO has provided a script with which you can check whether or not you are eligible. The link I have provided for this is above.

Do not trust random internet speculation, check for yourself.
 
damien275x said:
Ridiculous. How can you earn too little and not be eligible?
I am 19, a trainee, I earn $300 a week for 38 hours and I do not qualify for any centerlink money because my parents have lots of money.I'm always getting absolutely nothing. Might as well quit and move across the road and get the living away from home like everyone else around me seems to do, despite still being AT home most days. Im so sick of assholes getting money they don't deserve. I'm going to go home tonight and blow the whistle on every single person screwing the system around, friend or not. I've had enough.
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why exactly do u deserve this money?

how much tax have u paid in your lifetime... like $1000?.. probably less.
I have no problem in giving money to those in NEED, disability, pensioners, but do u need it?

get real :)
 
prawn...you must have paid at least 900 to get it back....but its easy to check....like sinner said...go to the ato website...its too easy
 
Thats interesting because when the announcement was made, I read in an article that even if you only paid $1 in tax you would get the full $900 back. And in the announcements made by Rudd, they only state that $900 will be paid to people who paid tax had a taxable income of $80,000 or less; and then less if you earned more than that. There has been no mention that if you had a taxable income of less than $80,000 that the bonus would be adjusted down according to the actual amount of tax you paid.

Ah, I just did a fake one in which I 'paid' $1 in tax as follows using the link above and 'I' will get the full amount:

You are eligible for the tax bonus for the amount of:
$900
Based on the information you have provided you met the following eligibility criteria for the 2007 - 08 income year:

# you have lodged your 2007-08 income tax return before 30 June 2009
# your taxable income for 2007-08 income year was $100,000 or less
# you are an individual taxpayer
# you were an Australian resident for tax purposes for the 2007-08 income year

# Your taxable income was:
$75,000
# Your tax on taxable income (Label A) was :
$4,001.00
# Your Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge (Label O) was:
$0.00
# Your tax offsets and other credits (Label G) was:
$4,000.00
 
I saw the ads....badly worded...deliberate con ???? who knows....
but the truth is...the maximum you can get back is 900....they did not say the minimum...
but go to the web site...only takes a few minutes to find out the truth

anyway the pensioners got their money in dec....then the parents got it for the kids school in Feb(again pensioners).....and now its for the rest of the under privileged in society
 
prospector....go back and do it and instead of putting in tax credits...show rebates of 4000....
rebates offset a certain amount of tax payable....
so if your rebates amounted to 4000 then there is no 900

in the way you did it ...of course you get back 900....cause you paid tax of 4000
 
kincella said:
prospector....go back and do it and instead of putting in tax credits...show rebates of 4000....
rebates offset a certain amount of tax payable....
so if your rebates amounted to 4000 then there is no 900

in the way you did it ...of course you get back 900....cause you paid tax of 4000
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There is no 'rebates' section in the calculator.
 
I will show you again using just $1 difference from your example.

If you put in tax offsets of $5199 (ie $1 less offset than you just did) you get $900!
Eligibility for the tax bonus
Version 09.1

You are eligible for the tax bonus for the amount of:$900

Based on the information you have provided you met the following eligibility criteria for the 2007 - 08 income year:


# you have lodged your 2007-08 income tax return before 30 June 2009
# your taxable income for 2007-08 income year was $100,000 or less
# you are an individual taxpayer
# you were an Australian resident for tax purposes for the 2007-08 income year

# Your taxable income was:
$75,000
# Your tax on taxable income (Label A) was :
$5,000.00
# Your Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge (Label O) was:
$200.00
# Your tax offsets and other credits (Label G) was:
$5,199.00
 

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