A question for the accountants One of my sons friends is a backpacker. This backpacker is about to do his first tax return.
The problem is that he earned $17,000 of which $2284 tax was withheld.
He arrived in Aust 24/1/2014. Thus up to the 30/6/2014 he was in Aust for 157 days.
He was asking me whether he would receive a refund.
When checking the ATO web site it indicates that you are considered a resident for tax purposes if present in Aust for 184 days.
The converse is that you are considered a foreign individual for tax purposes.
He will be leaving Aust in Jan 2015. Returning back to Germany
So would he be regarded as an Aust resident for tax purposes even though he was only in Aust for those 157 dyas rather than the required 183 days?
Cheers
The problem is that he earned $17,000 of which $2284 tax was withheld.
He arrived in Aust 24/1/2014. Thus up to the 30/6/2014 he was in Aust for 157 days.
He was asking me whether he would receive a refund.
When checking the ATO web site it indicates that you are considered a resident for tax purposes if present in Aust for 184 days.
The converse is that you are considered a foreign individual for tax purposes.
He will be leaving Aust in Jan 2015. Returning back to Germany
So would he be regarded as an Aust resident for tax purposes even though he was only in Aust for those 157 dyas rather than the required 183 days?
Cheers