The Tax Office will close during the Christmas-New Year holiday period.
Its return and form processing will be suspended from 3pm AEDT Friday 21 December 2012 until 9am AEDT Wednesday 2 January 2013. As a result, returns lodged from mid-December to early January will take longer than usual to process.
The Tax Office recommends lodging tax returns or other forms electronically by 6 December 2012 to increase the likelihood of receiving the notice of assessment and refunds before the shutdown period.
Further:
The Tax Office has published the below timeline outlining the key dates.
As part of routine processing, some returns will take longer to process.
This includes returns where:
The Tax Office advises that the best way to receive the assessment as soon as possible is to double check that all information is correct before lodging.
Common errors include:
The Tax Office advises that the fastest, most secure way for a taxpayer to receive their refund is to have it sent directly to their bank account using electronic funds transfer (EFT).
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