Foreign Resident and tax free threshold
Hi there, Hope everyone is well! I have an employee who on their TFN declaration form has indicated they are Foreign Resident for tax purposes, and they have also ticked YES to claiming the t...
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Hi Najjie
Did someone else come back to you with your question regarding an employee ticking the "A foreign resident for tax purposes" and the Tax Free Threshold?
As the same has happened with our new employee and I don't know if he should be in a tax free threshold category.
Could someone please reply?
Kind regards
Cathy
Hi CathG
If the employee is a foreign resident, use that tax table. There are a few exceptions but unless the employee provides this extra information, you should use Foreign Resident.
From an Payer point of view better to withhold too much than not enough. Employee will get any excess back when they lodge their tax return.
Regards
Gavin
Thanks Gavin
Yes, it is probably better to withhold too much.
The person is on a Partner Visa, Unrestricted, Full Work Rights.
So I still don't know so am going to contact our Accountant to see if they can shed some light on it.
Thanks for your reply.
CathG
