I thought it was today..

[HoldrodeoLT]

I thought it was today we got the 900$ from Mr Rudd, According to the ATO website its now the 8th??????

Tax bonus

[minux]

Who cares? Already spent the money before you have it?

It may not get to you until May 16th

[vy_storm]

Apparently it will take days, if not weeks to roll the payments out, so be patient!

[HoldrodeoLT]

Already spent the money before you have it?

Yeah pretty much..

[vy_storm]

Yeah pretty much..

Would have sucked if they had canned it in the High court last week then....

[Reaper]

Would have sucked if they had canned it in the High court last week then....

I would have rolled around laughing. Apparently it came close - not a unanimous decision. It did put back the payments a little though. (waiting 3 days is a problem???)

Reaper

[HoldrodeoLT]

Would have sucked if they had canned it in the High court last week then....

Yeah it would of sucked, i need the money for rego, because my car was written off and my new car's rego is coming up soon.

[VS Omega]

I don't know if I'll get it or not (not dense enough to spend something I don't have - I don't even have a credit card lol), if I do get it I'll probably end up stimulating another countries economy or save it, screw what the government want us to do with it (only on Australian products and services) - if they had wanted the money to go to Australian owned companies they should have given it to them, not the people...

On topic I love how there's so many TV commercials for Chinese products with puns suggesting people spend their stimulating package purchasing them.

[SLO 057]

Yeah pretty much..

iv spent mine, but can wait a little bit befor i need it

[ScoHar]

haha, you get given money by your government, god damn that sounds like a good country, we just had a tax and ACC increase over here, so more money out of our pocket, maybe were not doing as bad as other countries?

[daz08]

havnt decided wether mine will go towards an exhaust or stereo yet....or the mountain of debt i have

[nick3110]

haha, you get given money by your government, god damn that sounds like a good country, we just had a tax and ACC increase over here, so more money out of our pocket, maybe were not doing as bad as other countries?

lol u'd see that a country with high taxes, shows the economy isn't running the best.. the only reason the Australian govt. can give 12million aussies $900 or there abouts is because they had so much surplus..

[VicCop]

Remember they did have to put the whole thing on hold while the high court made the decision.

You may find that the quickest payments will go to those who lodged their tax return themselves on time last year, not through a tax agent, and provided bank account details.

[Ado]

Its only $900.If you have to wait at the mail box for it you are out of your depth.

[88GreenVN]

Payments will probably start with last names begining with AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

Would suck to be a Zatowski

[Jesterarts]

Just a quick question...

My gf is a full time student adn she also works part time.

Though she doesn't get aus study or any of that crap from centrelink.

Does that mean she misses out on the extra $950 for students because she isn't aready mooching of tax payers?

[hsvpunk]

not sure on that Jester.

But ato has stated its randomly done. people who got in the bank accounts last yr, will see it first (randomyl though) and tax office ones will be getting mailed out as of wednesday.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...49-661,00.html

[nick3110]

i don't know jester.. its seriously confusing, but my gf does mooch of the govt, plus being a full time student and working part time.. she already has her 950, so if ur gf hasn't got it yet, then i highly doubt she'll get it.. i'm not sure if i even get the $900.. stupid not being 18 before june 30th lol.. even though i do have employment income (have had an income since i was 14 n 9 months :P).. anyone know if i get it?

[Jesterarts]

Looks like she doesn't get it... the ONLY handout from the ATO is the one for tax payers.

The student one ($950) seems to only be for students who get payments from centrelink already.

Which is bollox in my eyes... If students are getting it then all students should get it... not just the ones who get centrelink payments... it seems the government is rewarding people for taking money by giving them more money...

Ah well... thanks for the info boys

[minux]

i don't know jester.. its seriously confusing, but my gf does mooch of the govt, plus being a full time student and working part time.. she already has her 950, so if ur gf hasn't got it yet, then i highly doubt she'll get it.. i'm not sure if i even get the $900.. stupid not being 18 before june 30th lol.. even though i do have employment income (have had an income since i was 14 n 9 months :P).. anyone know if i get it?

What does being under 18 have to do anything? If you paid tax last financial year you will get it providing you earnt under 100k.

[NORTI]

not sure on that Jester.

But ato has stated its randomly done. people who got in the bank accounts last yr, will see it first (randomyl though) and tax office ones will be getting mailed out as of wednesday.

Wayne Swan says it&squo;s ok for people to save bonus payment | Herald Sun

cant be 'random' there would have to be some system behind it, but they dont have to tell us lol.

[nick3110]

u been to the ATO website?

"Persons aged under 18

If you were under 18 years of age at 30 June 2008, you are eligible for the tax bonus payment if you were either an excepted person or received excepted assessable income and meet all the other eligibility criteria." - ATO Website

u try n decrypt what the hell excepted person and excepted assessable income is..

[minux]

u been to the ATO website?

"Persons aged under 18

If you were under 18 years of age at 30 June 2008, you are eligible for the tax bonus payment if you were either an excepted person or received excepted assessable income and meet all the other eligibility criteria." - ATO Website

u try n decrypt what the hell excepted person and excepted assessable income is..

How hard is it to understand?

Are all minors covered by the special rules?

No. Several categories of minors are excluded from the special rules. These minors are called excepted persons.
A minor is an excepted person if on 30 June 2008:

• they were
  
  • working full-time, or had worked full-time for three months or more in 2007-08 (ignoring full-time work that was followed by full-time study)
  • intending to work full-time for most or all of 2008-09, and
  • not intending to study full-time in 2008-09.
• they were entitled to a disability support pension or rehabilitation allowance, or someone was entitled to a carer allowance to care for them
• they were permanently blind
• they were disabled and were likely to suffer from that disability permanently or for an extended period
• they were entitled to a double orphan pension and received little or no financial support from relatives, or
• they were unable to work full-time because of a permanent mental or physical disability and received little or no financial support from relatives.

Ordinary rates of tax apply to all the income of an excepted person. So if any of these apply, you get the payment...

[Evolution_Ends_Here]

Apparently it will take days, if not weeks to roll the payments out, so be patient!

thats what i thought aswell, hopefully its in bank by the end of the week

Remember they did have to put the whole thing on hold while the high court made the decision.

yeah i know all the forums that i always go on, were going metal of what decision was going made from last Friday, and straight after decision everybody happy again

[nick3110]

How hard is it to understand?

its more the fact that i don't want to get my hopes up