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From July to October each year, ATO accredited volunteers help people lodge their tax returns online. This Tax Help program is free and helps eligible people earning $60,000 or less lodge their tax return online.

These volunteers can also help you to:

• create a myGov account
• lodge an amendment to your tax return
• claim a refund of franking credits
• tell the ATO if you don't need to lodge a tax return.

You can speak to a Tax Help volunteer:

• online
• by phone
• in person at Tax Help centres across Australia.

You are eligible for Tax Help if your income is around $60,000 or less, have simple tax affairs for the income year and you didn't:

• work as a contractor – for example, a contract cleaner, taxi or uber driver
• run a business, including as a sole trader
• have partnership or trust matters
• sell shares or an investment property
• own a rental property
• have capital gains tax (CGT)
• receive royalties
• receive distributions from a trust, other than a managed fund
• receive foreign income, that is not a foreign pension or annuity.

If you are a primary producer, you may be entitled to claim an immediate deduction for capital expenses incurred on fencing and fodder storage assets.

Your deduction is limited to the capital expenses you incur for:

• construction
• manufacture
• installation
• acquisition.

The expense must have been incurred primarily and principally for use in a primary production business conducted on land in Australia.

If you’re an employee who works from home, you may be able to claim a deduction for expenses relating to that work to cover:

• Running Expenses
• Occupancy Expenses
• Phone and Internet Expenses

Please note that this information is general in nature only, and may not apply to your individual situation.

This 'shortcut method' is available for the 1st of March 2020 to 30 June 2021 only.

The ATO are also offering tailored support for your needs and circumstances on a case-by-case basis. They do not apply these additional relief options automatically, so you need to contact the ATO. Assistance includes:

• Payment deferrals
• Changing your GST reporting cycle
• Vary pay as you go instalments
• Remitting interest and penalties
• Low interest payment plans