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Why is my non-resident clients HELP debt not appearing on the tax estimate?

Updated over 3 weeks ago

Handitax provides an estimation of the Notice of Assessment. When a non-resident lodges a tax form, they are issued with a Notice of Assessment which excludes the HELP debt. The ATO then process and issue a secondary document known as a Notice of Overseas Levy.

As Handitax provides an estimate of the Notice of Assessment only, any calculation related to the HELP debt is excluded.

Below links from the ATO website are useful in explaining how HELP debt is calculated for non-residents:

Calculating non-resident foreign income for study or training loans | Australian Taxation Office (ato.gov.au)

Overseas repayments | Australian Taxation Office (ato.gov.au)

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