Instructions and form for taxpayers

Tax file number

declaration
Information you provide in this declaration will allow your payer to
work out how much tax to withhold from payments made to you.

This is not a TFN application form. Section A: To be completed by

To apply for a TFN, goto ato.gov.au/tfn thepayee
Terms we use Question 1
When we say: What is your tax file number (TFN)?
payer, we mean the business or individual You should give your TFN to your employer only after you start
makingpayments under the pay as you go work for them. Never give your TFN in a job application or over
(PAYG)withholding system. the internet.
payee, we mean the individual being paid.

We and your payer are authorised by the Taxation

Administration Act1953 to request your TFN. Its not an
offence not to quote your TFN. However, quoting your
Who should complete thisform? TFN reduces the risk of administrative errors and having
You should complete this form before you start to receive extra tax withheld. Your payer isrequired to withhold the
payments from a new payer for example: top rate of tax from all payments madeto you if you do
not provide your TFN or claim an exemptionfrom quoting
payments for work and services as an employee,
your TFN.
companydirector or office holder
payments under returntowork schemes, labour hire
arrangements or other specified payments How do you find your TFN?
benefit and compensation payments
superannuation benefits.
You can find your TFN on any of the following:
your income tax notice of assessment
correspondence we send you
You need to provide all information requested on this form.
a payment summary your payer issues to you.
Providing the wrong information may lead to incorrect
amounts oftax being withheld from payments made If you have a tax agent, they may also be able to tell you
toyou. yourTFN.
If you still cant find your TFN, you can:
You do not need to complete this form if you: phone us on 13 28 61 between 8.00am and 6.00pm,
are a beneficiary wanting to provide your tax file number Monday to Friday
(TFN) to thetrustee of a closely held trust. For more visit your nearest shopfront (phone us on 13 28 61 to make
information, visit ato.gov.au/trustsandtfnwithholding anappointment).
have reached 60 years of age and started a super
benefit thatdoesnot include an untaxed element for If you phone or visit us we need to know we are talking to
that benefit. the correct person before discussing your tax affairs. We will
ask you for details only you, or your authorised representative
are receiving superannuation benefits from a super fund
wouldknow.
and have been taken to have quoted your TFN to the
trustee of thesuper fund.

NAT 3092-07.2016
You dont have a TFN Foreign resident tax rates are different
If you dont have a TFN and want to provide a TFN to your A higher rate of tax applies to a foreign residents taxable
payer, youwill need to apply for one. income and foreign residents are not entitled to a taxfree
For more information about applying for a TFN, visit threshold nor can they claim tax offsets to reduce
ato.gov.au/tfn withholding, unless you are in receipt of an Australian
Government pension or allowance.
You may be able to claim an exemption from quoting
yourTFN.
To check your Australian residency status for tax purposes
Print X in the appropriate box if you: or formore information, visit ato.gov.au/residency
have lodged a TFN application form or made an enquiry to
obtain your TFN. You now have 28 days to provide your TFN
to your payer, who must withhold at the standard rate during Answer no to this question if you are not an Australian resident
this time. After 28days, if you have not given your TFN to for tax purposes, unless you are in receipt of an Australian
your payer, they willwithhold the top rate of tax from future Government pension or allowance. If you answer no, you
payments mustalso answer no at question 10.
are claiming an exemption from quoting a TFN because you
are under 18 years of age and do not earn enough to pay Question 8
tax, or you arean applicant or recipient of certain pensions,
benefits or allowances from the Do you want to claim the taxfree threshold
Department of Human Services however, you will need fromthispayer?
to quote your TFN if you receive a Newstart, Youth or The taxfree threshold is the amount of income you can earn
sickness allowance, or an Austudy or parenting payment each financial year that is not taxed. By claiming the threshold,
Department of Veterans Affairs a service pension under you reduce the amount of tax that is withheld from your pay
the Veterans Entitlement Act 1986 during the year.
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission.
Answer yes if you want to claim the taxfree threshold, you are
an Australian resident for tax purposes, and one of the following
Providing your TFN to your super fund applies:
Your payer must give your TFN to the super fund they pay your you are not currently claiming the taxfree threshold from
contributions to. If your super fund does not have yourTFN, anotherpayer
you canprovide it to them separately. This ensures: you are currently claiming the taxfree threshold from another
your super fund can accept all types of contributions to your payer and your total income from all sources will be less than
accounts the taxfree threshold.
additional tax will not be imposed on contributions as a result Answer yes if you are a foreign resident in receipt of an
offailing to provide your TFN Australian Government pension or allowance.
you can trace different super accounts in your name.
Otherwise answer no.

For more information about providing your TFN to your

superfund, visit ato.gov.au/supereligibility If you receive any taxable government payments or
allowances, such as Newstart, Youth Allowance or
Austudy payment, you are likely to be already claiming
thetaxfree threshold from that payment.
Question 25
Complete with your personal information.
For more information about the current taxfree threshold,
which payer you should claim it from, or how to vary your
Question 6 withholding rate, visit ato.gov.au/taxfreethreshold
On what basis are you paid?
Check with your payer if you are not sure.
Question 9
Question 7 Do you want to claim the seniors and
Are you an Australian resident for tax pensioners tax offset by reducing the amount
purposes? withheld from payments made to you?
Generally, we consider you to be an Australian resident for tax Claim tax offsets with onlyonepayer
purposes if you:
have always lived in Australia or you have come to Australia You are not entitled to reduce your withholding amounts,
and nowlive here permanently or claim the seniors and pensioners tax offset (SAPTO),
are an overseas student doing a course that takes more than
with more than one payer at the same time.
sixmonths to complete If you receive income from more than one source and
migrate to Australia and intend to reside here permanently. need help with this question, phone 1300 360 221
between 8.00am and 6.00pm, Monday to Friday.
If you go overseas temporarily and do not set up a permanent
home in another country, you may continue to be treated as an
Australian resident for tax purposes.

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How your income affects the amount of your tax offset Question 11
You must meet the eligibility conditions to receive SAPTO. (a) Do you have a Higher Education Loan
Your rebate income, not your taxable income, determines the Program (HELP), Student Startup Loan
amount of SAPTO, ifany, you will receive.
(SSL) or Trade Support Loan (TSL) debt?
Answer yes if you are eligible and choose to claim SAPTO with
Answer yes if you have a HELP, SSL or TSL debt.
this payer. To reduce the amount withheld from payments you
receive during the year from this payer, you will also need to Answer no if you do not have a HELP, SSL or TSL debt, or you
complete a Withholding declaration (NAT 3093). have repaid your debt in full.
Answer no if one of the following applies:
you are not eligible for SAPTO You have a HELP debt if either:
you are already claiming SAPTO with another payer the Australian Government lent you money under
you are eligible but want to claim your entitlement to the
HECSHELP, FEEHELP, OSHELP, VET FEEHELP or
tax offset asa lump sum in your endofyear income tax SAHELP.
assessment. you have a debt from the previous Higher Education
Contribution Scheme (HECS).
For more information about your eligibility to claim the tax
offset or rebate income, visit ato.gov.au/taxoffsets
(b) Do you have a Financial Supplement debt?
Answer yes if you have a Financial Supplement debt.
Question 10 Answer no if you do not have a Financial Supplement debt, or
Do you want to claim a zone, overseas you haverepaid your debt in full.
forces or invalid and invalid carer tax offset
by reducing the amount withheld from For information about repaying your HELP, SSL, TSL or
payments made to you? FinancialSupplement debt, visit ato.gov.au/getloaninfo

Claim tax offsets with only one payer Have you repaid your HELP, SSL, TSL or Financial
You are not entitled to claim tax offsets with more than one Supplementdebt?
payer at the same time. When you have repaid your HELP, SSL, TSL or Financial
Supplement debt, you need to complete a Withholding
You may be eligible for one or more of the following: declaration (NAT 3093) notifying your payer of the change
a zone tax offset if you live or work in certain remote or
inyour circumstances.
isolated areasof Australia
an overseas forces tax offset if you serve overseas as a Sign and date the declaration
member ofAustralias Defence Force or a United Nations Make sure you have answered all the questions in
armed force sectionA, thensign and date the declaration. Give
an invalid and invalid carer tax offset. your completed declaration to your payer to complete
Answer yes to this question if you are eligible and choose sectionB.
to receive taxoffsets by reducing the amount withheld from
payments made to you from this payer. You also need to
complete a Withholding declaration (NAT3093).
Section B: To be completed by
Answer no to this question if you are either:
not eligible for the tax offsets
thepayer
a foreign resident
choose to receive any of these tax offsets as an endofyear Important information for payers see the reverse side of
lump sumthrough the tax system theform.
are already claiming the offset from another payer.
Lodge online
For more information about your entitlement, Payers can lodge TFN declaration reports online if you
visit ato.gov.au/taxoffsets have software that complies with our specifications.
For more information about lodging the TFN declaration
report online, visit ato.gov.au/lodgetfndeclaration

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More information Phone
Payee for more information, phone 13 28 61 between
Internet 8.00am and 6.00pm, Monday to Friday. If you want to vary
For general information about TFNs, tax and super in your rate of withholding, phone 1300 360 221 between
Australia, including how to deal with us online, visit our 8.00am and 6.00pm, Monday to Friday.
website at ato.gov.au Payer for more information, phone 13 28 66 between
For information about applying for a TFN on the web, 8.00am and6.00pm, Monday to Friday.
visitour website at ato.gov.au/tfn If you phone, we need to know were talking to the right person
For information about your super, visit our website at before we can discuss your tax affairs. Well ask for details only
ato.gov.au/superseeker you, or someone youve authorised, would know. An authorised
contact issomeone youve previously told us can act on your
behalf.
Useful products
If you do not speak English well and need help from the ATO,
In addition to this TFN declaration, you may also need to
phone the Translating and Interpreting Service on 13 14 50.
complete andgive your payer the following forms which
youcan download fromour website at ato.gov.au: If you are deaf, or have a hearing or speech impairment, phone
Withholding declaration (NAT 3093) if you want to the ATO through the National Relay Service (NRS) on the
claim entitlement to the seniors and pensioners tax offset numbers listed below:
(question9) or other tax offsets (question 10) TTY users phone 13 36 77 and ask for the ATO number
change information you previously provided in a TFN you need(if you are calling from overseas, phone
declaration. +61 7 3815 7799)
Medicare levy variation declaration (NAT 0929) if you qualify Speak and Listen (speechtospeech relay) users phone
for a reduced rate of Medicare levy or are liable for the 1300555727 and ask for the ATO number you need (if you
Medicare levy surcharge. You can vary the amount your arecalling from overseas, phone +61 7 3815 8000)
payer withholds from yourpayments. Internet relay users connect to the NRS on
Standard choice form (NAT 13080) to choose a super fund relayservice.gov.au andask for the ATO number you need.
for your employer to pay super contributions to. You can find If you would like further information about the
information about your current super accounts and transfer National Relay Service, phone 1800 555 660
any unnecessary super accounts through myGov after you or email [email protected]
have linked to the ATO. Temporary residents should visit
ato.gov.au/departaustralia for moreinformation about
super.
Privacy of information
Other forms and publications are also available from our
Taxation law authorises the ATO to collect information and to
website at ato.gov.au/onlineordering or by phoning
disclose it to other government agencies. For information about
1300 720 092.
your privacy, goto ato.gov.au/privacy

Our commitment to you Australian Taxation Office for the

We are committed to providing you with accurate, consistent and clear
CommonwealthofAustralia, 2016
information to help you understand your rights and entitlements and meet You are free to copy, adapt, modify, transmit and distribute this material as
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endorses you or any of your services or products).
If you follow our information in this publication and it turns out to be incorrect,
oritis misleading and you make a mistake as aresult, we must still apply the law
correctly. If that means you owe us money, we must ask you to pay it but we will
not charge you a penalty. Also, if you acted reasonably and in good faith we will Published by
not charge you interest.
Australian Taxation Office
If you make an honest mistake in trying to follow our information in this publication Canberra
and you owe us money as a result, we will not charge you a penalty. However, we July 2016
will ask you to pay the money, and we may also charge you interest. If correcting
the mistake means we owe you money, we will pay it to you. We will also pay you JS 35902
any interest you are entitled to.

If you feel that this publication does not fully cover your circumstances, or you
areunsure how it applies to you, you can seek further assistance from us.

We regularly revise our publications to take account of any changes to the law,
somake sure that you have the latest information. If you are unsure, you can
checkfor more recent information on our website at ato.gov.au or contact us.

This publication was current at July 2016.

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 Tax file number declaration
This declaration is NOT an application for a tax file number.
Use a black or blue pen and print clearly in BLOCK LETTERS.
Print X in the appropriate boxes.
ato.gov.au Read all the instructions including the privacy statement before youcomplete this declaration.

Section A: To be completed by the PAYEE 6 On what basis are you paid? (Select only one.)
1 What is your tax Fulltime Parttime Labour Superannuation Casual
filenumber (TFN)? employment employment hire or annuity employment
income stream
OR I have made a separate application/enquiry to
For more the ATO for a new or existing TFN. 7 Are you an Australian resident fortax purposes? Yes No
information, see
(Visit ato.gov.au/residency to check)
question 1 on page 2 OR I am claiming an exemption because I am under
of the instructions. 18 years of age and do not earn enough to pay tax. 8 Do you want to claim the taxfree threshold from this payer?
OR I am claiming an exemption because I am in Only claim the taxfree threshold from one payer at a time, unless your
receipt of a pension, benefit or allowance. total income from all sources for the financial year will be less than the
taxfree threshold.
Answer no here and at question 10 if you are a foreign resident,
2 What is your name? Title: Mr Mrs Miss Ms Yes No except if you are a foreign resident in receipt of an Australian
Surname or family name Government pension or allowance.
9 Do you want to claim the seniors and pensioners tax offset by
First given name reducing the amount withheld from payments made to you?
Complete a Withholding declaration (NAT 3093), but only if you
Yes are claiming the taxfree threshold from this payer. If you have No
Other given names more than one payer, see page 3 of the instructions.

10 Do you want to claim a zone, overseas forces or invalid and invalid carer
taxoffset by reducing the amount withheld from payments made to you?
3 If you have changed your name since you last dealt with the ATO,
Yes Complete a Withholding declaration (NAT 3093). No
provideyour previous family name.
11 (a) Do you have a Higher Education Loan Program (HELP), Student Startup
Loan (SSL) or TradeSupportLoan (TSL) debt?
Day Month Year
Your payer will withhold additional amounts to cover any compulsory
Yes repayment that may be raised on your notice of assessment. No
4 What is your date of birth?
(b) Do you have a Financial Supplement debt?
5 What is your home address in Australia? Your payer will withhold additional amounts to cover any compulsory
Yes repayment that may be raised on your notice of assessment. No

DECLARATION by payee: I declare that the information I have given is true and correct.
Signature
Date
Suburb/town/locality Day Month Year

You MUST SIGN here

State/territory Postcode
There are penalties for deliberately making a false or misleading statement.

Once section A is completed and signed, give it to your payer to complete sectionB.

Section B: To be completed by the PAYER (if you are not lodging online)
1 What is your Australian business number (ABN) or Branch number 4 What is your business address?
withholding payer number? (if applicable)

2 If you dont have an ABN or withholding payer number,

have you applied for one? Suburb/town/locality
Yes No
State/territory Postcode
3 What is your legal name or registered business name
(or your individual name if not in business)?
5 Who is your contact person?

Business phone number

6 If you no longer make payments to this payee, print X in this box.

DECLARATION by payer: I declare that the information I have given is true and correct.
Signature of payer
Return
 the completed original ATO copy to: IMPORTANT
Date
Day Month Year Australian Taxation Office See next page for:
PO Box 9004 payer obligations
PENRITHNSW2740 lodging online.

There are penalties for deliberately making a false or misleading statement.

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Payer information Lodging the form
The following information will help you comply with your pay as You need to lodge TFN declarations with us within 14 days after
yougo (PAYG) withholding obligations. the form is either signed by the payee or completed by you (if not
provided by thepayee). You need to retain a copy of the form
for your records. For information about storage and disposal,
Is your employee entitled to work in Australia? seebelow.
It is a criminal offence to knowingly or recklessly allow You may lodge the information:
someone to work, or to refer someone for work, where
online lodge your TFN declaration reports using software that
that person is from overseas andis either in Australia
complies with our specifications. There is no need to complete
illegally or is working in breach of their visa conditions.
sectionB of eachform as the payer information is supplied by
 eople or companies convicted of these offences may
P your software.
face fines and/or imprisonment. To avoid penalties, ensure by paper complete section B and send the original to us
your prospective employee has a valid visa to work in within14 days.
Australia before you employ them. For more information
and to check a visa holders status online, visit the
For more information about lodging your
Department of Immigration and Border Protection website
TFNdeclaration report online, visit our website
at immi.gov.au
at ato.gov.au/lodgetfndeclaration

Payer obligations
If you withhold amounts from payments, or are likely to withhold
Provision of payees TFN to the payees super fund
amounts, the payee may give you this form with section A If you make a super contribution for your payee, you need to give
completed. A TFN declaration applies to payments made after the your payees TFN to their super fund on the day of contribution, or if
declaration is provided to you. The information provided on this form the payee has not yet quoted their TFN, within 14 days of receiving
is used to determine the amount of tax to be withheld from payments this form from your payee.
based on the PAYG withholding tax tables we publish. If the payee
gives you another declaration, itoverrides any previous declarations.
Storing and disposing of TFN declarations
Has your payee advised you that they have applied The TFN guidelines issued under the Privacy Act 1988 require you to
use secure methods when storing and disposing of TFN information.
for a TFN, or enquired about their existing TFN? You maystore a paper copy of the signed form or electronic files
Where the payee indicates at question 1 on this form that they have of scanned forms. Scanned forms must be clear and not altered
applied for an individual TFN, or enquired about their existing TFN, inanyway.
theyhave 28 days to give you their TFN. You must withhold tax for If a payee:
28 days at the standard rate according to the PAYG withholding
submits a new TFN declaration (NAT 3092), you must retain a
tax tables. After 28days, if the payee has not given you their TFN,
copy of the earlier form for the current and following financial year.
you must then withhold the top rate of tax from future payments,
has not received payments from you for 12 months, you must
unlesswe tell you not to.
retain a copy of the last completed form for the current and
following financial year.
If your payee has not given you a completed form
you must: Penalties
notify us within 14 days of the start of the withholding obligation by
You may incur a penalty if you do not:
completing as much of the payee section of the form as you can.
PrintPAYER in the payee declaration and lodge the form see lodge TFN declarations with us
Lodging the form. keep a copy of completed TFN declarations for your
withhold the top rate of tax from any payment to that payee. records
provide the payees TFN to their super fund where the
payee quoted their TFN to you.
For a full list of tax tables, visit our website at
ato.gov.au/taxtables