Income Tax Estimator

The ATO has published a comprehensive tax calculator to help you work out your tax refund or debt estimate for previous years. You can use these to estimate your tax payable and also calculate your:

• Medicare levy
• Medicare levy surcharge
• Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) / Student Start-up Loan (SSL) / Trade Support Loan (TSL) repayment
• Student Financial Supplement Scheme (SFSS) repayment
• any tax offsets that may apply.

The calculator also takes other tax credits into account when estimating your tax refund or debt.

Information you will need:

• total gross income payments you received
• total amount of tax that was withheld
• total amount of deductions to claim
• your residency status for taxation purposes
• details of your tax credits and any tax offsets you are entitled to claim.

You may need additional information, depending on your circumstances and what you choose to calculate.

See the ATO website for further details here.

You will not be able to use this calculator if you:

• had a spouse for only part of the year
• had an employment termination payment
• had a lump sum payment in arrears
• had a lump sum payment because you retired or finished working in a job
• were under 18 years and had unearned income such as interest, dividends or other investment income
• received credit for any tax paid by a trustee
• had exempt foreign employment income
• had income that was subject to averaging
• had superannuation concessional contributions in excess of your concessional contributions cap.

Disclaimer

This calculator will give you an estimate only. All outcomes provided by this calculator are based on the information you provide at the time of calculation. You should use the outcomes as an estimate and for guidance purposes only.

The actual amount of your tax payable or refund will depend on the information you provide in your tax return and on the balance of your account at the time of assessment.

Income tax estimator →

Please note: This link will open the ATO website.

This calculator will take between 15-25 minutes to complete, if you’re looking for a simpler estimate, check out the ATO Simple Tax Calculator.