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What data pre-fills into Tax?

Tax pre-filling partially completes a tax return with financial information provided by the ATO from:

Learn more about pre-filling on the ATO website.

Before completing and lodging a tax return, press F3 to validate the return with a list of imported values and errors.

Pre-filled data

Salary and wages

Payment summaries for foreign employment income, personal service income and some other payment types isn't pre-filled because of data limitations.

Additional PAYG Payment Summary (egc)

Schedule: Additional PAYG payment summary (egc)

Pre-fill data:

  • Employer details name and ABN

  • Gross Payment

  • Tax withheld

  • Lump sum A

  • Lump sum B

  • Reportable employer super contribution

Australian government allowances and payments worksheet (aga)

Schedule: Australian Government allowances and payments worksheet (aga)

Pre-fill data:

  • Gross Payment Tax Withheld

Overseas pensions/annuities and salary income worksheet (ove)

Schedule: Overseas Pensions/Annuities and Salary Income worksheet (ove)

Pre-fill data:

  • Exempt foreign employment income

Gifts and donations worksheet (pgd)

Schedule: Gifts and Donations worksheet (pgd)

Pre-fill data:

  • Workplace giving

Tax withheld - lump sum payments in arrears worksheet (poi)

Schedule: Tax withheld - lump sum payments in arrears worksheet (poi)

Pre-fill data:

  • Lump sum E amount (Income in arrears)

Other work-related expenses worksheet (pwe)

Schedule: Other Work Related Expenses worksheet (pwe)

Pre-fill data:

  • Union fee

Other income - category 1 worksheet (oiy)

Schedule: Other income - Category 1 worksheet (oiy)

Pre-fill data:

  • Lump Sum E amount

ETP

Death benefit ETP paid to a trustee of the deceased estate won't be pre-filled.

Schedule: Employment termination payment for individuals schedule (PY)

Pre-fill data:

  • Payer name

  • Payer ABN

  • Date of payment

  • Payment code

  • PAYGW - EMP-Taxable-component

  • PAYGW - Tax Withheld

Government payment

For pre-fill availability, refer to Government agency data on the ATO website.

Additional PAYG Payment Summary (egc)

Schedule: Additional PAYG payment summary (egc)

Pre-fill data:

  • Parental Leave/Partner Pay

  • Gross payment tax withheld

Australian government allowances and payments worksheet (aga)

Schedule: Australian Government allowances and payments worksheet (aga)

Pre-fill data:

  • Government allowance and payments

  • Gross payment tax withheld

Australian Government Pensions and Allowances worksheet (agp)

Schedule: Australian Government Pensions and Allowances worksheet (agp)

Pre-fill data:

  • Government pensions and allowances

  • Gross payment tax withheld

Tax-free Government pensions worksheet (IT3) (tgp)

Schedule: IT3 Tax-free Government pensions worksheet (tgp)

Pre-fill data:

  • Government tax free pension and allowances

  • Gross payment tax withheld

Tax withheld - lump sum payments in arrears worksheet (poi)

Schedule: Tax withheld - lump sum payments in arrears worksheet (poi)

Pre-fill data:

  • BSWAT lump sum payment in arrears

  • Gross payment tax withheld

Other income - category 2 worksheet (pov)

Schedule: Other Income - category 2 worksheet (pov)

Pre-fill data:

  • Category 2 government payments

  • Net assessable interest income

Pension – non-super

Schedule: Annuities and superannuation income streams worksheet (asi)

Pre-fill data:

  • Payer ABN

  • Payer Name

  • Gross Payment

  • Tax withheld

Super income stream

The details to calculate the offset at T2 must be entered manually.

Schedule: Annuities and superannuation income streams worksheet (asi)

Pre-fill data:

  • Payer Name

  • Payer ABN

  • PAYGW - SPN-taxable-component-taxed-element

  • PAYGW - SPN-taxable-component-untaxed-element

  • PAYGW - SPN-Lump-Sum-arrears-taxed-element

  • PAYGW - SPN-Lump-Sum-arrears-untaxed-element

  • PAYGW - Tax Withheld

Super lump sum

Schedule: Superannuation lump sum schedule (PL)

Pre-fill data:

  • Payer Name

  • Payer ABN

  • SLS - death benefit was made to a non-dependant

  • SLS - taxable-component-taxed-element

  • SLS -taxable-component-untaxed-element

  • PAYGW - Date of payment

  • PAYGW - Tax Withheld

Bank interest

This is identical to CSV pre-fill.

For pre-fill availability, see Financial institution data (interest income) – short list on the ATO website.

Schedule: Interest Income worksheet (int) - Individuals, Interest Income worksheet (int) - Entites

Pre-fill data:

  • Financial institution

  • Account name

  • Account number

  • TFN withheld amount

  • Gross interest

  • Number of account holders

Dividends

For some dividends, CGT deduction is also included in the report but isn't pre-filled.

For pre-fill availability, see the ATO Company data (dividend income) – short list page.

Schedule: Gross dividends worksheet (div)

Pre-fill data:

  • Company name

  • Exploration credits

  • Unfranked dividends

  • Franked dividends

  • TFN withholding

  • SRN/HIN number

  • Account name

  • Number of account holders

Schedule: Exploration Credits

Pre-fill data:

  • Exploration credits

Employee Share

Schedule: Employee Share Schemes worksheet (emp)

Pre-fill data:

  • Employer’s name

  • Employer’s ABN

  • Discount from taxed up front schemes - eligible for reduction

  • Discount from taxed up front schemes - not eligible for reduction

  • Discount from referral schemes

  • Discount on ESS interests acquired pre-2009

  • TFN amounts withheld from discounts

Managed fund

If there are multiple investment owners, the pre-filled amounts will be apportioned. Not all foreign-sourced income is pre-filled because of data entry limitations.

Schedule: Distributions received from trusts worksheet (dit)

Pre-fill data:

  • Trust name

  • Non-Primary Production Income Amount

  • Other Deductions Amount

  • Franking Credits Amount

  • TFN Withheld Credit Amount

  • Credit Tax Paid by Trustee Amount

  • Credit Foreign Resident Withholding Amount

  • National Rental Affordability Scheme Tax Offset Amount

  • Credit Tax Withheld ABN Unquoted Amount

  • Primary Production - Net income from trusts

  • Primary Production - Other deductions

  • Franked distributions from trusts

  • Capital gains discounted method

  • Capital gains other method

  • Exploration credits

  • Other Income

  • Share of Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding credits

  • Share of Early-stage investor tax offset

  • Share of Early-stage venture capital limited partnership (ESVCLP) tax offset

ATO interest

Schedule: Interest Income worksheet (int) - Individuals, Interest Income worksheet (int) - Entites

Pre-fill data:

  • Interest on overpayments

  • Interest on early payments

  • Delayed refund interest

Schedule: Tax withheld - lump sum payments in arrears worksheet (poi)

Pre-fill data:

  • GIC SIC LPI Credit Amount

 

Schedule: ATO interest deduction worksheet (pid)

Pre-fill data:

  • GIC SIC LPI Debit Amount

Private Health Insurance

Claim code isn't pre-filled.

For pre-fill availability, see the ATO Health fund data page.

Schedule: Private health insurance policy details (phi)

Pre-fill data:

  • Insurer ID

  • Membership number

  • Benefit code

  • Rebate received

  • Premiums eligible for rebate

Higher Education

Schedule: HECS-HELP, SSL, TSL and SFSS worksheet (hec)

Pre-fill data:

  • HELP Balance

  • SFSS Balance

  • SSL Balance

  • ABSTUDY SSL Balance

  • TSL Balance

Averaging - PP

If the ATO hasn't provided a value for the latest year, Tax won't do the pre-fill. If you don't review the averaging details at Return Properties > Estimate > PP Averaging after pre-fill, pressing F3 gives you a validation error. Click Edit or OK to clear the message.

Schedule: Primary Production Averaging

Pre-fill data:

  • PP Averaging in the Estimate tab

Averaging - Div 405

If the ATO hasn't provided a value for the latest year, Tax won't do the pre-fill. If you don't review the averaging details at Return Properties > Estimate > Div405 Averaging after pre-fill, pressing F3 gives you a validation error. Click Edit or OK to clear the message.

Schedule: Div 405 Averaging

Pre-fill data:

  • Div 405 in the Estimate tab

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