From July to October each year, assistance through the Tax Help program is available at the Youth Centre.

Tax Help is a network of community volunteers who provide a free and confidential service to help people complete their tax returns at tax time. These volunteers are people from within the community who give up their time each year. They are not Tax Office staff, but they receive training and support from the Tax Office.

Tax Help is for people on low incomes including, but not restricted to, those who are also seniors, students, people from non-English speaking backgrounds, people with a disability, Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islander people. Since tax can be complex, volunteers are only able to help with fairly straightforward tax returns. They can help identify and record income received through:

• pensions
• Australian government benefits and allowances, such as unemployment and sickness benefits
• salary and wages
• dividends
• managed funds, and
• interest

To find out if you are eligible for Tax Help, please visit the Tax Help website.