Do your tax return online – what are you waiting for?
With today’s society becoming increasingly reliant on technology and the web, we thought it pertinent to discuss the benefits of doing your tax online with Etax Accountants versus offline. In the table below we compare online tax returns as well as traditional offline returns.
| Difference | Online Tax Return at Etax.com.au | Traditional 'Offline' Tax Return |
| Speed | Most people can do their online tax return at Etax.com.au in 15 minutes. | Visiting an accountant’s office or filling in the ATO’s paper tax forms often takes 1 hour or more. Time spent traveling or in an accountant’s waiting room can make this even longer. |
| Location | You can complete your return on any computer. At home, at work, in a cafe – even on holidays on the other side of the world – no problems. | You need to visit a traditional accountant in their office with all your documents, or carry around a traditional tax pack, both of which can be inconvenient. |
| Price | Etax.com.au offers an easy online tax return plus professional accounting support at very low fees. | The cost of visiting an accountant can be in excess of several hundred dollars. |
| Easy | With no hard questions, a customised, simple tax form and the ability to do it all from home; online tax returns are easy with Etax Accountants. Problems? Get instant support by email or phone.
| Completing your tax offline often requires appointments to be made, time off work and a lot of confusing questions – that’s not easy. Did you forget a document at home? Oops – that will require more time & trouble.
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| Service | Doing your tax online with Etax means a qualified accountant will check your return for accuracy and further deductions which may increase your refund! | Many popular tax agents do not employ qualified accountants. Your local tax agent's staff may have lower qualifications than you expect. If you use a traditional paper tax pack (or install ATO E-tax software on your computer), there is no expert check for errors or accuracy before the ATO reviews it. You are largely on your own. |