Bushfire Tax Deferrals

Updated March 27th 2020

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has granted tax payers who have been impacted by the recent bushfires a further extension of lodgement and payment of tax obligations until 28 May 2020.

This deferral includes income tax, activity statements and Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) Returns. If you are located in one of the specified postcodes listed below which were directly impacted by the fires, the deferral has been automatically granted.

New South Wales

Armidale regional: 2350, 2351, 2359, 2360, 2365, 2369, 2370, 2440, 2453

Bega Valley: 2546, 2548, 2549, 2550, 2551, 2631, 2632

Bellingen: 2448, 2449, 2453, 2454, 2455

Blue Mountains: 2758, 2773, 2774, 2776, 2777, 2778, 2779, 2780, 2782, 2783, 2784, 2785, 2786, 2787

Central Coast: 2083, 2250, 2251, 2256, 2257, 2258, 2259, 2260, 2261, 2262, 2263, 2775

Cessnock: 2250, 2320, 2321, 2322, 2323, 2325, 2326, 2327, 2334, 2335

Clarence Valley: 2365, 2370, 2450, 2453, 2456, 2460, 2462, 2463, 2464, 2465, 2466, 2469, 2472

Coffs Harbour: 2450, 2452, 2454, 2456, 2460

Eurobodalla: 2536, 2537, 2545, 2546, 2550, 2622

Glen Innes Severn: 2365, 2370, 2371

Goulburn Mulwaree: 2579, 2580, 2581, 2622

Greater Hume Shire: 2640, 2642, 2644, 2646, 2650, 2652, 2658, 2659, 2660

Hawkesbury: 2330, 2753, 2754, 2755, 2756, 2757, 2758, 2765, 2775

Inverell: 2360, 2361, 2365, 2369, 2370, 2371, 2403, 2410, 4385

Kempsey: 2431, 2440, 2441

Kyogle: 2469, 2470, 2474, 2475, 2476, 2480

Lismore: 2470, 2471, 2472, 2477, 2480

Lithgow: 2785, 2786, 2787, 2790, 2795, 2845, 2846, 2847, 2848, 2849, 2850

Mid-coast: 2312, 2324, 2337, 2415, 2422, 2423, 2424, 2425, 2426, 2427, 2428, 2429, 2430, 2443

Mid-Western: 2795, 2844, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2852

Nambucca: 2441, 2447, 2448, 2449, 2454

Oberon: 2580, 2787, 2790, 2795

Port Macquarie-Hastings: 2429, 2439, 2440, 2441, 2443, 2444, 2445, 2446

Queanbeyan-Palerang regional: 2580, 2581, 2619, 2620, 2621, 2622, 2623

Richmond Valley: 2469, 2470, 2471, 2472, 2473, 2480

Shoalhaven: 2534, 2535, 2536, 2538, 2539, 2540, 2541, 2577, 2622

Singleton: 2320, 2325, 2330, 2331, 2333, 2335

Snowy Monaro Regional: 2546, 2551, 2620, 2621, 2622, 2625, 2626, 2627, 2628, 2629, 2630, 2631, 2632, 2633

Snowy Valleys: 2611, 2627, 2629, 2640, 2642, 2649, 2652, 2653, 2720, 2722, 2729, 2730, 3707

Tenterfield: 2371, 2372, 2469, 2475, 2476, 4375, 4377, 4380, 4383

Tweed: 2483, 2484, 2485, 2486, 2487, 2488, 2489, 2490

Upper Lachlan Shire: 2579, 2580, 2581, 2582, 2583, 2787

Uralla: 2350, 2354, 2358, 2359, 2365

Walcha: 2354

Wingecarribee: 2571, 2574, 2575, 2576, 2577, 2578, 2579, 2580

Wollondilly: 2508, 2560, 2568, 2569, 2570, 2571, 2572, 2573, 2574, 2745, 2752, 2787

 

Queensland

Gladstone: 4670, 4674, 4676, 4677, 4678, 4680, 4694, 4695, 4697, 4741

Livingstone: 4700, 4701, 4702, 4703, 4704, 4705, 4706, 4710, 4711, 4741

Noosa: 4562, 4563, 4565, 4566, 4567, 4568, 4569, 4571, 4573

Somerset: 4306, 4311, 4312, 4313, 4314, 4342, 4346, 4514, 4515

Toowoomba: 4314, 4350, 4352, 4353, 4354, 4355, 4356, 4357, 4358, 4359, 4360, 4361, 4363, 4364, 4365, 4400, 4401, 4402, 4403, 4404, 4405, 4407, 4614

 

South Australia

Adelaide Hills: 5052, 5072, 5073, 5076, 5114, 5125, 5131, 5132, 5133, 5134, 5136, 5137, 5138, 5139, 5140, 5141, 5142, 5144, 5151, 5152, 5153, 5154, 5155, 5156, 5157, 5231, 5232, 5233, 5234, 5235, 5240, 5241, 5242, 5243, 5244, 5245, 5252, 5351

City of Playford: 5110, 5112, 5113, 5114, 5115, 5116, 5117, 5118, 5120, 5121

Kangaroo Island: 5220, 5221, 5222, 5223

Kingston: 5264, 5271, 5273, 5275

Lower Eyre Peninsula: 5606, 5607, 5630, 5631, 5632

Mount Barker: 5153, 5155, 5157, 5201, 5243, 5244, 5245, 5250, 5251, 5252, 5254

Yorke Peninsula: 5552, 5558, 5570, 5571, 5572, 5573, 5575, 5576, 5577, 5580, 5581, 5582, 5583

 

Tasmania

Break O’Day: 7212, 7213, 7214, 7215, 7216, 7264

Central Highlands: 7030, 7140, 7304

Southern Midlands: 7017, 7026, 7027, 7030, 7119, 7120, 7140, 7172, 7190

 

Victoria

Alpine: 3691, 3697, 3698, 3699, 3737, 3738, 3739, 3740, 3741, 3744, 3862, 3898

East Gippsland: 3699, 3701, 3707, 3851, 3862, 3864, 3865, 3875, 3878, 3880, 3882, 3885, 3886, 3887, 3888, 3889, 3890, 3891, 3892, 3893, 3895, 3896, 3898, 3900, 3902, 3903, 3904, 3909

Towong: 3691, 3695, 3700, 3701, 3704, 3705, 3707, 3708, 3709

Woodonga: 3690, 3691, 3694

Can’t find your postcode?

If you’ve been affected but your postcode is not one of the listed, you can call the Emergency Support Infoline on 1800 806 218 for help. Alternatively, you can also speak with your accounting professional to work out a plan to support and manage your tax affairs.

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