If you do not receive this document, then I would make it a point of following up to make sure you get one issued from each of your respective employers throughout the last twelve months.
Once you have received this document it's a good idea to go through all of your receipts to determine what receipts are work or education related. You will need these for when you speak to the tax agent processing your tax return.
Some of you may have had a lot of medical expenses throughout the year. For those people it's a good idea to go to a medicare office to get a print out of your medical expenditure and your local pharmacy if you've purchased a lot of prescription medicine throught the year as you may have gone over the treshold in which case you may be able to claim some of your medical costs.
For those of you with shares, investment properties or those who receive income from investments, you will need to collate all of this information for your tax return. Make sure you go through all of your documents thoroughly as you don't want to miss any deductions.
An important thing to remember is not to forget to check all of your bank statements to work out how much interest you may have earned throughout the year. This information is sent to the tax office from your bank so make sure you don't forget to include it in your tax return.
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