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Image: ANU - After a difficult financial year with bushfires and COVID-19, ANU students stand ready to help people with their tax obligations. Students operating the 2020 ANU Tax Clinic will help people navigate the new COVID-19 tax measures, backed by tax professionals from the community. The service will reach more people this year, extending beyond Canberra to southern NSW and will operate exclusively by phone and video-conferencing to comply with COVID-19 social distancing guidelines. Dr Sonali Walpola said the 2020 tax return had several new elements to it due to COVID-19. "Tax time can be stressful at the best of times. But people may have additional questions due to the COVID-19 tax measures, with Jobkeeper payments administered by the ATO and with a simplified process for some deductions now being possible," she said. "This year we're expecting lots of questions about deductions for home office expenses.
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