Supporting document for Australian citizen-non-resident of Australia paid dividend tax oversea

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(Newbie)Newbie

13 Dec 2021

Dear All,

My Director is an Australian citizen and currently, he is a tax resident in Vietnam. He declared and paid his overseas dividend income in Vietnam.

He has 2 documents for dividend declaration and payment (both in Vietnamese)

1. PIT declaration for dividend income form-approved by Vietnam Tax Authority

2. Bank transfer receipt for his dividend tax paid.

Are these supporting documents enough for the Australian Tax in the future and do we need to translate these into English.

Thank you!

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BlakeATO

(Community Support)Community Support

15 Dec 2021

Hi @JoanneNguyen

If we did require the documents then yes it's the taxpayers responsibility to translate them to english by an approved translation service. Take a look at our response to a similar question asked previously.

If the director is a dual tax resident, it will only be taxable in the country it originates from. In this case, Vietnam.

He needs to keep record of both statements from the payer (company or broker) who has paid him the dividends, and from the bank showing it was received by him. This means the documents you've mentioned would be sufficient.

You can read about keeping tax records for specific expenses and payments on our website.