I lodged my return, and now it is saying Debit (DR), the other day it said Credit (CR) when I hover over the question mark and it says money owed to us? what does this means, does this mean the entire return will be paid to the ATO? or does this mean the amount paid into my account? i haven't received any text or nonfictions saying it will be in my account? my effective date is the 15/07/2022. I am really confused about this
Hi @hayleytripodi,
The question mark you can hover over for the Debit and Credit headings just provide a general explanation of what it shows. Anything in the debit column indicates a decrease to your account balance. The credit column shows increases. The description column should provide a bit more information on what is going on with the account. If you see an EFT refund transaction in your account it'll have a number in the debit column. This just indicates the balance being reduced as the refund goes out. If you return is in progress keep monitoring the progress for the time being. Hopefully it won't be much longer! We also have a community article about where's my tax return you might want to check out.
Hi @hayleytripodi,
The question mark you can hover over for the Debit and Credit headings just provide a general explanation of what it shows. Anything in the debit column indicates a decrease to your account balance. The credit column shows increases. The description column should provide a bit more information on what is going on with the account. If you see an EFT refund transaction in your account it'll have a number in the debit column. This just indicates the balance being reduced as the refund goes out. If you return is in progress keep monitoring the progress for the time being. Hopefully it won't be much longer! We also have a community article about where's my tax return you might want to check out.
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