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leo6(Newbie)Newbie
18 Apr 2025

I'm from the UK, studied in the UK, have a UK student loan. I have now moved temporarily to Australia for full time employment. I'm an Australian resident for tax purposes.

My Australian income is my only income.

I have a student loan in the UK which I will continue to make repayments on from my Australian income.


On the 'Tax file number declaration' form, question 9 asks if I have a Higher Education Loan Program (HELP), Student Start-up Loan (SSL) or Trade Support Loan (TSL) debt. It also asks if I have a Financial Supplement debt.


Does my UK student loan count as any of those thing? I assume not, in which case I should answer 'no' to these questions?

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YellowPotato(Taxicorn)Taxicorn
18 Apr 2025

No, UK student loan is not part of it. It's asking Australian student loans because the compulsory repayment is calculated in the australian tax return.

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