How to submit your annual return - registered political parties
- 34 steps
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To begin your return open VEC Disclosures at [https://disclosures.vec.vic.gov.au/SignIn](https://disclosures.vec.vic.gov.au/SignIn)
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Enter your email and password and sign in
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Click 'Annual returns'
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Click 'Lodge annual return' in the top right-hand corner
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If you manage more than one entity make sure you have chosen the right one for this annual return
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Check your RPP and registered officer details are correct.
Please email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) if they are incorrect
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Click 'Save and continue' to start your annual return
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Income
The total income and total disclosed political donations are automatically populated fields.
Enter your:
- total undisclosed political donations
- number of donors for undisclosed political donations
- total amounts received other than political donations (this includes but isn't limited to VEC funding, dividends on shares, profits from real estate or money bequeathed to you that did not require disclosure during the financial year)
Don't leave any fields blank. Enter '0' if you did not receive any of these.
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Expenditure
Enter your:
- total expenditure (including GST)
- total outstanding debts (including GST).
Don't leave any fields blank. Enter '0' if you do not have either of these.
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Table 1 will be pre-filled with donation details you have disclosed in the past financial year. Check these donation details are correct.
If they are not please email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
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Click 'Save and continue' or 'Back' to return to the previous page
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You can manually enter any outstanding debt details, or upload in bulk using an Excel template (step 18). To enter manually click 'Add'.
To edit or delete any line items, click ‘Action’ next to the item, then select ‘Edit’ or ‘Delete’.
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Enter all details of your outstanding debt:
- date debt was incurred
- amount owed
- if the debt is owed to a bank or other financial institution
- if the debt is owed to a person or organisation
- the name of the person or organisation
- the address of the person or organisation
You can enter the address manually if it doesn't appear in the search bar.
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Click 'Submit' when finished.
Repeat this process to add more outstanding debts.
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You can manually enter any amounts received other than political donations, or upload in bulk using an Excel template (step 18).
To enter manually click 'Add'.
To edit or delete any line entries, click ‘Action’ next to the relevant entry, then select ‘Edit’ or ‘Delete’.
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Enter all details of an amount received other than political donations. You only need to add amounts greater than the $1,170 disclosure threshold. This includes multiple amounts from the same person or entity that exceed this threshold when combined.
You can enter the address manually if it doesn't appear in the search bar.
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Click 'Submit' when finished.
Repeat the process to add more amounts received other than political donations.
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To bulk upload, click 'outstanding debt details' or 'amounts received other than political donations' to download the Excel templates.
You will need to be able to run an Excel document on your computer.
You must complete the template before importing to VEC Disclosures.
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When your template is completed click 'Import'.
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Choose the type of template you're uploading (outstanding debt details or amounts received other than political donations)
Click 'choose file' to upload the template from your computer
Click 'submit' to upload your template
