Financial Disclosure Guide for Third Parties incurring Political Expenditure

Updated: 6 July 2016

Amending returns

A request may be made to or by the AEC seeking amendment of a return that has been lodged and was incomplete or subsequently found to be incomplete or incorrect. In some cases, the AEC may request that an amendment be lodged to rectify a problem in a return. A Request for Amendment–Third Party Return of Political Expenditure is available at www.aec.gov.au.

The Request for Amendment–Third Party Return of Political Expenditure should show the additions, deletions or variations from the information provided on the original return.

In order to avoid confusion or ambiguity when completing a Request for Amendment – Third Party Return of Political Expenditure, the record/s being changed should be clearly identified.