About Sorted
Sorted is a free tool that estimates your tax, finds deductions you may have missed, and points you at government benefits you might be eligible for. It is built for Australians in the missing middle: people who earn too much for most support, but not enough to keep an accountant on call.
What happens to your answers
Nothing is stored. There is no signup, no account, and no database. Your answers are sent once to generate your report, and they are gone when you close the tab. If you refresh the page, your report is gone too, so save or share it before you leave.
Sorted does not ask for your name, your tax file number, your bank details, or your email address, and it never will. If a version of this tool ever asks you for those, it is not this one.
Who builds it
Sorted is built and maintained by Alex Pappas, who runs Groundwork Digital Studio, a digital studio in Melbourne working with trade businesses.
It is free because it costs very little to run and it is genuinely useful. There is no paid tier and nothing is upsold to you inside your report. If it saves you money and you want to say thanks, there is a coffee link in the footer. That is the whole business model.
The entire source code is public under the MIT licence, including every tax rate and the exact prompt used to build your report. If you want to check the numbers rather than take our word for it, you can read them on GitHub.
Where the numbers come from
Every rate and threshold is checked against a primary source: the ATO, Services Australia, or the legislation itself. Not a summary, and not another calculator.
ATO rates last verified: 4 August 2026
Current for the 2026-27 financial year. Rates get indexed, legislated and occasionally repealed mid-year, so this date matters more than it looks. Two things worth knowing right now:
- The instant asset write-off is unsettled. The $20,000 threshold expired on 30 June 2026. Under current law it is $1,000 per item. A permanent $20,000 is before Parliament but is not yet law, so Sorted estimates on the legislated figure and tells you when it applies to you. If you are timing a large purchase, talk to your accountant first.
- Some thresholds are provisional. The Medicare levy low-income thresholds are indexed by an Act passed after the financial year ends and applied backwards, so the figures in force today are the best available rather than the final ones.
What Sorted is not
It is not financial advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it is not a substitute for a registered tax agent. It produces an estimate from a short questionnaire, which means it does not know about the specific circumstances that often matter most.
Treat your report as a list of things worth asking about, not a lodgement. Anything that looks significant is worth confirming with a registered tax agent before you act on it.