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Leaving Australia Permanently: The Essential Australian Expat Departure Checklist

Ben Turner

Ben Turner is the Managing Director of the Atlas Tax practice. He is a Chartered Accountant with almost two decades experience in Big 4 accounting and legal firms advising clients on their expat tax obligations. Ben has a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) and Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice. He is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia. He speaks regularly on various expat tax issues at conferences for the Taxation Institute of Australia and is a member of their State Council and national employment taxes committees.

Leaving Australia Permanently

Leaving Australia Permanently: The Essential Australian Expat Departure Checklist

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Leaving Australia Permanently: The Essential Australian Expat Departure Checklist Every year, thousands of Australians relocate overseas for work, lifestyle, family, or retirement reasons. If you are considering leaving Australia permanently, it’s important to understand the practical implications. While the excitement of moving abroad often takes priority, many people overlook the practical Australian tax and financial […]

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Why Your Departure Year Tax Return May Be the Most Important Tax Return You Ever Lodge

Why Your Departure Year Tax Return May Be the Most Important Tax Return You Ever Lodge

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Why Your Departure Year Tax Return May Be the Most Important Tax Return You Ever Lodge For Australians moving overseas, there is one tax return that is often more important than every other return they will ever lodge. It is not the return after you leave, or when you sell an investment property, or when

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Part 2: Moving Overseas? Australia's New CGT Rules Have Changed the Deemed Disposal Decision

Part 2: Moving Overseas? Australia’s New CGT Rules Have Changed the Deemed Disposal Decision

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Moving Overseas? Australia’s New CGT Rules Have Changed the Deemed Disposal Decision For Australians moving overseas, one of the biggest tax decisions is whether to trigger deemed disposal before becoming a foreign resident for Australian tax purposes. Historically, that decision has involved balancing the immediate Australian tax cost against the future tax consequences of retaining Australian

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Australian Expats Could Lose the New Capital Gains Tax Indexation Benefit by Working Overseas

Part 1: Australian Expats Could Lose the New Capital Gains Tax Indexation Benefit by Working Overseas

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Australian Expats Could Lose the New Capital Gains Tax Indexation Benefit by Working Overseas A single period of foreign residency after 1 July 2027 could permanently deny access to Australia’s new Capital Gains Tax (CGT) indexation regime for an Australian investment property. For many Australians working overseas, retaining an Australian investment property has long been

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Working Overseas for an Australian Employer: The Tax Risks Most People Miss

Working Overseas for an Australian Employer: The Tax Risks Most People Miss

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Working Overseas for an Australian Employer: The Tax Risks Most People Miss Remote work and cross-border employment arrangements are becoming increasingly common. Employees are relocating overseas for lifestyle reasons, international assignments, family commitments, or simply because remote work now makes it possible. In many cases, however, one thing does not change. The employee remains connected

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Returning to Australia Due to Middle East Unrest – What It Means for Your Tax Residency

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Returning to Australia Due to Middle East Unrest – What It Means for Your Tax Residency With the current instability in parts of the Middle East, we are seeing an increasing number of Australian expatriates temporarily returning to Australia for safety and family reasons. A common question we are being asked is: “Will returning to

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The Commonwealth Superannuation Test for Tax Residency: Is It Still Relevant?

The Commonwealth Superannuation Test for Tax Residency: Is It Still Relevant?

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The Commonwealth Superannuation Test for Tax Residency: Is It Still Relevant? In discussions around Australian tax residency, most people have heard of the resides,  183-day test and the domicile test, but few realise there’s a another — rarely triggered but still legislated — tax residency rule: the Commonwealth superannuation test. It’s one of those quirks

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