Superannuation Death Benefit Nominations for Expats – Over the course of an expats lifetime, superannuation is likely to become one of their largest and longest held assets. As such, it is important for Australian expats to consider your superannuation death benefits carefully when reviewing your estate planning needs. We find that despite its significance, many […]
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Offset vs Redraw: What An Expat Needs To Know About Debt Structuring – with interest rates rising to a 10-year high in Australia, Australian Expats with leveraged investment properties may have thought about temporarily paying down debt to mitigate higher interest costs. This is often prompted by receiving a large lump sum of cash from
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Transferring your Retirement Savings between Australia and New Zealand – If you’re planning to move back across the Tasman Sea as a returning Australian expat from New Zealand, or, if you’ve spent time in Australia and returning to New Zealand, you may have thought about transferring your retirement savings from one country to the other.
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Importance of Double Tax Agreements for Australian Expats – With the prospect of new tax residency laws being introduced in Australia, we have put together a refresher article on what Double Tax Agreements (DTA) are, how they interact with Australia’s tax residency laws, and why they are important for Australian Expats. Note: The proposed new Australian
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Retirement Saving Strategies for Expats – Are you saving at least 10.5% of your income for retirement as an Australian Expat? When an Australian expat relocates overseas for an employment opportunity, they are usually contracted by an international organization which has no obligation to make the otherwise mandated super guarantee (SG) contributions to their superannuation account.
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Selling Australian Real Estate As An Expat? You might want to reconsider your timing – In this post we look to provide an overview of the Australian Capital Gains Tax (CGT) landscape when it comes to disposing of Australian real estate (residential property) as a Non-resident for tax purposes. It aims to act as a refresher for
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Land Tax Changes in Queensland – Australian Expats Beware – Australian expats who own property in Queensland need to be aware that there’s been a recent amendment to the Land Tax Act 2010 (Qld) that received assent on 30 June 2022, changing the way the State Revenue Office in Queensland calculates land tax. Where an
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Tax Treatment of Superannuation for US Based Expats – the topic of how Australian expats living in the US manage and declare their Australian superannuation to the IRS causes a lot of confusion and we meet Australian expats on a daily basis who are still either ignoring their obligations or treating their superannuation accounts incorrectly.
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