Expat Taxes Australia

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The email lands. Or the letter. The Australian Taxation Office says it has information about overseas accounts or foreign income that does not appear in your Australian tax returns. They’re not impressed. They would like an explanation.

Your stomach drops. You have been living and working abroad for years. You barely think of...

This article is part of our Australian expat tax returns guide. If you are new to expat tax, start with the full guide, then come back here.

The worry ...

You have kept the job, packed the laptop and set up your desk in Lisbon, Bali or your in-laws’ spare room in Manila. Same employer. Same payslip. Same Australian bank account.

Surely the tax stays the same.

It might. But your employer’s address and the account receiving your salary do not set...

This article is part of our Australian expat tax returns guide. If you are new to expat tax, start with the full guide, then come back here.

Somewhere over the Indian Ocean, roughly an hour after the seatbelt sign goes off, eve...