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The subs are nuclear. What Australian city will want them in their port?

This is what it says: "Financial institutions automatically withhold tax from interest earned on accounts held by foreign residents." Where do you get "Australian citizen" from? You very well could be right, and it is Australia foreign resident for taxation purposes, but it could be a foreigner, as in, not an Australian citizen. Like I said, I would be surprised if it was that easy to get out of paying all that tax.

That's why Australia is "The Lucky Country." Working is a lifestyle choice, not a necessity.

With the advent of 3D printers, the day will come when a business in Australia wishing to manufacture something in China will just send the details to the manufacture's 3D printer at the factory in China and then say, "I want 10,000 of these." No need to fly to China with samples, or courier them over.

Covid showed big companies that many of their staff could work from home, with little loss of production and profits. The effect of this was the company could rent a small premises and save a lot of money. Many companies downsized out of the Sydney CBD, so there were many vacant office blocks.

The ABS classifies someone as "employed" if they work more than 1 hour a week, which is ridiculous. The reason casual employment is preferred by employers is because it gets around the unfair dismissal laws. You don't have to fire anyone, you just don't ring them and give them hours.

Simon, I commend your work in this area, in a country where the people are oppressed, but your freedom is at stake, and you will not survive gaol time there. So, if you are going to do this, you can't be Cheap Charlie about it. You really need to have these files in the cloud, and not stored in any device inside country. I know you said you can not rely on the internet there, but so be it, if that is the way it has to be. You may think having a password offers you some protection, but the Junta will just gaol you until you give up your password, and when you do, you will be sentenced to gaol anyway. If you do not want to pay for any cloud storage, perhaps you can set up a small NAS somewhere as a server, or have a friend set up a partition on theirs. You really need the files stored outside of the country. Another idea is to make a random email address and store the files in there, then use "Tails" on a USB drive to access that email address. Of course, you will also need to use a VPN or TOR, and be sure to use a "secure erase" program after every download, so nothing deleted can be recovered from the drive in your device. I believe a minimum of 7 write overs is enough. These are some basic things, and hardly 007 stuff, but the other issue you have is, witnesses. Your students are witnesses to your documents, and whilst I am sure they dislike the Junta as much as anyone, and appreciate your work, the Junta with coerce them for a statement, and for sure they will give it up. Myanmar is run by some sadistic an immoral people, and if you are going to go up against them, at least try not to let hem have any physical evidence against you.

The subs are costing up to $368 billion dollars. That money could have gone a long way to fix up many problems in Australia.

"How good is Australia" - Scott Morrison. "Centrelink, living the dream."

Casuals pay tax.

Well said. They couldn't care less if the small fish are caught in the net for the big fish.

Say an Aussie had $2 million AUD in an Aussie bank earning 5%. That's $100,000AUD a year, and this was their only income. I would find it hard to believe they could ring their bank and give them an address in Thailand and go from being taxed as per the above table, to being taxed a flat 10%. Let's say that Aussie was still in Australia, using the "gray area" but in reverse, arguing that they actually live in Thailand, but are just on a long holiday in Australia visiting friends and family. I would be surprised if it was that easy to get out of paying all that tax. If there was other income involved, I would think as so as you give your bank an overseas address to claim your 10%, the ATO would be on you for their 32.5% as a non resident for tax purposes on your next tax return. Next time I am speaking with my accountant I will ask them about this as an option for when if / when the proposed changes to non resident tax comes in. One option I have was to liquidate every asset I have in Australia and move the money offshore, out of reach of the ATO. I would still be a non resident for tax purposes, being outside of Australia for 183 days, but I have nothing in Australia to tax. I could handle a flat 10% tax on interest, so leaving it in an Aussie bank, and telling them I am a non resident for tax purposes, could be an option.

Hardly.

Some were calling for a temporary rise in the GST. This would tax the actual people causing the inflation, the spenders. Basic foods are already exempt, they could extend this to things like white goods, in case your fridge blows up. This would net the government billions, which can then be used on hospitals, schools, roads etc. Another one, and my preferred one, was a temporary rise in super contributions, which lets the people keep their money. Say it went from 9% or 12% to 20%, this will slow down spending. Raising interest rates which target mortgage holders, who typically have less disposable income to spend, therefore, are not the ones causing inflation, on this occasion, will go beyond "unfair" and will cause social damage in the form of defaults, homelessness, divorce and suicide. Other options are available, but the government is not brave enough to try them. The problem is, the wealthy, those typically without mortgages, pay the inflated price anyway, so that leave the middle class paying through the nose, all the time while mortgage holders are the ones being punished. I am not saying raising interest rates doesn't work. I am suggesting there are better ways of lowering inflation in which the pain is evenly spread, and not carried by a minority who aren't even causing the problem. Interest rates couldn't stay low forever. They had to eventually rise and normalize again. The unemployment rate dropped recently, probably because mortgagees now have to get a second job, so this puts pressure on the RBA to raise rates again next month. It's a catch 22 for mortgagees. Work another job to keep your house, but you are causing another rate rise to push you closer to losing your house. The rot started decades ago when the housing market because an investment vehicle through tax perks, and the low supply of new housing which pushed house prices, and rents, through the roof. It turned what should have been homes for Aussie families into money making investments for the wealthy. Australia's housing market ponzi scheme may very well unravel in the next 12 to 18 months.

Why make a minority of Australians, mainly those with mortgages, carry the burden of Australia's high inflation? Particularly, as mortgagees typically have less money to spend, so are not the ones fueling inflation. The inflation burden should be carried by the broader population, not a minority.

What rights does this little book give you in Thailand? What does it allow you to do that a 30 day visa exemption stamp tourist can't do? It's nothing like Permanent Residency in a western country, and to suggest that it is comparable is laughable. On a side note, how can you argue you are a resident of Australia for taxation purposes, whilst holding this little book that says you are a resident of Thailand?

No shame in admitting you can't answer the question, so why personally attack me, when you don't even know yourself?

Ok, perhaps I read it was owner occupiers. Surely there's an amount of investment properties that are mortgaged for negative gearing purposes.

Provide a link showing that a Certificate of Residence means you are a Permanent Resident of Thailand.

Have I? What advice have I offered? Have I told anyone what they should be doing with their money, no? I have informed people of the proposed changes to tax residency laws, and have posted link after link after link. When I have offered my opinion, I have said, "In my opinion" which makes it an opinion, not advice. You have obviously misunderstood. I am self funded, like thousands of others, and many part pensioners. I don't receive an aged pension, and I have said this. Once again, I have not offered advice. It's been a sub topic within the aged pension forum that very well may have an impact on pensions, and pensioners. How does personally attacking me change the proposed changes to tax residency laws? Do you feel better after shooting the messenger? Does it make the proposed changes disappear for you?

It's just a piece of paper that should be free, although many have to pay 300 baht, that simply states, officially, that you live at a certain address. They are commonly used for drivers / riders licenses and registering vehicles, where a proper address for a foreigner must be established. They have nothing to do with Citizenship, Permanent Residency, and visas.

Pensioners living overseas are not welfare cheats, well, some might be get a few dollars on the side, but that's for another threat. The proposed changes to non resident taxation is nothing like Robodebt. There are some very wealthy people that have been using the gray area for years. The gray area is in law that is over 90 years old. It had to come to an end one day. The former Liberal government made a start, and the current Labor government are aware of the proposed changes. Common sense says if they pass the proposed changes, they add another non resident tax bracket that would be a tax free threshold that would see pensioners under the threshold, but I have not read such a proposal. I really don't see the link between Robodebt and closing a 90 year old gray area tax loop hole.

There's been too many people hiding in the "room for argument" for decades. It had to end. That said, I never thought it would be so black and white as the 183 days, but you have read the proposed changes, and they are what they are. They may very well be passed, despite the hardship they will cause to many, such is the way government operates. I haven't mixed it up. 183 days inside Australia, resident. 1Therefore, 83 days outside Australia, non resident. Where's the mix up? Not about appetite to go after people. It's about the passing of a law that sees ANY Australian citizen outside of Australia for more than 183 days a year, who derives an "income" from Australia being deemed a non resident for taxation purposes, no gray area, no wiggle room, no room for argument. Simple as this, really. Please post a link to a proposed 365 days or 730 days rule. Even if this was the case, how does this help Aussie expats living overseas full time? Even at 730 days, they eventually get scooped up, so, no real difference between 183 days and 730 days for expats. No, Robodebt was wrong because of the method the government used. I have no problem with the government going after welfare cheats. Aussie expat pensioners are not welfare cheats, but they are non residents for taxation purposes. Sure, they are not the focus of these proposed changes, but without an exemption, they will be scooped up by them as well. As for the government being shy to repeat this mistake, immigration know all the Aussies that are outside of Australia. Centerlink know all the Aussies that are on a welfare payment. As incompetent as the Australian government is, not even they could mess this up with things being made so simple. Simple chain of events with data bases. Eg. Aussie John Smith has been outside of Australia for 183 days. Immigration inform the ATO and Centerlink. If John Smith is self funded, next tax return his bill goes up by 32.5%. If John Smith is a pensioner, Centerlink start reducing his pension by 32.5% per fortnight. Where's the Robodebt scenario in this simple example?

If Australia's intelligence agencies were smart, they would buy some Chinese CCTV systems, and build a mock military base/s in the middle of nowhere. A bit of fencing and signage, some makeshift buildings, have a few people coming and going, but essentially, nothing there of any importance. Use a bit of scrub as bait.

Google "Rimmer Pornhub." Ahhhh, then again, maybe you better not.