Will27

Yep The 2 year period is a one once off. I know two people here who have portability and have been told by Centrelink it's forever. Here's some more info. https://www.mlc.com.au/content/dam/mlcsecure/adviser/technical/pdf/age-pension-qualification-and-portability.pdf

We've all got different circumstances. Some single, some married, some married with kids. Different budgets etc. Scorecard had access to the RSL and cheap rent that most won't before he returned to Thailand. Still kicking has gotten himself cheap rent but looks as if he's staying in Oz. My biggest gripe is that you have to do it (return to Oz) if you want the pension. But it is what it is I guess.

Don't forget, still kicking isn't single, he's married. Also, why would you live there if you didn't have to? His wife owns 2 properties. Something doesn't add up.

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What a pity. https://wwos.nine.com.au/afl/news-2024-angus-brayshaw-retires-melbourne-demons-concussion-impacts-exclusive/623ea7f0-4cf1-4b96-b5f5-751945d06b2c

You've previously said you're on the single OAP rate of about $1200 including benefits PF. But you say you're married so why aren't you on the married rate? If your wife has 2 properties, have they been included in the assets test?

So are you renting from a friend or family member? I find it difficult to believe you are paying $240 per week and the owner hasn't put the rent up in 7 years.

Is that State Hosing Commission? My good mate who has just moved to Thailand was paying $450 per week for an average 3x1 in an average suburb. And that was renting through a friend.

Still kicking, which is it? Last month you posted this.

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What's going on in Melbourne land Uncle Alex? Sounds like West Coast circa 2006. AFL 2024: Melbourne footballer Joel Smith accused of cocaine trafficking The failed drugs test probe into Melbourne’s Joel Smith has taken a dramatic turn, with anti-doping investigators accusing the Demon of cocaine trafficking. See how the AFL responded. Anti-doping investigators have accused Melbourne footballer Joel Smith of cocaine trafficking in a dramatic escalation of his failed drugs test probe. After reviewing his phone, Sport Integrity Australia officials have uncovered multiple text messages sent by Smith referencing cocaine. In one message to Demons teammates last year, he ­offered them a quantity of the drug, it is alleged. This masthead has not confirmed how many Melbourne players the SMS was sent to, or the amount of ­cocaine he offered. SIA has asserted to Smith that he has violated several anti-doping rules and asked him to respond by mid-March, before it delivers a finding. The league is understood to be awaiting the outcome of the SIA probe, with the case potentially going to an AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal. Allegations and evidence could also be referred to police. The AFL put out a statement on Tuesday, after the Herald Sun revealed the bombshell development. “The AFL confirms that further Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) have been asserted against Joel Smith of the Melbourne Football Club under the Australian Football Anti-Doping Code,” the statement said. “Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) has notified Smith that three ADRVs for “Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking” of Cocaine to third parties are asserted against him. Under the Code, Trafficking in an anti-doping context is relevantly defined to be ‘Selling, giving, transporting, sending, delivering or distributing a Prohibited Substance, by an Athlete ... to any third party’...” Smith would continue to be provisionally suspended pending the finalisation of the case, the AFL said. “Under the Code, the new asserted ADRVs will be further investigated by SIA and these matters may ultimately be heard by an AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal in the coming months,” it said. Smith, 27, was already facing a suspension of two years after testing positive to ­cocaine on a game day late last season. He was initially hoping for a ban of three months after his positive urine sample was collected when the Demons ­defeated Hawthorn by 27 points at the MCG in round 23. But the ramifications for Smith could now be much more serious, with a potential four-year ban mooted, while Melbourne also faces questions. Smith’s management and legal teams ­declined to comment. A SIA spokesman said the agency would not comment on “operational matters”. One source close to the probe said Smith should not be “scapegoated” over what they asserted was a wider club issue. “It looks like they are planning to hang Joel out to dry for behaviour that is commonplace at Melbourne,” the source said. “It is not unusual for a group of young men who party ­together to share drugs. Joel might be foolish but he’s hardly Tony Mokbel. “The club should be taking responsibility for what is happening to Joel instead of blaming him in order to cover up a much wider problem. Joel is not a bad apple in a barrel of clean ones – the whole joint is rotten.” The latest of several off-field blows to Melbourne comes more than three years after former president Glen Bartlett raised concerns with the club board about its culture. Crisis talks were held with AFL commission chairman Richard Goyder and ex-league boss Gillon McLachlan, but Bartlett was forced out by the board in April 2021. The club also showed its long-time doctor Zeeshan Arain the door after he raised concerns. Demons chief executive Gary Pert recently claimed the club’s culture was “the best I’ve seen in 40 years”. His comment came amid significant concerns about Smith’s positive test and the behaviour of teammate Clayton Oliver. Star midfielder Oliver recently avoided a criminal conviction after being caught driving while his licence was suspended. A court heard he had been suspended after being hospitalised for a seizure, but he had not opened the letter to inform him. In December, Oliver’s sudden departure from a pre-season camp in Lorne led to a long absence from the club given as being for personal reasons. The four-time best-and-fairest winner returned only three weeks ago. Smith, the son of Dees high-flyer Shaun Smith, has played 42 games since he was signed as a rookie in 2016.

You pretty much said Centrelink will deduct tax as if you're a non-resident. Again, I don't think it's their job. You also said this which I think is absurd. "Perhaps Immigration tell the ATO you are a non resident and the ATO sends out all the non resident TFN's to the banks and the bank withholds the 32.5%".

I've already debated this with you repeatedly. I'm not going to go around the mullberry bush with you again and again. I've got a completely different opinion on how, if bought in, the new proposals will be enforced. At this stage, no one knows. Keep rehashing the same stuff doesn't make it right, or wrong. Let's agree to disagaree.

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Apologies for the typo. I meant be able to live rent free.

This has been discussed several times with you before. I take it your situation would be in the minority so good for you. Not everyone would be entitled to those benefits. I'd suggest for the majority of people who have to return for their 2 years, it would be quite difficult. If I return I'll be lucky enough to be able to live free. Most people won't. Even taking into account the huge rents, most will have to leave their family behind. It shouldn't factor where you're living either. Some people can claim it from other countries and some can't depending on where you live. This is just plain wrong IMO. So yes, for many it will be like a "jail sentence or detention", that is the reality.

The issue of residency and non-residency for me come under the purview of the ATO.

Well, going on current legislation some might be residents. The vast majority wouldn't be technically I guess. But at this point in time, they're still able to claim they are residents through the self assessment system. Even if the non-residence rules that KH talks about are bought in, it's yet to be established if you will still be able to claim residency as per self assessment or not. KH seems to think Centrelink will enforce it whilst I still think it comes under the ATO umbrella.

Aren't they talking about non-residents though? Are you assuming people living in Thailand will be classified as non-residents now?

I do find it mildly amusing that you think posters are trolling, yet there's been 2 posts already removed by the Mods for trolling on the new thread. Guess who they're from

I'd think any tax on interest would be due to the ATO.

Perhaps as has been suggested previously, if the majority block or just don't reply to his posts, he might run out of steam.

As previously advised, I've created this new thread for issues involving being taxed in Thailand and or Australia, both resident and non-resident rates. Pretty much anything to do with what rates you can or could be taxed at. The Australian Aged Pension thread can be used for a host of other queries and issues. If posters apart from KH, don't agree with this, you can let me know and I'll ask for it to be closed or you can just keep using the other thread that KH has pretty much ruined.

I've already said why I think this should be a separate topic and your post just reinforces it. You could've said yes or no and the reason why in a sentence or two. But no, you post another Tolstoy length reply rehashing all of the stuff you've posted before. If someone wants to go through posts looking for portability for example, they have to wade through hundreds of irrelevant posts for their answer. So with a new post just for taxation issues, either here or in Thailand, they can use this post for other questions and the taxation thread for all of the taxation issues which I'm sure you will keep us abreast of. BTW, Lacessit's thread was asking about tax status only.

I was going to suggest this yesterday. Questions and answers about the OAP like portability, eligibility etc, will get lost in this thread. Can have a new thread called something like "The OAP and Taxation Issues, Ramifications. What do others think?