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Australian Aged Pension
Perhaps, once the proposed changes are passed into law, YOU can explain to members how they can remain a resident of Australia for tax purposes after being outside of Australia for more than 183 days in the financial year. As for paying non resident tax on pension, I have said this MAY happen. The reasons for this are: 1) The pension is deemed to be an income - do you disagree? 2) The first non resident tax bracket is 30% from $0 to $135,000 - do you disagree? 3) There is no tax free threshold in the non resident tax brackets (see above) - do you disagree? 4) The "bright line" test in the proposed changes is for 183 days inside / outside Australia - do you disagree? 5) Immigration records show one is outside of Australia and for how long - do you disagree? 6) There are no exemptions or means testing in the propose changes - do you disagree? 7) The "payer" of the aged pension, the Australian government, could also be the taxer, the ATO, the Australian government - do you disagree? Put all the above together and you can see how the ATO can potentially tax expat retirees, including pensioners, based on their tax residency status. Now, given many expat retirees / pensioners haven't been back to Australia for years, how can they possibly be residents of Australia for tax purposes? Can you explain it to them? You've contradicted yourself. Once again, please explain to members how an expat retiree, pensioner or self funded, remains a resident of Australia for tax purposes when they haven't been back to Australia in years? Once again, the first non resident tax bracket is 30% tax from $0 to $135,000. Do you see a tax free threshold in the bracket? No. Is the pension deemed an income? Yes. Funny how the more your say I am "wrong" the more you prove the point I am making? Firstly, the tax free threshold for residents of Australia for tax purposes is 0% tax from $0 to 18,200. Not $17,000. Please show me the tax free threshold for non residents for tax purposes. Oh, that's right, it's all about tax resident status to get the tax free threshold, and expat retirees in Thailand, who haven't been back to Australia in years, are still a resident of Australia for tax purposes, according to YOU. Well, that's a new one. Firstly, let's not mix up "Australian resident" with "Australian tax resident for tax purposes." They are different things. Thailand has a very high bench mark to gain permanent residency, so the majority of expats will never gain permanent residency in Thailand, but it does exist. So, after being in Thailand for 180 days, are you a tax resident of Thailand? That's a yes or no question. Firstly, citizenship has never been a point of debate on this sub-topic. Most members reading this thread will have an Australian passport, so can easily meet one for the secondary four factor tests, being "right to reside." A question for you, if, say for example, you haven't been back to Australia in 8 years, but could be a lesser amount, under what criteria do YOU base your opinion that YOU still "consider myself as a resident of Australia for tax purposes?" Whilst YOU may consider yourself as a resident of Australia for tax purposes, can you also post, using the previous time outside Australia, why the Australian government would / should also consider you a resident of Australia for tax purposes? I also have another question for you. In relation to the members who go back to Australia for 2 years to achieve pension portability, if they were always a resident of Australia for tax purposes, as you claim, why do they need to "re-establish" residency by staying the 2 years???? Firstly, it doesn't matter what visa class one is using to remain legal in a foreign country. Let's go back to Thailand's 180 days law. That's accumulative, not consecutively. One can go over Thailand's 180 days with a retirement visa / extension or multiple tourist visas. This makes me laugh because Thailand has a physical presence and time based model, yet Australia modernizing 90 year old laws to have a similar model and it's "scaremongering." You are wrong, again. "Domicile" IS NOT established through physical presence alone. Read the interesting and recent case below. Basically, an Aussie guy took a 5 year contract in Dubai through his Australian employer. The ATO still considered him a resident of Australia for tax purposes, despite him spending most of the 5 years in Dubai. https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/regulation/21033-tribunal-affirms-atos-view-in-tax-residency-case The above article also touches on "intention." The case is the reason why the proposed changes were drafted, to stop many reviews and appeals. The physical presence and time based model will do away with a lot of argument around "intention." It's "intention" that is subject and often difficult to prove, this, 45 / 183 days will stop most of this legal argument. The above case is interesting because, as I mention before, it's financially beneficial for expat retirees, pensioners or self funded, to remain a resident of Australia for tax purposes to avail themselves of the tax free threshold, but the case above shows the legal argument around "intention." It even mentions the furniture he bought in Dubai. In this case, he was found to be a resident for tax purposes, but it shows the things they look at to easily deem one to be a non resident for tax purposes. Eg. selling house in Australia, long lease or buying property in Thailand, buying a car in Thailand, bank accounts, long visa etc. The proposed changes will do away with all of this. There may be some future legal argument around the four secondary factor tests, but the 45 / 183 days will sort most of it out. Here's the the consultation paper. It's not a long read, but the proposed changes are detailed on Page 4. https://treasury.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-07/c2023-205344-cp.pdf -
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