No, I live in Pattaya, full time. The current residency laws for taxation purposes in Australia are 90 years old, and based on one's "domicile." I have a house, car, utility bills, family, club memberships etc in Australia. I left my life intact there. I can slide back into it at any time, should I want / need to. As far as the ATO is concerned, I am just on a long holiday, with every intention of returning to Australia, and they can not prove otherwise. 😂 When the new laws come in, Australia will move move to a physical presence and time based model, the same as Thailand. It will be 183 days. That will be what they call "the bright line test." Every expat who derives an income from Australia, and the aged pension is deemed an income, will be impacted. They have a secondary test where one must stay between 45 days and 183 days, and meet two out of four factor tests, which are easy. It will mean many Aussies will have to do 6 weeks a year in Australia, or be deemed a non resident for tax purposes and pay 30% from $0 to $135,000. Here's the proposed changes from a random Aussie accounting firm. https://hlb.com.au/tax-residency-changes-for-individuals/
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