On 11/20/2024 at 1:37 AM, scottiejohn said:

Do you have any relevant/accurate content that is on topic to post?

Yes. 

 

This is the free call number for Centerlink from Thailand. 

 

001 800 611 4136

 

This is their number to call from overseas. 

 

+613 6222 3455

 

There's are their hours over the festive season. 

 

Our service centres and most call centres close for national public holidays.

This means you’ll need to do your business with us online or by phone self-service.

We’ll be closed:

• Wednesday 25 December 2024
• Thursday 26 December 2024
• Friday 27 December 2024
• Wednesday 1 January 2025.

Smaller sites for rural and regional communities may have extended closures.

 

Try harder H'ken, relevant?? ... lol.🥺

2 hours ago, Olmate said:

Try harder H'ken, relevant?? ... lol.🥺

So OLMATE your on the Old aged pension?

Didnt have enough Super?

Just watched a lawyer in Thailand on JC you tube and was very interesting cutting out all the misinformation about tax on pensions it seems like we all have nothing to worry about so hopefully you can all rest easy and get on with life

22 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

So OLMATE your on the Old aged pension?

Didnt have enough Super?

Been under a rock dreamy? OAP topic, Duh! Super what I ask, my Coober Pedy opal lease is my Super droopy dick! Swap a shovel for your smelley mop, come dig your own money cave! lol.

22 hours ago, ozz1 said:

Just watched a lawyer in Thailand on JC you tube and was very interesting cutting out all the misinformation about tax on pensions it seems like we all have nothing to worry about so hopefully you can all rest easy and get on with life

 

Thanks for confirming that situation, appreciated.

On 11/24/2024 at 2:07 AM, Olmate said:

Try harder H'ken, relevant?? ... lol.🥺

How is this information not relevant?

 

Centerlink distributes the aged pension. 

On 11/24/2024 at 7:19 AM, ozz1 said:

Just watched a lawyer in Thailand on JC you tube and was very interesting cutting out all the misinformation about tax on pensions it seems like we all have nothing to worry about so hopefully you can all rest easy and get on with life

Is that taxing remitted pensions in Thailand, or Australia taxing pensions at non resident tax rates?

 

Do you have a link to the youtube video? 

On 11/25/2024 at 3:04 AM, Olmate said:

Been under a rock dreamy? OAP topic, Duh! Super what I ask, my Coober Pedy opal lease is my Super droopy dick! Swap a shovel for your smelley mop, come dig your own money cave! lol.

Digging holes in 50 degree heat, in the hope of finding some opal, is not what I would describe as a happy retirement. 

2 hours ago, KhunHeineken said:

Digging holes in 50 degree heat, in the hope of finding some opal, is not what I would describe as a happy retirement. 

Hole digging is your speciality, but your in the wrong one as per normal.lol.My lease is as old as you, so is the digging done by a Cat.D9 dozer dimbo The plunders in the cupboard under Aladdins cave. Knowledge escapes you 'dolittle'. Move along and don,t butt in.😭

56 minutes ago, Olmate said:

Hole digging is your speciality, but your in the wrong one as per normal.lol.My lease is as old as you, so is the digging done by a Cat.D9 dozer dimbo The plunders in the cupboard under Aladdins cave. Knowledge escapes you 'dolittle'. Move along and don,t butt in.😭

I sit back and let my money do the work.  I suppose some still have to drive a Cat D9 dozer in 50 degree heat. 

 

Now, getting back on topic, do you declare any money earned from selling opal to Centerlink? 

27 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

I sit back and let my money do the work.  I suppose some still have to drive a Cat D9 dozer in 50 degree heat.

What a disgusting "smart Alec" comment!

You should be ashamed of yourself for that comment!

19 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

What a disgusting "smart Alec" comment!

You should be ashamed of yourself for that comment!

Why? 

 

If someone has worked in the cash economy all their working life, thus, never paid any tax towards roads, school, hospitals etc, hence, no Superannuation, that's their own fault. 

 

Similarly, if someone has p*ssed away their life savings and have to keep working into their 70's, that's on them.   

 

Then, you have those that have lost their life savings to a Thai women because, "my girl is different" and they go home broke and end up living on a Centerlink pension, that's also on them.   

 

Superannuation was implemented in 1992.  Most retirees should have something in their super account.  If they haven't, who's fault is that? 

5 hours ago, Olmate said:

$hit your dummer than I ever imagined, declare parcels of plunder, too funny! ATO installed a tax man in a residence in Coober many moons ago, new above ground family home, he lasted a monthmax. His welcome by local miners was explosive !! 🎉

So, you are a tax dodger.

 

No opal in Thailand though. 

23 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

So, you are a tax dodger.

 

No opal in Thailand though. 

Not so, good as gold, try  buying a karat or two in Central next time you creep in on Holiday.  I,m  in Oz now loading up some of my stash. As to tax dodging try working from Thailand, like you BS about doing! 😭

30 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

Why? 

 

If someone has worked in the cash economy all their working life, thus, never paid any tax towards roads, school, hospitals etc, hence, no Superannuation, that's their own fault. 

 

Similarly, if someone has p*ssed away their life savings and have to keep working into their 70's, that's on them.   

 

Then, you have those that have lost their life savings to a Thai women because, "my girl is different" and they go home broke and end up living on a Centerlink pension, that's also on them.   

 

Superannuation was implemented in 1992.  Most retirees should have something in their super account.  If they haven't, who's fault is that? 

I have but its not in any fund, its under some rock.🙏

19 minutes ago, Olmate said:

Not so, good as gold, try  buying a karat or two in Central next time you creep in on Holiday.  I,m  in Oz now loading up some of my stash. As to tax dodging try working from Thailand, like you BS about doing! 😭

I'm retired.  I live in Thailand, and don't work.

 

So, not only are you a tax dodger and Centerlink fraudster, you are also an international gold and gem smuggler.  

 

Some people have to commit crimes to keep their Thailand dream alive. 

26 minutes ago, Olmate said:

I have but its not in any fund, its under some rock.🙏

Moving rocks in the Australia outback is not my idea of a happy retirement. 

 

Back on topic, you can't have much super if you are on a full pension. 

https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/reporting-fraud?context=64107

 

This is the number to call to report Centerlink fraud. 

 

Read more about reporting fraud.

131 524

Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm

 

10 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/reporting-fraud?context=64107

 

This is the number to call to report Centerlink fraud. 

 

Read more about reporting fraud.

131 524

Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm

 

People should report you to the ATO for renting your house in Australia to a friend for cash and not claiming it as income on your tax (fraud you admitted to in this thread). This is huge fraud because you are not only avoiding tax on the income but also the significant capital gains tax implications when you sell

 

Since you also keep saying ATO has brlliant automatic tracking of all of us, I'm sure the ATO will be able to track who you are by your online activities should someone hopefully report you...

 

2 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

People should report you to the ATO for renting your house in Australia to a friend for cash and not claiming it as income on your tax (fraud you admitted to in this thread). This is huge fraud because you are not only avoiding tax on the income but also the significant capital gains tax implications when you sell

 

In fact I'm sure the ATO has tracking software to be able to track who you are by your online activities should someone hopefully report you...

You sound like the workplace dobber pattaya57

I'd watch my back if I was working with you ,you be the work dobber brown nose to the bosses !

You must of been a real ..(blank)...to work with

I wouldn't trust you 

 

Boss ! Boss ! Johnny took an extra 2 minutes on his lunch break boss !

I saw it boss ! I'm dobbin

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Olmate said:

Back to your original dumbass butt in comment, that is my Super, dildo.! 

As an aside to KH dribble,a brief report on my.recent visit to Centrelink, renewing Mygov contact details, renew Medicare card, OAPPensioner card, etc.Local WA outer Perth office, 1hr duration, both sorted quickly with no interest in my future travel, country of residence, plans etc.. Changed Thai address to my current Pattaya condo, again all sweet.Very amicable.Staffer conveyed  the recommeded phone contact for out of Oz enquiries the Tas toll free number. Regards, back home next week.  PS.. exit Bkk and entry PER.. Smooth as Silk! 

On 9/25/2024 at 5:37 PM, 4MyEgo said:

As long as you have kept your residency status as an Australian Resident, then you shouldn't fall into the Non Resident returning category IMO.

Just letting you and others know that my age pension application was indeed successful, thanks for your help.

Apart from having to verify my identity at the local Centrelink office, I did everything online in an afternoon. Centrelink said that the application wouldn’t be approved until late December, but everything was done in 2 weeks, and the first payment’s already in my account. 

When it came to declaring my Thai condo, to the requirement of attaching a scan of a Council rates notice, I just scanned an electricity bill (all in Thai!), with a handwritten note explaining that it was impossible to attach a rates notice, as there is no Council tax in Thailand. They raised no objection to this. The only problem that did arise with the Thai condo was that after the application had been approved, I noticed that my assets had been greatly inflated, as the condo had been double counted. I tried to correct this by deleting the second entry, but questions about how and when I’d disposed of the property arose - don’t want to go there, I thought, so rang Centrelink. Only waited 15 minutes in the queue, but it took  the unfortunate employee an hour to fix things, no doubt having to find someone who could get directly into the database. I just declared the condo’s value as the total I’d paid for it in Thai baht 6 years previously. They didn’t try to increase its value with inflation, and used a surprisingly generous exchange rate that valued it at $A7,000 less than my estimate.

Just after the pension approval I flew to Thailand, and was careful to save the proof I’d informed them of my travel. Thanks KH for posting Centrelink’s toll free number from Thailand. They told me another option to contact them from overseas is to compose a letter, and upload it on their website.

So far at least, I give Centrelink 5 out of 5 stars.

 

 

 

 

11 hours ago, CygnusX1 said:

Just after the pension approval I flew to Thailand, and was careful to save the proof I’d informed them of my travel

Didn’t think it mattered whether you informed them or not?

20 hours ago, CygnusX1 said:

Just letting you and others know that my age pension application was indeed successful, thanks for your help.

Apart from having to verify my identity at the local Centrelink office, I did everything online in an afternoon. Centrelink said that the application wouldn’t be approved until late December, but everything was done in 2 weeks, and the first payment’s already in my account. 

When it came to declaring my Thai condo, to the requirement of attaching a scan of a Council rates notice, I just scanned an electricity bill (all in Thai!), with a handwritten note explaining that it was impossible to attach a rates notice, as there is no Council tax in Thailand. They raised no objection to this. The only problem that did arise with the Thai condo was that after the application had been approved, I noticed that my assets had been greatly inflated, as the condo had been double counted. I tried to correct this by deleting the second entry, but questions about how and when I’d disposed of the property arose - don’t want to go there, I thought, so rang Centrelink. Only waited 15 minutes in the queue, but it took  the unfortunate employee an hour to fix things, no doubt having to find someone who could get directly into the database. I just declared the condo’s value as the total I’d paid for it in Thai baht 6 years previously. They didn’t try to increase its value with inflation, and used a surprisingly generous exchange rate that valued it at $A7,000 less than my estimate.

Just after the pension approval I flew to Thailand, and was careful to save the proof I’d informed them of my travel. Thanks KH for posting Centrelink’s toll free number from Thailand. They told me another option to contact them from overseas is to compose a letter, and upload it on their website.

So far at least, I give Centrelink 5 out of 5 stars.

 

 

 

 

Why r u thanking KH,(not on OAP)nor WONT ever qualify) this number has been posted by reliable folk  been on the OAP for many a long day. KH is renounded for posting rubbish flaming anti OAP recipients, nuisance drivel is his forte'! Please reply with the correct poster name acknowdged! 

Sorry, had no idea this number had been posted before by somebody else, just noticed it on this page (no. 223). It’s obviously an important number for anyone on the OAP in Thailand to know, so I don’t see any issue with it being reposted from time to time. I’m not going to read through 222 pages of posts to discover who posted the number originally, maybe if you know who first posted it you could let me know, so I can thank him. Also have no wish to be drawn into a flame war between posters.

10 hours ago, Nemises said:

Didn’t think it mattered whether you informed them or not?

Sorry, not sure what you mean here. I do think it’s important to inform Centrelink of overseas travel, as you’re not paid part of the supplement while outside Australia, and Centrelink apparently checks with Dept Immigration’s database. So, just in case it was lost in the system somewhere, I kept a record of the fact that I’d informed them of the dates of my forthcoming absence from Australia.

12 minutes ago, CygnusX1 said:

I do think it’s important to inform Centrelink of overseas travel,

Although they ask you to, it's not important to inform Centrelink of overseas travel as Australian immigration will tell Centrelink every time you leave and return to the country.

 

 

3 minutes ago, Nemises said:

Although they ask you to, it's not important to inform Centrelink of overseas travel as Australian immigration will tell Centrelink every time you leave and return to the country.

 

 

How does Australian immigration know someone is on the OAP in order to tell Centerlink everytime that person leaves Australia?