Test To see if you are an Australian Resident for Taxation purposes.

[ripstanley]

I found this test on the Tax Office website to see if are a resident for taxation purposes while living overseas.

Have a look and see if you qualify.

http://calculators.ato.gov.au/scripts/axos/axos.asp?CONTEXT=&KBS=residency_leaving.XR4

[tifino]

ummm, there's a dupe of this thread

but anyways, always take care when you initiate the communications with the Tax Office, especially if your affairs are already being, or been done via a 3rd party i.e. a tax advisor/agent. Let the agent deal and communicate all...

[ripstanley]

ummm, there's a dupe of this thread

but anyways, always take care when you initiate the communications with the Tax Office, especially if your affairs are already being, or been done via a 3rd party i.e. a tax advisor/agent. Let the agent deal and communicate all...

I asked the mods to delete the duplicate

[ubonjoe]

The other topic has been removed.

[halloween]

183 days of the financial year in Oz makes you a tax resident. You could be gone almost a full year, IF it is the 2nd half of one financial year and the 1st half of the next , but you need 183 days of each FY in country.

You DO NOT have to be working, merely resident.

[louse1953]

It has huge tax implications,but they will get theirs when the time comes.

[dbrenn]

How they determine whether you are, or are not, resident for tax purposes is detailed in Taxation Ruling IT 2650.

 

http://law.ato.gov.au/atolaw/view.htm?Docid=ITR/IT2650/NAT/ATO/00001

 

As you'll see, there's a lot more to it than days each year present in Australia ....

Edited August 11, 2016 by dbrenn

[Bob9]

Always get professional advice before taking any course of action regarding tax.  There are a LOT more issues than just being in Aust for 183+ days. You can be overseas nearly all year and still be a resident for tax. The main issue is where you live/reside - not where you are holidaying/staying.