The tax landscape,
explained plainly.
Briefings, field notes, and the occasional long read on Australian expatriate taxation - written by our advisors, in plain English, for the people who actually have to live by it. Updated as the law changes; never as filler.
Returning to Australia with overseas investments? The Australian cost base reset can give eligible assets a new market-value starting point when residency resumes, potentially removing years of offshore growth from the later Australian capital gain. But departure choices, taxable Australian property, the 12-month CGT discount rule and market-value evidence can all change the result.
Searchable archive of briefings on residency, treaties, superannuation, property, and the practical mechanics of moving across borders with assets attached.
Returning to Australia with overseas investments? The Australian cost base reset can give eligible assets a new market-value starting point when residency resumes, potentially removing…
Read briefing →Haven't lodged Australian tax returns while living overseas for several years? You may not need a return for every missed year. Here is how residency,…
Read briefing →Nobody plans the tax side of coming home. Twelve reset items, one immovable six-month window, and the records to gather before you fly. The judgement…
Read briefing →The return for the year you leave Australia looks like every other return and behaves like none of them. Here is what changes, where the…
Read briefing →The Bulie decision is one of the most important Australian tax residency cases in years. Acting for Mr Bulie, we successfully challenged the ATO's attempt…
Read briefing →We regularly see the Australian tax treatment of pensions paid to expats in Bali and across Indonesia mishandled because Article 18 of the tax treaty…
Read briefing →Australia's new CGT regime contains a trap almost nobody is talking about: one day of foreign resident status during the testing period can deny indexation…
Read briefing →The Standard Resident Return Visa Fee Just Tripled: What Australian Expats and Permanent Residents Overseas Need to Check Before Trave On 1 July 2026, the…
Read briefing →Australia's new CGT regime contains a rule almost nobody is talking about: one day of foreign resident status during the testing period can deny indexation…
Read briefing →If you're an Australian living overseas with property back home, shares, a trust interest, a business sale on the horizon or an SMSF property strategy,…
Read briefing →You're an Australian living overseas, you haven't lodged a tax return in a while, and a low hum of dread has moved in. Here's the…
Read briefing →Nobody moves to America for the tax. They move for the market, the salary and the company. But the tax deal is better than most…
Read briefing →A short note from our advisors when the tax landscape shifts. Quarterly long reads. The occasional alert. Roughly one email a month.
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