Tax
3 ways to ensure great expat tax advice
Successfully navigating your transition from a comfortable resident of your home country to an expat is notoriously difficult to do alone. So if you’ve…
Read articleHECS Repayments for Expats: What You Must Pay
Editorial note, updated June 2026 This article first ran in 2017, when expats repaying their HECS debts was breaking news. It isn’t anymore, but…
Read articleNegative Gearing Your Property While Living Overseas
Editorial note, updated June 2026 We’ve rewritten this article, because its original advice to “maximise your depreciation deductions” no longer holds. Since 9 May…
Read articleAvoiding Expat Tax Traps: 3 Mistakes to Watch For
For many young Australians, going overseas to work for an extended period of time after graduating is almost a right of passage. It provides…
Read article15 ways to lose Australian tax residency status
One benefit of becoming an Aussie expat is that moving to your new country could have significant tax benefits. But before you can reap…
Read articleRenting Out Your Home While You Work Overseas
Reviewed and updated June 2026 We review our expat tax guides regularly, because the rules affecting Australians overseas change often and the figures shift…
Read articleCommon deductions for expat fly in fly out workers
Expat fly in fly out workers fall under different tax laws and regulations to your normal expatriate, and by not knowing this, you might…
Read articleCommon Expat Tax Questions for Aussies, Answered
Aussie Expat Tax Questions, Answered Straight (No Jargon, No Waffle) Living overseas is one of the great adventures. New city, new mates, new favourite…
Read articleLeaving Australia to Work Overseas: Tax Issues
Editorial note, updated June 2026 We’ve substantially rewritten this checklist. The biggest change: the original said you could rent out your home and stay…
Read articleExpat HELP Debt Repayment: The Loophole Closed
Reviewed and updated June 2026 This guide reflects the rules as at June 2026: compulsory HELP repayments from $67,000 of worldwide income for 2025-26,…
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