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main residence exemption

14 articles
All Sep 2026 18 min read

Keep or Sell Australian Property When Moving Overseas?

Should you keep or sell Australian property when moving overseas? The answer can turn on tax residency, rental income, the main residence exemption, contract…

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All Sep 2026 19 min read

Your Departure Year Tax Return: The One Australians Keep Getting Wrong

The return for the year you leave Australia looks like every other return and behaves like none of them. Here is what changes, where…

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All May 2026 31 min read

2026 Budget Main Residence Exemption: Expat Tax Guide

Own (or ever owned) an Australian property that was once home? Spent time overseas? Then sit down, because the 2026 Budget main residence exemption…

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All Dec 2019 8 min read

Capital Gains Tax changes to affect thousands of Aussie expats

Following on from our update last week about, we’ve decided to summarise not only the key changes, but we’ve incorporated various comments about these…

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All Dec 2019 12 min read

Main Residence Exemption Abolished for Expats

Unfortunately for non-resident Australian expats and non-residents generally, some two and a half years after first being proposed in the May 2017 Federal Budget…

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All Nov 2019 8 min read

Main residence CGT exemption abolished for Aussie expats

Latest Update: 5th December 2019 – Unfortunately today the Federal Government passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures) Bill 2019…

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All Sep 2019 7 min read

Becoming an Expat: Should You Sell Your Home?

Latest Update: 5th December 2019 – Unfortunately today the Federal Government passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures) Bill 2019…

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All Jul 2019 4 min read

The 6 year temporary absence rule – what’s happened?

Latest Update: 5th December 2019 – Unfortunately today the Federal Government passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures) Bill 2019…

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All Mar 2019 5 min read

Main Residence Exemption: The Expat CGT Timeline

Latest Update: 5th December 2019 – Unfortunately today the Federal Government passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures) Bill 2019…

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Property & Mortgages Aug 2018 6 min read

Expat CGT on the Family Home: How It Unfolded

Latest Update: 5th December 2019 – Unfortunately today the Federal Government passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures) Bill 2019…

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