As I'm a bit of a geek at times, I enjoy reading tax related posts! I am an Australian and US personal tax manager at PwC in Australia. I can assure you most of the above is incorrect (but people were trying to assist) and Australians are not really affected by the ATO's change as of 1/7/09.
In simple terms, leave Aus with the intention of being overseas for more than 2 years and you are a non-resident for tax purposes and therefore not taxable on Qatari source income.
Hi everyone,
As I'm a bit of a geek at times, I enjoy reading tax related posts! I am an Australian and US personal tax manager at PwC in Australia. I can assure you most of the above is incorrect (but people were trying to assist) and Australians are not really affected by the ATO's change as of 1/7/09.
In simple terms, leave Aus with the intention of being overseas for more than 2 years and you are a non-resident for tax purposes and therefore not taxable on Qatari source income.
So that should make you all happy :-)
Apart from the Americans :-)