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Australian Expats With Trusts To Feel Pain From NSW Land Tax Changes

Australian Expats With Discretionary Trusts To Feel Pain From NSW Land Tax Changes – The NSW government has recently introduced the State Revenue Legislation Further Amendment Bill 2019. This Bill is hugely concerning for Australian expats that own property through discretionary (family) trusts in NSW and will be retrospective in nature. Australian expats who currently pay …

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Bill Denying CGT Main Residence Exemption Receives Royal Assent

Bill Denying CGT Main Residence Exemption Receives Royal Assent – the battle to defer the proposed bill denying the CGT Main Residence Exemption for Australian expats is now over as the bill received Royal Assent on Thursday the 12th of December. This follows the bill passing the House of Representatives on the 27th of November …

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ATO Statement Regarding Non-Residency Status of Australian Expat

ATO Statement Regarding Non-Residency Status of Australian Expat – The Australian Taxation Office has released a decision impact statement following the full court decision regarding the non-residency status of an Australian expat. The closely followed case of Harding v Commission of Taxation (2019) FCAFC 29 centered around whether or not the Australian expat was a …

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Main Residence Exemption Bill Passes Senate – Detour Ahead For Expats

Main Residence Exemption Bill Passes Senate – Detour Ahead For Expats – after an exhaustive period that has caused much confusion and angst amongst Australian expats the Australian Senate today voted to pass the Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures) Bill 2019 which will see the Main Residence Exemption entitlement removed for …

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Atlas Highly Commended At International Expat Awards

Atlas Highly Commended At International Expat Awards – last month at the prestigious Forum for Expatriate Management’s EMMA awards for the Europe, Middle East and African (EMEA) region Atlas Wealth Management was highly commended by the judges in the Expatriate Banking and Financial Services Innovation of the Year category. The Forum for Expatriate Management, who …

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Changes To The Main Residence Exemption Moves Step Closer

Changes To The Main Residence Exemption Move Step Closer – the long awaited and reluctantly anticipated changes to the Main Residence Exemption has moved a step closer today with the House of Representatives passing the bill. Unfortunately the bill, titled the Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures) Bill 2019,  passed unopposed by …

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