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Tax Residency: Working Overseas In A Low Tax Country? Get The Right Advice & Avoid Large Tax Debts
Are you working overseas in a low tax jurisdiction and paying little or no tax? If so, you might be liable to pay tax in Australia.
Your tax position all depends on your classification as an ‘Australian Resident’ for tax purposes. To substantiate this, the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (subsection 6(1)) and Taxation Ruling TR 98/17 are relevant. Outside of this, there is other tax legislation, rulings and case law which are continually changing the scope of an
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