by Katherine | Jan 29, 2020 | Expat Life, Finance
The Federal Government has made changes to Australian Capital Gains Tax for non residents that impacts Australian expats who still own a property back home. At the moment, the Australian Capital Gains Tax rate is 12.5 per cent, and expats could be hit with it if they...
by Sponsored by Jasper | Jul 17, 2019 | Expat Life, Finance, Finance Featured, Getting Started Featured
If you’re new to the US, you have your hands full adjusting to your new life. It’s temptingly easy to ignore your credit. But that would be a mistake, and here’s why. In the US, your credit score is a big deal – it’s a measure of your financial credibility and...
by Katherine | May 8, 2019 | Finance, Travel
It’s great when your family can all stop, take a little time off, and explore a new place together. But if you’ve got school-aged children, you’re hemmed in by school holidays (or summer vacation here in the US), which means you can really only...
by Katherine | Apr 2, 2019 | Expat Life, Finance, Uncategorised
As I waded through last year’s Australian Budget papers and sat down to write about it all from an expat point of view, I began by saying that it was a typical election budget. Having done the same with Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s budget speech, I...
by Katherine | Jan 30, 2019 | Expat Life, Finance, Finance Featured
Never underestimate the unbridled joy involved in navigating the US tax system. It seems like a foregone conclusion if you were to judge solely on the sheer number of US tax-related threads started by expats in Facebook groups and communities across the country each...
by Katherine | Dec 5, 2018 | Expat Life, Finance, Work
The Australian market is a small one in the grand scheme of things. Aussies know that if they really want to make it big, setting up a company in the US is the way to go. But where do you begin with what seems like a monumental task? What do you need to know in terms...