Australian Citizens LAHFA
May 22nd 2008, 11:35 pm
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Australian Citizens LAHFA
Hi,
Can Australian Citizens may claim LAHFA.In case they are hired when they were overseas etc.
The tax office usually ask for Australian Resident for tax purposes question only which I think people on 457 visa are as well.
Please suggest and comment.
Thanks,
Murtaza Bilgrami
Can Australian Citizens may claim LAHFA.In case they are hired when they were overseas etc.
The tax office usually ask for Australian Resident for tax purposes question only which I think people on 457 visa are as well.
Please suggest and comment.
Thanks,
Murtaza Bilgrami
Last edited by smurtaza; May 22nd 2008 at 11:38 pm.
May 22nd 2008, 11:40 pm
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Re: Australian Citizens LAHFA
May 22nd 2008, 11:45 pm
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Re: Australian Citizens LAHFA
Hi,
Can Australian Citizens may claim LAHFA.In case they are hired when they were overseas etc.
The tax office usually ask for Australian Resident for tax purposes question only which I think people on 457 visa are as well.
Please suggest and comment.
Thanks,
Murtaza Bilgrami
Can Australian Citizens may claim LAHFA.In case they are hired when they were overseas etc.
The tax office usually ask for Australian Resident for tax purposes question only which I think people on 457 visa are as well.
Please suggest and comment.
Thanks,
Murtaza Bilgrami
E.g if you had a family home in Adelaide and were asked to work in Sydney you could claim it..... or if you were living in the city and asked to work away. As I understand it the onus is on the company to undertake checks to ensure that you have significant links in the place that you call home. These significant links would usually be in the form of a family home, but could also include family ties (such as dependent children or parents.) If you are relocating from overseas it could include significant investments in that country. It is only payable if the move is temporary and if you intend to return "home" and NOT just if you are relocating (for example if you were on a permanent contract it would be hard to justify that you were living away from home rather than moving.)
Finding good reliable and user-friendly info on LAFHA is an absolute nightmare! I have done lots of reading and research on LAFHA in the last 18months so this is just my understanding of it all and I am happy to be corrected if I am wrong!
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May 22nd 2008, 11:46 pm
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Re: Australian Citizens LAHFA
Anyone who is living away from home can claim it. Whether home is the UK and the job is in Sydney - or home is in Melbourne and the job is in Sydney.
It's got nothing to do with your visa and everything to do with where you are working/living.
May 22nd 2008, 11:55 pm
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Re: Australian Citizens LAHFA
Guys working for me in Perth who commute from the east coast claim it.
May 23rd 2008, 2:22 am
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Re: Australian Citizens LAHFA
The OP asked if he could claim it because he was living overseas when he was hired (and before he became an Oz citizen. He now lives and works in the same town.)
That's the question I as responding too - not all the alternative scenarios you've come up with since.
http://payme.com.au/LAFHA.html
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That's the question I as responding too - not all the alternative scenarios you've come up with since.
http://payme.com.au/LAFHA.html
Gina
Last edited by GinaUK; May 23rd 2008 at 2:26 am.
