Pollyana

Highly unlikely as a nurse, no offence (I have many friends who have moved as nurses) but you are not sufficiently in demand. Hosptals can get UK nurses withouteven offering sponsorship, so certainy no need to offer a relocation package.

Sas1985kia

I defiantly do need the facts so thank you so much for your honesty and help it's really appreciated! Looking into all this is really important and your defiantly right I will be more content to know the truth! X

Kapri

Not for nurses in the public system.

Once here though, you can offset some of the expenses through salary packaging / tax breaks. I'm not sure exactly how it works but I submitted $8000 receipts (shipping, accomodation etc) and we didn't pay tax on that amount.

Bermudashorts

You put your moving costs through as tax expenses?

Dorothy

No. Salary sacrifice. I put my rent through salary sacrifice and get the first $9100 tax free.

Oh, and when we moved interstate for the old man's job we did claim the move on our taxes. We had to move for work.

Bermudashorts

I can see nothing to suggest that this is a legitimate tax deduction. The moving bit that is, not salary sacrifice


ETA: http://www.taxpayer.com.au/Knowledge...you_CANT_claim

Pollyana

I've been going through the WA Health stuff on salary sacrificing recently, its amazing! Far better than what our department gets in Queensland. We are virtually down to just cars and super, I'm seriously jealous.

Kapri

Tax / financial stuff is not my forte.

I'm not sure exactly what happened but it was all above board. It had to be approved by one of the accountants.