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Forum: Australia
Jul 13th 2012, 9:27 am
Replies: 32
Views: 4,206
Posted By litepurple

Re: Banking in Australia

Lol, yes. Sometimes I need it for work, plus if i end up going out impromptu I'm not very organised, in fact I try to choose options that don't penalise me for being disorganised. And Bankwest suits...
Forum: Australia
Jul 13th 2012, 7:46 am
Replies: 32
Views: 4,206
Posted By litepurple

Re: Banking in Australia

I set up a NAB before I got here and opened when I got here, dead easy. The online banking and apps are decent, too. Classic has no fees etc as all have mentioned.

Once you've lived here for a...
Forum: Australia
Jun 26th 2012, 6:58 am
Replies: 442
Views: 59,939
Posted By litepurple

Re: LAFHA - Budget 2012/13

I think we can all go on about the pros and cons of LAFHA until the cows come home.

For me, I'm pretty stuck financially for a good few months yet and the way this has been handled has left a sour...
Forum: Australia
Jun 14th 2012, 5:03 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,612
Posted By litepurple

Re: Dental charges and tax deductible

Thanks, I've been doing more research and it looks like you can claim a tax offset for dental charges above $2060 which is means-tested from end June.
...
Forum: Australia
Jun 14th 2012, 3:45 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,612
Posted By litepurple

Dental charges and tax deductible

Hey guys,

Just wondering if someone can give me a quick hand with tax. I have been told by my dentist that I need $4k's worth of dental work which will take a few months. I know if I spend more...
Forum: Australia
Jun 14th 2012, 2:21 am
Replies: 442
Views: 59,939
Posted By litepurple

Re: LAFHA - Budget 2012/13

Thanks Bingobob,

FWIW, my employer has said HR will be sending something official though they're holding off until the law actually changes. It seems there may only be a couple of weeks from the...
Forum: Australia
May 21st 2012, 11:52 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,361
Posted By litepurple

Re: Private Health Care on 457

I'd also be interested as I'm trying to decide whether to cancel my private healthcare with LAFHA ending and just using Medicare (along with other quick financial adjustments I need to make).
Forum: Australia
May 21st 2012, 8:29 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,361
Posted By litepurple

Re: Private Health Care on 457

It depends if your home country has a reciprocal medical agreement with Australia or not. For example, the UK does so once inside Australia and registered for reciprocal Medicare, then there is no...
Forum: Australia
May 18th 2012, 4:43 am
Replies: 6
Views: 928
Posted By litepurple

Re: LAFHA - (Please Share) Link to comment on proposed changes

I hope everyone on here who's affected completes this and shares with those affected. I personally have urged some proper transitional arrangements so that people on moderate incomes have time to...
Forum: Australia
May 9th 2012, 5:56 am
Replies: 20
Views: 3,192
Posted By litepurple

Re: SIM Only Internet for my Unlocked Dongle

Utms 900 and 2100 are the Optus 3G frequencies so you'd need to get a sim for their network to get the best speeds. I am on tpg which uses the Optus network. Only prob is, you can order online but...
Forum: Australia
May 8th 2012, 12:22 am
Replies: 16
Views: 3,092
Posted By litepurple

Re: NAB Gold Banking: no more free overseas ATM use

I guess it depends on your shopping/usage pattern and how organised you are. I don't have a car and only go to the supermarket once per week and rarely shop outside of that. My main need for cash is...
Forum: Australia
May 7th 2012, 2:50 am
Replies: 16
Views: 3,092
Posted By litepurple

Re: NAB Gold Banking: no more free overseas ATM use

I've been in touch with Citi and they say they are covered under the protection scheme, up to $250k. Saying that, I will only be using them for transactions most likely anyway, unless they have good...
Forum: Australia
May 4th 2012, 12:22 am
Replies: 16
Views: 3,092
Posted By litepurple

Re: NAB Gold Banking: no more free overseas ATM use

Well, I'm voting with my feet and going to move to Citi. I hate it when companies change key parts of their products to customers' detriment and dress it up with simplification. Complain, by all...
Forum: Australia
May 4th 2012, 12:15 am
Replies: 1
Views: 936
Posted By litepurple

Home contents insurance comparison site

Hi all,

Are there any home contents comparison websites? I've done a Google search and there doesn't seem to be anything that are like the ones in the UK such as comparethemarket, gocompare etc....
Forum: Australia
Feb 29th 2012, 11:37 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 2,404
Posted By litepurple

Re: Moving employer on 457 Visa

Thanks! That's pretty cool and makes a lot of sense. It seems like DIAC's thought this through with being able to work notice and being able to simply transfer 457s quickly.
Forum: Australia
Feb 27th 2012, 10:38 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 2,404
Posted By litepurple

Re: Moving employer on 457 Visa

Are you able to work for your notice period once your visa has been transferred, though? I'd have thought that once you've transferred the 457 to the new employer, you're no longer allowed to work...
Forum: Australia
Feb 3rd 2012, 2:29 am
Replies: 189
Views: 65,889
Posted By litepurple

Re: How can you watch UK TV on your computer for Free in Australia?

This solution seems really good as I have multiple devices and I can change this on the router. For the xbox, do you need to get your AU xbox live gold account migrated to a US account so that you...
Forum: Australia
Aug 11th 2011, 4:56 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,342
Posted By litepurple

Re: Cycling in Sydney

I used to cycle in London and I get about on two wheels quite frequently in Sydney. What strikes me, is how poor the cycling infrastructure is in the CBD and its immediate surroundings and how car...
Forum: Australia
Jun 24th 2011, 4:28 am
Replies: 34
Views: 4,998
Posted By litepurple

LAFHA and Super

Hi all, there seems to be quite a few LAFHA questions on here of late. So here's another!

My company pays me LAFHA though it isn't in my contract. I understand that they do it for all 457 visa...
Forum: Australia
Jun 22nd 2011, 6:11 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,714
Posted By litepurple

Re: 457+Tax

Thanks. When you say excluded, can you clarify? Does this mean that we no longer are allowed LAFHA or that we no longer need to worry about our taxable salaries dropping below a certain minimum...
Forum: Australia
Jun 22nd 2011, 4:30 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,714
Posted By litepurple

Re: 457+Tax

My understanding is that 457s after 14 Sep 2009 don't have the old MSLs, but market rates and a TSMIT of about $48k. I have no idea how this affects LAFHA, though. I have tried to find the answer...
Forum: Australia
Jun 22nd 2011, 4:23 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,232
Posted By litepurple

Re: 457 Visa & ICT Salary

My understanding is that the old MSLs have gone for recent 457 visa holders (I can't remember the date) and replaced by average market salary for the job code which must be above the TSMIT minimum...
Forum: Australia
Jun 20th 2011, 4:41 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,043
Posted By litepurple

Re: Oz Mobile Phone & Broadband Providers

If you have an unlocked smartphone, I recommend going with TPG who use the Optus network. I pay $15 pm with them (as I have their broadband and landline, too) and I get 1Gb of data and $300 credit...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 26th 2011, 11:53 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 10,252
Posted By litepurple

Re: De Factor Partner, 457 Visa - but we dont live together. Problem?

From having gone through this process myself, not living together does not prevent the de facto partner being added and approved for the 457 visa. From my agent, I understood that the 6-month...
Forum: Australia
Apr 11th 2011, 2:59 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,696
Posted By litepurple

Re: TSMIT, Salary Packaging and 457 visa as ICT worker

Thanks.

I agree - the site is not clear at all. From what I can work out: the TSMIT was introduced when ‘market rates’ replaced ‘minimum salary levels’ on 14th September 2009. As my visa was...
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