Tax Residency issues amid COVID19 Pandemic
27th Mar 2020
Matthew Marcarian
Australian expats who have been forced back to Australia because of the COVID19 pandemic, need to understand what returning to Australia might mean for their tax position The latest advice from...
Coronavirus Safety Net: Phase Two
23rd Mar 2020
Daniel Wilkie
With both the global and local situation changing rapidly as the coronavirus spreads, the government has already implemented...
The coronavirus stimulus package: Phase one
18th Mar 2020
Daniel Wilkie
On 12 March 2020 the government announced the first phase of an economic stimulus package in response to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic Welfare Recipients: Eligible...
Making a check-the-box election as a foreign corporation
4th Mar 2020
Jurate Gulbinas
This article relates to foreign business founders with an active business, who are moving to the US There is a risk that foreign earnings may be double taxed when your organisation is taxed as a US...
Claiming foreign tax credits on capital gains made from overseas investments
3rd Mar 2020
Matthew Marcarian
Burton’s case [Burton v Commissioner of Taxation [2019] FCAFC 141] has set an interesting precedent for claiming foreign tax credits on capital gains made from the sale of overseas investments in...
Family Trusts
20th Feb 2020
Daniel Wilkie
On 17 February 2020 the Australian Financial Review ran an article titled ‘Fresh scrutiny of trust payouts to beneficiaries’ For clients who may have seen the article, we wanted to...
Non-Residents Can No Longer Claim The CGT Main Residence Exemption
28th Jan 2020
Matthew Marcarian
On December 5th 2019 the contentious law denying non-residents the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) main residence exemption was passed This means that the update we...
Update on CGT Main Residence Exemption for Expats
12th Nov 2019
Matthew Marcarian
Bill has passed and is now law The law passed is the Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures) Bill 2019 ) It was passed with no further amendments This means...
Our Founder – John Marcarian – Wins Expatpreneur Award
20th May 2019
CST Tax Advisors
Our Founder, John Marcarian, has won the prestigious Longevity Award in The Finder’s Expatpreneuer Awards 2019 The Expatpreneur Awards honour foreign-born entrepreneurs running successful...