If you are looking to see how much it costs to ship furniture and other items, I don’t know. Lots of links on the internets that do discuss this in one way or another.

Most countries have a reciprocal tax agreement, and Australia is no exception. (as of this writing) The first $80,000 US of your Australian income is not taxed in the US. Any amount over that is taxed in both countries. The reality is that, with deductions for the cost of health insurance, rent, relocation, etc., you don’t really end up paying much.

An example might be that you make $100,000 US in Australia. The first $80,000 is deducted from your US taxes. That leaves you with $20,000. Then you can take a deduction for rent, which in our example will be $10,000 (I made that up, not sure what the deduction is). Now you have US income of $10,000. With more incidentals you might get that down to $6,000 US. At that point, your US tax will be minimal, as you are making below the poverty line.

So, although an issue, it’s not as big as one might think.

As for Australian tax, US residents are responsible for the full amount. For someone making $100,000 US, the realized rate is around 47%. But, again, there are deductions for being a non-resident, so that rate gets lower, but I can’t tell you by how much. You’ll find that you aren’t paying significantly more in taxes as an Australian resident than you did in the US (unless you lived in a place like FL where there is no State income tax).

More info can be found on Wikipedia.

As I understand non-residents of A.U., pay a 29% income tax. Are there any other supplemental taxed dollars?

Also for U.S. residents what taxes are they responsible for paying when employed in A.U.?

Ian

Am going to be in Australia over Christmas. Will you guys be there/ Would love to catch up!

Simon

PS: miscplaced your email

Congrats!