What are the visa and tax implications for Australian non-residents living and working in Thailand?

They changed the law in 2009 to assess each person as a resident or NON resident.....if assessed as a resident you pay tax on any working income you make anywhere in the world.

If work, live and paid in Oz as a resident you get full tax but you get a tax free threshold. If NON resident, work and paid from outside outside of the country for 180 days of the year. Then you pay no income tax and get no tax free threshold (I believe in UK you still get this) and no superannuation. All NON resident income (ie rental)originating in Oz is charged at 32.5 % from the first dollar and goes up above a certain amount.......but why would you want to pay 47% income tax if living and working outside of Australia.....Biggest thing I miss I suppose is the superannuation payments....but then when you go to use them later....they are taxed too.....I am way better off on an expat salary and tax free....I will make my own tax free retirement.

Yes but if you are a NON resident and work and get paid outside of Austalia you do not pay any work income tax at all. The taxes you pay are only on rental income that originates from inside of Australia. So you save 40 - 47% on all of your work income which, if you get paid well, outweighs the tax free threshold and Super combined.

In fact the non-resident tax rate is worse than the 30% flat rate that was mentioned above. It's currently 32.5% on income up to $87K, and then a higher rate of 37% kicks in on income above $87K.

Maurice Behan but if you have any income within Australia such as super pension etc...then as Non-resident you are subject to 30% tax with no tax free threshold.

So unless all your income comes from sources outside Australia you will be worse off if you claim non-resident status in Australia, so it really depends where your income is derived.

@Maurice ******

of Australia

You have previously I recall... :)