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• Australian Work-From-Home Deduction 2026 — 70 Cents an Hour, or Actual Cost? Which Wins

  A working-from-home deduction is claimed one of two ways: the 70c-per-hour fixed rate method, or the actual cost method. The 70c already covers electricity, gas, internet, phone, stationery and consumables — claiming them again is double-dipping. Depreciating assets like a computer, desk or chair can be claimed separately. The key to both is a record of actual hours worked from home.

• Don't Just Copy Someone Else's Deductions — Australian Tax Deductions by Occupation 2026

  Australian tax deductions aren't about copying what a friend claimed — they're about claiming what your own job actually cost, with records. A logo uniform can be deductible but plain clothes usually aren't; ordinary commuting isn't deductible but travel between work sites may be. The test: you paid for it, your employer didn't reimburse it, it's directly work-related, and you can show a record.

• Australian Tax Audits 2026 — How Work-From-Home, Car, and Side-Gig Deductions Get You Flagged

  The dangerous idea in a 2026 Australian tax return is that 'more deductions means a bigger refund.' The ATO data-matches employer, bank, platform, and overseas financial information. What triggers a review isn't a big number — it's a number that doesn't match your records.

• Australian tax return 2026 — 8 changes Korean-Australians can't afford to miss

  If the '7 mistakes' article is about errors that repeat every year, this one is about what actually changed this year. HELP/HECS repayment reform, Uber/Airbnb income reported to the ATO, ATO interest charges no longer deductible, super at 12%, plus the perennial traps — working holiday rates, Medicare levy surcharge, foreign income. The point: match your return to what the ATO already knows.

• Korean Property Rules Follow You to Australia: Loans, Tax, Residency and Remittance

  Korean property does not become simple just because you live in Australia. Loan rules, rental income, capital gains tax, residency status, inheritance and gifts, sale-proceeds remittance and FX all tangle together. Do not sell on the headline price alone — look at the after-tax, after-remittance, after-FX amount.

• What to Really Do With Your Money Before Australia — Migration Starts the Moment Money Moves

  Eight in ten migration outcomes are decided before you arrive. The key isn't 'how much you bring' but 'the order money moves.' The single most important date is the day you become an Australian tax resident — taxation splits around it. Korean assets are about 'when and in what order,' not 'what'; FX is split, cash is a buffer, documents start now. A visa opens the door; the order of your money decides your future.

• Filing Your Australian Tax Return Early Can Cost You — 7 Mistakes Koreans Make Most

  An Australian tax return isn't 'the government handing you money' — it's you settling your own tax. ①Filing early hurts (wait for late-July pre-fill) ②the $1,000 is next year, and a deduction (~$300), not a refund ③Korean accounts show up via CRS ④WFH and ⑤AI claims are risky ⑥company-car FBT ⑦receipts are a year-round habit. If you hold Korean assets, look at Korea and Australia together.

• Before You Land in Australia: the Money Things That Actually Matter

  A settlement checklist is a list of things to do — not a way to protect your money. The outcome is set by when you act: FX, tax residency, and records decide tens of thousands of dollars. Money crosses borders; tax doesn't. The real map of settling in Australia starts here.

• Scared of the Tax Bill, Can’t Move Back to Korea? — Korea’s NTS Opens a 1:1 ‘Returnee Tax Consult’ (July 2026)

  The real reason people hesitate to move back is tax fear. From July 2026 Korea’s NTS runs a 1:1 ‘U-turn’ tax consult (anonymous) for returnees — residency, overseas-asset tax, account reporting. But it’s Korean tax only; handle the Australian side (CGT, super, FX) separately for real savings.

• Korea and Australia — taxed twice on the same income? The treaty and double tax

  Korea and Australia have a tax treaty that stops the same income being taxed twice. The key is three things — your tax residency, the type of income, and the foreign tax credit. It isn't automatic, though: in most cases you report in both countries and the credit adjusts for it.

• Moving Back to Korea from Australia: Super, Property, and the Money You Bring Home

  Moving back to Korea touches four money systems at once: Australian super, CGT on any property you keep, the date you stop being an Australian tax resident, and Korea's rules on bringing money in. Timing is everything — sell your Australian home after becoming a non-resident and you can lose the main-residence exemption entirely. The 'when' can decide tens of thousands of dollars.

• Am I an Australian tax resident? — Korea, Australia, and when residency changes

  Tax residency is decided by where you actually live, not your visa. Australia and Korea each have different tests, and if both treat you as a resident, Article 4 of the Korea–Australia tax treaty breaks the tie. CGT, dividend tax, super, reverse migration — every tax question starts with 'which country am I a resident of right now?'

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