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Taxpayers Australia is a not-for-profit educational institution that is not affiliated with any political party or any pressure group. We aim to educate taxpayers via the media, educational publications and seminars on issues relating to tax and superannuation.

The Australian Taxation Office is the Government’s principal revenue collection agency, and is part of the Treasurer’s portfolio. Our role is to manage and shape tax, excise and superannuation systems that fund services for Australians.

Exfin provides access to Australian tax advice and services, including the preparation of annual returns, specifically focussed on expatriate Australians, future immigrants and working visitors regarding the Australian tax system. Access is also availble to US tax advice for returning expatriates and US immigrants - covering completion of tax returns, withdrawal of IRA's and 401(k)'s

Welcome to our unique tour of Australian products. You will find all the things you need from our bonzer collection of Australian items and Australian made products. For a fair dinkum look at all our quality down under supplies take a walk-about through our store. Please enjoy and take your time to view our site.

The Australia Society Tokyo was formed out of the social gatherings of Australian expats in Tokyo during the 1950's. To this day we retain our social focus and our goal is to promote the association of Australians, along with New Zealanders and others with a strong association with Australia, resident in or visiting Japan. We believe the best way to get people together is to organise enjoyable events catering to a variety of tastes - so that's what we do!

Since 1987, EdAlive has been helping teachers and parents instil the love of learning in children through computer-based educational experiences. Year by year we have reinvested the proceeds in titles that are now winning awards and worldwide acclaim. Quality K - 10 educational software that's entertaining to use and directly linked to your child's school curriculum.

The Simplified Superannuation reforms will make superannuation easier to understand, improve incentives to work and save, and provide greater flexibility over how superannuation savings can be drawn down in retirement. Under the reforms, the adequacy of retirement incomes will be improved, and over 10 million Australians with superannuation accounts, plus future account holders and their families will benefit through greater simplicity.

Up until now, the business of transferring pension balances to Australia, mostly from the UK, has often been the province of firms charging both a base fee and a percentage of funds transferred; sometimes as high as 5% of funds. We have now decided to offer a real alternative; access to professional actuarial advice and management of the total transfer process for a total fixed fee of $1500 inclusive of GST for UK pension transfers. This offer covers any number of pension funds from up to two different pension providers.

This is a full list of all Australian superannuation funds currently qualifying for QROPS. Please note this is a PDF file.

UK pension transferred into Australia must be transferred into a QROPS certified fund - or pay very substantial tax penalties. This UK Government site addresses many of the frequently asked questions.