how to leave australia

All 33 tools

One journey, six stages. Each tool answers one question with your numbers, and everything you enter carries forward to the next tool.

Stage 0: Should I even leave?

Put numbers on the daydream before you commit.

Stage 1: Choosing where

Match destination to your income, family and passport.

Stage 2: Planning the exit

The expensive part happens before the flight.

Tool 10

Deemed Disposal Calculator

β€œWhat tax bill does leaving itself trigger, pay now or defer?”

CGT event I1 on your actual portfolio: pay-now vs defer per asset, with the discount freeze modelled.

10 min

Tool 11

Exit Timing Optimiser

β€œExactly when should I leave?”

A 24-month cost heat-map across part-year residency, deemed disposal and your liquidity events.

5 min

Tool 12

Business Sale Sequencer

β€œSelling my business around departure: what order?”

Small business CGT concessions vs selling after departure, dollars at every leaf.

8 min

Tool 13

ESOP & Equity Modeller

β€œWhat happens to my startup equity if I leave?”

Per-grant taxing points under stay vs go, including deferred-scheme cessation effects.

8 min

Tool 14

Crypto Exit Planner

β€œWhat does leaving do to my crypto?”

Parcel-level realise-now vs deemed vs defer, plus destination treatment.

7 min

Tool 15

Property Decision Engine

β€œWhat do I do with my Australian property?”

The main-residence-exemption cliff, discount loss, surcharges and rent: three sale paths compared.

9 min

Tool 16

Super Strategy

β€œWhat should I do about super before I go?”

Pre-departure contributions, preservation reality, and the SMSF residency red flag.

6 min

Tool 17

HECS Abroad Planner

β€œWhat happens to my HECS when I leave?”

Notification deadline, repayments on your foreign salary, and the payoff-vs-keep-cash curve.

4 min

Tool 18

Company & Trust Residency

β€œDoes my Pty Ltd move with me, and what breaks?”

Central management and control per entity, with fixes ranked.

7 min

Tool 19

Exit Plan Generator

β€œWhat exactly do I do, in what order, by when?”

Your month-by-month plan compiled from everything you’ve entered, the capstone.

5 min

Stage 3: Departure

Cut the right ties, file the right forms, keep the receipts.

Stage 4: Living abroad

Stay non-resident, stay compliant, stay out of trouble.

Stage 5: Coming back

The return has its own tax planning window.