how to leave australia

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ATO Paperwork Navigator

Which forms and notifications does my departure require?

Your ATO obligations

Your departure requires 2 notifications

Set a departure date in the Exit Plan or Deemed Disposal tool to see exact deadlines. The obligations below still apply.

Final / part-year Australian tax return

No fixed deadline

Your departure-year return records the date you became a non-resident and apportions the tax-free threshold for the resident part of the year. Get the date right. It flows through everything.

Official ATO page →

myGov contact details + Australian refund account

No fixed deadline

The ATO only refunds to an Australian bank account and reaches you via myGov. Confirm both work from overseas before you leave.

Official ATO page →

What most people miss

  • DASP is not for you, kill the myth now

    The Departing Australia Superannuation Payment is only for temporary residents. Australian citizens and permanent residents can never claim it, no matter how long they live abroad. Don’t plan around accessing your super by leaving. You can’t.

Get this reviewed

A registered tax agent

Residency, CGT and departure-year questions are handled by registered tax agents, ideally one who regularly works with departing or non-resident Australians. Check registration on the Tax Practitioners Board register.

What to bring: the downloaded report from this tool. It lists every number and assumption, so the meeting starts at the answer, not the data-gathering.

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