Specialist Australian tax exit advice for establishing your international base.
Expert analysis, detailed written advice and a personalised plan for a tax-effective departure and greater certainty later.
- Australian Chartered Tax Adviser
- Australian Registered Tax Agent
- More than 20 years of experience
- Based in the Johor-Singapore region
- Digital business and digital-asset expertise
For Australians building a life beyond Australia
Leave Australia works with Australians whose businesses, assets, work and personal lives are becoming international. We advise people establishing a real offshore base who need their Australian tax residency addressed as part of the move.
The service brings Australian tax advice together with the practical sequence of departure: timing, assets, entities, digital income, banking, advisers and the regional considerations that affect an international life.
- 01Founders and business owners
- 02Technology and digital-asset professionals
- 03Remote workers and digital nomads
- 04Investors and entrepreneurs
- 05Australians establishing a Southeast Asian base
More than leaving Australia
A well-planned tax exit gives you control over the timing, evidence of your intentions and the decisions affecting your position. It can legally minimise the tax you pay on the way out and help avoid ATO surprises later. Simply spending 183 days offshore does not achieve that.
Tax advice based on your complete position
We analyse your assets, income, entities, personal ties and future plans to determine the timing and actions your tax exit requires. You receive detailed written advice, a tailored timeline and a personalised checklist, with further guidance available if your circumstances change.
We can work alongside your existing accountant, tax agent, lawyer and financial adviser, and introduce Australian or overseas specialists where needed.
- 01Tax residency strategy
- 02Departure timing
- 03CGT event I1 and asset choices
- 04Companies and trusts
- 05Business structure and control
- 06Digital assets
- 07Income source and invoicing
- 08Superannuation and investments
- 09Records and supporting evidence
- 10Coordination with existing service providers
- 11Introductions to Australian and overseas providers
A complete tax exit review
We determine the timing your circumstances can support and identify what needs to happen before you cease Australian tax residency. You receive detailed written advice, a tailored timeline and a personalised checklist, with further guidance available if your circumstances change.
Discover the whole picture
We examine what you own, how you earn, your business and entity interests, family and personal ties, future plans and intended international base.
Analyse every relevant factor
We consider the residency tests and the Australian tax consequences across income, assets, CGT, entities, trusts, superannuation and digital assets.
Determine the sequence and timing
We identify what needs to happen first, the timing your circumstances can support, how your intentions should be recorded and how the position should be declared.
Deliver detailed written advice
You receive detailed written advice explaining our analysis and recommendations, together with a tailored timeline and personalised checklist.
Review changes when needed
If your plans or circumstances change, we are available to review the effect of those changes and update the advice.
Australian tax exit issues
Australian tax residency
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Permanent place of abode
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Departure timing
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CGT event I1
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Asset choices and valuations
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Companies and management control
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Trusts and distributions
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Income source and invoicing
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Contractor and remote work
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Superannuation and investments
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Digital assets
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Banking and financial ties
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Family, home and property ties
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Records and supporting evidence
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Life and business across jurisdictions
Where you choose to live need not be where your business is based. Immigration status and tax residency are separate concepts, but the way each is established and managed can affect the other.
We consider how your residence, business structure, income, assets and intended international base work together. Our advice combines Australian tax residency expertise with regional experience and coordination across tax, legal, banking, visa and other professional services.
Led by Electra Frost
Leave Australia is led by Electra Frost, an Australian Chartered Tax Adviser and Registered Tax Agent. Strategically based in the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone, she advises clients establishing their lives offshore.
Electra has more than 20 years of experience working with globally mobile clients, including founders, business owners and creative professionals. Her experience spans accounting practice, international tax, technology and digital assets.
She works collaboratively with a professional network in Australia and other jurisdictions to coordinate your tax exit with the practical requirements of your new tax jurisdiction.
Initial review call
Initial review calls are for Australians planning an offshore move and restructuring their affairs around an international life.
Ready to Leave Australia? Email hello@leaveaustralia.com.au with brief answers to these questions:
- Why would you be better off leaving Australia?
- Have you decided where you intend to move first?
- Would you consider Southeast Asia?
- Please include a personal website or social-media link to give us an idea of who you are.
Electra will reply within 24 hours. If it looks like a fit, she will send you a link to book your complimentary initial call.