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LAFHA on 175 visa

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  • 15-11-2010 1:37am
    #1
    cormaclynch
    Registered Users Posts: 178 ✭✭


    Hi Guys,

    I know this has been asked before on this board and someone said as a 175 visa is a permanent visa you cant get LAFHA. I was talking to the guys at lafha.com.au and they said:

    "If you have strong links to your usual place of residence (eg. Property / storage) and can demonstrate a clear intention to return home then you can be eligible for the LAFHA benefit."

    I am chasing it up with HR in work at the moment and I am just wondering if anyone on this visa has been able to claim LAFHA in the past or is currently doing so?

    Cheers


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    ambasite
    Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭ambasite


    i was claiming LAFHA while on 457 but once i applied for 175 visa it was cut:

    Based on the Australian Tax Office (ATO) statement that a living away
    from home allowance (LAFHA) is for people who intend to return to their
    usual place of residence, it is logical that the LAFHA is no longer tax
    free from the date an application to become a Permanent Resident is
    made.


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    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    175 is a permanent Visa. You wont be able to claim it on that Visa. By all means try if your are brave but you will be stuck with a huge tax bill ($10,000+) next year to pay the difference.
    Also your company must provide it as it is added at source in your pay check.


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    hussey
    Registered Users Posts: 6,240 ✭✭✭hussey


    You can in fact claim LAFHA on a permanent visa ... BUT
    not the same way you claim on a 457.

    On a 457 you are claiming you live away from home (Ireland), whilst on a 175 you must be actually living away from your aussie home.

    e.g. you live and work in Sydney, and they send you to wagga wagga to work for 6months

    LAFHA is actually intended for this purpose.


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    mandrake04
    Registered Users Posts: 4,435 ✭✭✭mandrake04


    hussey wrote: »
    You can in fact claim LAFHA on a permanent visa ... BUT
    not the same way you claim on a 457.

    On a 457 you are claiming you live away from home (Ireland), whilst on a 175 you must be actually living away from your aussie home.

    e.g. you live and work in Sydney, and they send you to wagga wagga to work for 6months

    LAFHA is actually intended for this purpose.

    Thats true,

    I have a friend working in Albury getting LAFHA, ironically he never got it while he was on a 457. (different employer tho)


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