Originally Posted by
Gnadenburg
I lived abroad as a non-resident airline pilot for almost 20 years. Not once was I home for 45 days despite having 10 weeks of annual leave.
The 45 days includes time at the behest of your employer. There will be pilots (and many other expats) who will trigger 45 days during their normal duties. A day is defined as a calendar day or part thereof. Arrive at 10 pm, have 27 hrs rest and depart 1 am, that is 3 days.
They have it at 6 weeks now, then another budget they will change it to 4 weeks, then 2 weeks, then zero.
However they have no interest in providing any services for the tax paid. No income tax will be paid by those who live somewhere with a double tax treaty with Australia.
If anyone has financial interests in Australia they are already being taxed on those interests at the same rate or higher than a resident.