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...how do you get around getting slammed by the Aus ATO any information would be great. cheers lads
It isn't simply a matter of being out of the country for more than 183 days. (Though that would be of benefit to a non-resident tax status if you have no other ties to Australia)
The factors the Tax Office says it typically gives weight to are:
intention or purpose of presence
family and business/employment ties
maintenance and location of assets, and
social and living arrangements.
If, for example, you have a wife and/or kids living in Australia then you will be highly likely deemed Australian-resident for tax purposes. If you maintain a 'second' home in Australia and can't sufficiently demonstrate a 'primary' home in another country then you will also be deemed to be Australian resident. If you always spend most of your days off each month in Australia then you will likely be deemed resident. If you have rental property (or other business) and it is only located in Australia then that is another nail in the "I'm not resident" coffin.
It used to be a lot easier in years gone by to operate in the grey areas in our industry when living in Australia but working offshore. Unfortunately the ATO is on to it these days. During an audit they will try to discern where the 'centre of your world' is located and the onus will be on you to prove otherwise.
If you are audited, it will greatly assist your case if you can PROVE to the ATO that you are actually resident and domiciled in another country to avoid a ruling that you are Australian resident. Paying tax in a foreign nation is great supportive evidence.
It's quite complex and I would recommend you go and pay for some competent specialist tax advice on the matter. Don't rely on PPRUNE!
Like I said, you can do whatever you wish with your foreign income...right up until the point you receive an unfavourable audit and then are financially ruined for decades due to the onerous penalties imposed.
Good Luck!
PG
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It's quite complex and I would recommend you go and pay for some competent specialist tax advice on the matter. Don't rely on PPRuNe
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Good afternoon,
I have seen a number of advertisements for 767 DEC. I understand AJ has quite a few experienced FO waiting for command. Do they actually hire many DEC, or is this the exception to the rule?
I have seen a number of advertisements for 767 DEC. I understand AJ has quite a few experienced FO waiting for command. Do they actually hire many DEC, or is this the exception to the rule?
I believe the policy is to hire DEC who have JCAB licences. In the past they did not require JCAB licences but the pass rate was not so good.
Best to speak to the contract companies, Crew or Parc and ask them, they would know for sure
Best to speak to the contract companies, Crew or Parc and ask them, they would know for sure
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I notice PARC don't advertise for captains at all any more, only FOs. CREW have this to say on their website:
Pretty clear-cut I'd say.
NOTE : We have been informed that Air Japan (AJX) will now emphasize the recruitment of FOs. AJX will rely mainly on their upgrade program to fulfill CAP requirements. However in the event regularly scheduled classes fall short of FO candidates, AJX may fill those empty slots with direct entry JCAB Captains .
Minimum Requirements
(not waivable)
Captains:
· Total Flight Time in excess of 6, 000 hours
· Commercial Jet PIC Time in excess of 3, 000 hours
· Valid JCAB ATP(L) with Command Type Rating
· Multi Engine Jet Aircraft experience in excess of 50,000kg MTOW
Minimum Requirements
(not waivable)
Captains:
· Total Flight Time in excess of 6, 000 hours
· Commercial Jet PIC Time in excess of 3, 000 hours
· Valid JCAB ATP(L) with Command Type Rating
· Multi Engine Jet Aircraft experience in excess of 50,000kg MTOW
NOTE : We have been informed that Air Japan (AJX) will now emphasize the recruitment of FOs. AJX will rely mainly on their upgrade program to fulfill CAP requirements. However in the event regularly scheduled classes fall short of FO candidates, AJX may fill those empty slots with direct entry JCAB Captains .
hmmm, apparently they are struggling to fill the courses on a regular basis. Time to have a good look at the contract on offer AND the long term prospects for candidates. There are more than enough good quality pilots out there, just not enough are prepared to leave where they are to make a long term commitment??
hmmm, apparently they are struggling to fill the courses on a regular basis. Time to have a good look at the contract on offer AND the long term prospects for candidates. There are more than enough good quality pilots out there, just not enough are prepared to leave where they are to make a long term commitment??
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I know it doesn't matter much to some of the guys closer to retirement, but it's also the aircraft type which puts a lot of people off.
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"AJX has to make the realization that their contract has fallen behind....!"
Just fallen behind? I think you're being nice. It's crap AND fallen WAYYYYY behind the times (was good maybe 10+ years ago) - especially now when you consider flying 80-90% of your line in a falling apart POS they call the 767 freighters in the middle of the night through China and Naha. Pax, what pax airplane? See it maybe once or twice a month; usually XMN or HKG day turn (8+ hrs.flt time/ 12+ duty because of delays) after someone calls in sick and getting called out on standby...Who gets to fly the easy pax patterns? I don't know and I don't care; because I'll never fly them.
At least the Chinese carriers PAY you decent $ to work like a slave and live there (they pay the local taxes, even Korean)...AJX doesn't even pay any of your taxes or get you a work visa. Yet they have the audacity to schedule trips that would be illegal in most Western countries and fly you until you're literally fatigued. It supposedly has gotten better over the years, but I have yet to fly the "good" trips enough to notice. So in actuality, after you've paid your taxes back home, your take home will be maybe equal but probably less than a US Legacy FO of similar YOS and equipment when comparing their pay to our CAPTAIN pay. Compare Captain to Captain pay? Forget about it. All the little add on $ allowances on your contract? You'll more than likely spend all of it plus some more while doing your month here. It's just a ploy to make your "gross" pay look better and to lure you into commuting to work half way around the world to fly into China at night in a tired, old, beat up 767 freighter. There is no career nor a financial advancement here currently, if that's what you're looking for.
Yes, I am very happy here.
Disclaimer: I have only stated the facts in the above post regarding the current situation here at Air Japan. I am not discouraging nor encouraging anyone to join Air Japan. It is your decision and yours only at the end of the day.
Just fallen behind? I think you're being nice. It's crap AND fallen WAYYYYY behind the times (was good maybe 10+ years ago) - especially now when you consider flying 80-90% of your line in a falling apart POS they call the 767 freighters in the middle of the night through China and Naha. Pax, what pax airplane? See it maybe once or twice a month; usually XMN or HKG day turn (8+ hrs.flt time/ 12+ duty because of delays) after someone calls in sick and getting called out on standby...Who gets to fly the easy pax patterns? I don't know and I don't care; because I'll never fly them.
At least the Chinese carriers PAY you decent $ to work like a slave and live there (they pay the local taxes, even Korean)...AJX doesn't even pay any of your taxes or get you a work visa. Yet they have the audacity to schedule trips that would be illegal in most Western countries and fly you until you're literally fatigued. It supposedly has gotten better over the years, but I have yet to fly the "good" trips enough to notice. So in actuality, after you've paid your taxes back home, your take home will be maybe equal but probably less than a US Legacy FO of similar YOS and equipment when comparing their pay to our CAPTAIN pay. Compare Captain to Captain pay? Forget about it. All the little add on $ allowances on your contract? You'll more than likely spend all of it plus some more while doing your month here. It's just a ploy to make your "gross" pay look better and to lure you into commuting to work half way around the world to fly into China at night in a tired, old, beat up 767 freighter. There is no career nor a financial advancement here currently, if that's what you're looking for.
Yes, I am very happy here.
Disclaimer: I have only stated the facts in the above post regarding the current situation here at Air Japan. I am not discouraging nor encouraging anyone to join Air Japan. It is your decision and yours only at the end of the day.
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" your take home will be maybe equal but probably less than a US Legacy FO of similar YOS and equipment when comparing their pay to our CAPTAIN pay. "
With major pay increases and contract adjustments across the board at United, Delta, SWA, UPS, FedEx this contract in comparison has completely and utterly fallen behind in almost every respect. Most of our Yank pilots, with clean records and no skeletons, are actively on the way out both Captains and FOs, even those that are in their so called prime years, 45 and up.
With major pay increases and contract adjustments across the board at United, Delta, SWA, UPS, FedEx this contract in comparison has completely and utterly fallen behind in almost every respect. Most of our Yank pilots, with clean records and no skeletons, are actively on the way out both Captains and FOs, even those that are in their so called prime years, 45 and up.
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Surely the 767's are nearing the end of their tenure.
Any idea when they will be starting with 787's?
Any idea when they will be starting with 787's?
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I agree they need to up their game but, according to the contract companies, AJX still reckon they're paying the market rate and aren't going to change the conditions. Now, whether this is just PARC/CREW being lazy buggers and just telling us that without actually trying to get the pay increased we'll never know. The contract companies are quite happy to accept the status quo and let things tick along without getting off their backsides and actually trying to do something for the pilots. We have certainly dropped behind and my salary now is worth significantly less at home. The cost of everything has risen over my time with AJX but my salary has stayed exactly the same and I am very unhappy with the reluctance of the contract companies to do their job and support us, rather than kowtow to AJX at every turn because they're scared of losing the contract.
Quite why any American worth their salt would be coming to AJX I don't know. With the hiring going on in the States it would be utter madness to leave home and do this job. Some do it to get a 'quick' command but I can never understand that mentality. Who cares about which seat you sit in? It's all about lifestyle and that is the only important thing. Far, far better to be an FO on a UAL Airbus, living in the US, than left seat of an AJX 767 in Japan.
I wish they would just get their act together and stop all the Chinese whispers, rumours and gossip. The announcement by Mr Big of ANA (whoever it was, I can't remember) that we would be getting the 787 by 2018 was quite clear but that seems to have become muddled and now, who knows? They still can't sort out how they'd integrate the different type into our operation or how they'd crew it and, in true Japanese style, nobody will make a decision because they're all scared of being wrong. A new aircraft would be nice but, to be honest, my priority puts the type of flying ahead of that. I am sick and tired of China, China, China. I HATE the place and don't ever want to go there or hear another Chinese voice in my life but that's not going to happen. My October roster has one trip that is not China
It will be very interesting to see if the rise of JAL from the ashes does affect us. It won't happen immediately but, with the lack of Japanese pilots available, JAL are surely going to have to do something to crew their aircraft. I'm not even talking about expansion but with the retirement bulge in the Japanese airlines and extremely low number of new Japanese pilots, they are going to have to take steps to fill the seats. With a better network (a far more varied international route structure) and a fleet that will consist of 777, 787, A350 they're already looking a better bet than AJX. Add to that the same commuting contract and days off and they'd look even better. Pay better than AJX and I'd be off in a heartbeat. I believe our JCAB licences would make us a little attractive to them. With all the above, AJX would have to do a lot more than just increase our salaries to make me stay. I just hope JALWays II actually comes to something.
Well, that's enough moaning for now. If any of the contract companies are reading these posts, then get your act together and do your job. Stop pandering to the Japanese every time they say we're being paid 'market rate' and actually support the people you're supposed to, instead of acting as a recruiting conduit and then completely forgetting about those you recruited. You've done absolutely NOTHING for at least 10 years, so get your thumbs out of your backsides and stop being such kowtowing pussies.
Quite why any American worth their salt would be coming to AJX I don't know. With the hiring going on in the States it would be utter madness to leave home and do this job. Some do it to get a 'quick' command but I can never understand that mentality. Who cares about which seat you sit in? It's all about lifestyle and that is the only important thing. Far, far better to be an FO on a UAL Airbus, living in the US, than left seat of an AJX 767 in Japan.
I wish they would just get their act together and stop all the Chinese whispers, rumours and gossip. The announcement by Mr Big of ANA (whoever it was, I can't remember) that we would be getting the 787 by 2018 was quite clear but that seems to have become muddled and now, who knows? They still can't sort out how they'd integrate the different type into our operation or how they'd crew it and, in true Japanese style, nobody will make a decision because they're all scared of being wrong. A new aircraft would be nice but, to be honest, my priority puts the type of flying ahead of that. I am sick and tired of China, China, China. I HATE the place and don't ever want to go there or hear another Chinese voice in my life but that's not going to happen. My October roster has one trip that is not China
It will be very interesting to see if the rise of JAL from the ashes does affect us. It won't happen immediately but, with the lack of Japanese pilots available, JAL are surely going to have to do something to crew their aircraft. I'm not even talking about expansion but with the retirement bulge in the Japanese airlines and extremely low number of new Japanese pilots, they are going to have to take steps to fill the seats. With a better network (a far more varied international route structure) and a fleet that will consist of 777, 787, A350 they're already looking a better bet than AJX. Add to that the same commuting contract and days off and they'd look even better. Pay better than AJX and I'd be off in a heartbeat. I believe our JCAB licences would make us a little attractive to them. With all the above, AJX would have to do a lot more than just increase our salaries to make me stay. I just hope JALWays II actually comes to something.
Well, that's enough moaning for now. If any of the contract companies are reading these posts, then get your act together and do your job. Stop pandering to the Japanese every time they say we're being paid 'market rate' and actually support the people you're supposed to, instead of acting as a recruiting conduit and then completely forgetting about those you recruited. You've done absolutely NOTHING for at least 10 years, so get your thumbs out of your backsides and stop being such kowtowing pussies.
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"Market rate?!?" Hahahaha! Obviously the management do not understand what NET pay is. Where did these guys go to school? Mickey Mouse Academy? Just across the pond, in Korea and China, the published pays are net. Meaning, AFTER taxes. In Korea it's about $16,000 US + 35% of your yearly salary and China is 45%. You do the math to see what the gross comes out to.
Nevermind me comparing rates with US carriers in my earlier post. Let's compare apples to apples within the pilot contract world. We are still way, way behind the pack. Market rate....ha!
Nevermind me comparing rates with US carriers in my earlier post. Let's compare apples to apples within the pilot contract world. We are still way, way behind the pack. Market rate....ha!
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Agree with all the above posts. Time for AJX to improve the pay and conditions. I have 2 years left on my contract and will be in my mid 40s. There was a time where I would have been happy to finish my career here but no more. If nothing changes by the end of my contract I will definitely be looking at returning to the U.S. or, and I thought I would never consider this, possibly a few years in China. Like Fratemate, I am tired of all the China flying. If I am going to fly that often to China I might as well double my pay and work in China.
The other issue I have, and sorry to a few of you new guys who are competent, but the quality of new hires here as deteriorated. So not only am I having to fly crap trips through China but feel like half the time I am doing it single pilot. Just for that I think we need a pay raise.
I doubt anything will change but hoping someone pulls their head out of their ass here. Considering we have had APIDs(iPads to the rest of the world)for three years now and still not officially approved, I am not holding my breath.
The other issue I have, and sorry to a few of you new guys who are competent, but the quality of new hires here as deteriorated. So not only am I having to fly crap trips through China but feel like half the time I am doing it single pilot. Just for that I think we need a pay raise.
I doubt anything will change but hoping someone pulls their head out of their ass here. Considering we have had APIDs(iPads to the rest of the world)for three years now and still not officially approved, I am not holding my breath.
..Two weeks off every month, at your choosing..!!..You are not going to get that with any company in the US..And I hear the pay per flight hour is not that bad either..
..I am not saying that you should not try for something better..But I would look at the ``positives`` also..
..Wish you happy skies !!..
Fly safe,
B-757
..I am not saying that you should not try for something better..But I would look at the ``positives`` also..
..Wish you happy skies !!..
Fly safe,
B-757
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I'll try not to take your post in the patronising way it sounds but some of us have not been here 5 minutes and are excited by a sparkly new job. Some of us have been here long enough to see the negatives increase so much that they now outweigh the positives. If you'd have said to me a few years ago that I should look at the positives, then I'd agree with and I DO agree that the days off bidding/requesting IS brilliant. However, I had a $500/month salary cut when they squeezed AJV & AJX together, I now fly almost twice as much as I used to, I almost live in the most sh*t country in the world as we fly there so much (China), my salary has not risen 1 cent but the cost of living has everywhere in the world and it seems every month we get another nagging letter telling us that such and such is forbidden, or remember to breathe regularly or some other useless, mollycoddling (read controlling) instruction. And I have to agree with atldrvr, some of the guys I've had sitting next to me have been really quite 'average' and I wonder just how they got to where they are. I'm not paid to be an instructor and I don't really see why I should have to be if (a)they got their selection right and (b)got their 'training' right. I'm happy to 'coach' as any captain should but lately I feel as if I'm doing a lot more instructing.
Yes, there are many positives and, just to keep B-757 happy, I am so, so grateful for them. However, the negatives are increasing and they could easily solve one of those if they pulled their heads form where they are firmly lodged.
PS: altdrvr; Apids were Sep 2011
Yes, there are many positives and, just to keep B-757 happy, I am so, so grateful for them. However, the negatives are increasing and they could easily solve one of those if they pulled their heads form where they are firmly lodged.
PS: altdrvr; Apids were Sep 2011
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..Two weeks off every month, at your choosing..!!..You are not going to get that with any company in the US..And I hear the pay per flight hour is not that bad either..
..I am not saying that you should not try for something better..But I would look at the ``positives`` also..
..Wish you happy skies !!..
Fly safe,
B-757
..I am not saying that you should not try for something better..But I would look at the ``positives`` also..
..Wish you happy skies !!..
Fly safe,
B-757
I'm an old bag so that ship sailed for me but anyone in their 40's or younger would be mad not to make a move....!