Temporary Resident Take-Home

Yes. Apply for a TFN when you arrive. Without one your employer must withhold at the top rate of tax plus Medicare — 45% if you are a foreign resident, 47% if you are an Australian resident for tax.

Yes, if you earned Australian income during the financial year. You may get a refund if too much tax was withheld.

Being an Australian resident for tax normally means declaring worldwide income, but if you are also a temporary resident (you hold a temporary visa and neither you nor your spouse is an Australian citizen or permanent resident) most of your foreign income is exempt. You declare income you earned in Australia, capital gains on taxable Australian property, and in some cases employment income for services you performed overseas while a temporary resident. Other foreign income and capital gains on property that is not taxable Australian property do not have to be declared at all. The ATO's example: Kerrie is a temporary resident who is also an Australian resident for tax. She owns a house in New Zealand. If she is still a temporary resident when she sells it, she does not declare the capital gain in her Australian tax return.

You can claim your superannuation through DASP (Departing Australia Superannuation Payment) once your visa expires and you leave Australia. Tax is withheld at 35% on the taxable component, or 65% if you held a working holiday visa (417 or 462).