MicknMary

Thanks for your help Andrew, that's very useful. I'll go back to my tax agent, but I'm not sure how I would calculate the increase in value from when I became an Aus resident to when I received my lump sum, I'd have to go back to the NHS Pension Scheme and ask them.

Hello, I've only posted here once before, so I hope I'm in the right place with a query I have about my NHS Pension please, apologies if not. I've now been living in Australia for 4 years and in August 2016 on my 60th birthday I took my benefits from my NHS Pension. I received a lump sum and received it into my UK Bank account as a tax free lump sum which is how I was expecting to receive my NHS Pension. I also receive a small monthly income from my NHS Pension and obviously have to pay Australian tax on that. My query is that I have now completed my Australian Tax Office return and I declared that lump sum which I was legally required to do. I was very surprised to then receive a tax bill from the ATO in respect of that lump sum which I thought was tax free and I am now having to pay this to the ATO. Has anyone else with an NHS Pension had this problem please?. I was assured by the tax agent who completed my tax return at the time that this is correct under the Australian tax law. Is that correct? Thanks, MicknMary

Thanks Craig, that's really what we thought, but worth asking, appreciate your help, thanks

Hello, we're wondering if it's worth transporting our Kia Cee'd 3 with us to Oz, we're flying from Heathrow ourselves on 11 November, so it doesn't give us very long to organise. It's a 2010 Kia Cee'd 3 - 5 door hatchback, - 1.6 petrol engine, - 5-speed manual transmission - with air con - cruise control - 37,000 miles approx In the UK the resale value is approximately £7,000 I don't think this particular model has ever been available for sale in Australia, although there are plenty of other Kia models on sale. thanks for any help