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Hi everyone I just wondered if anyone knew the rules around Working Tax Credits, if you are a returning expat? Cheers Amanda

I just wanted to thank everyone for their replies and words of wisdom. Quoll, thank you for the Grandmother/Mother's perspective - it is very reassuring. I guess I have to do what is best for me, my daughter and my husband and HOPE that at the end of the day, my Mum will be happy that we are all so happy. Cheers :smile:

I seriously doubt it - Mum is a creature of habit. When my brother and I lived over in the UK between 2001-2011 she only came over twice to visit - but in her defense she has had some very serious health problems. I came back to Oz in part, because I wanted to make sure she was ok. But I am pretty miserable here and miss the life I used to have. I don't know how I would live with the guilt of leaving her esp. in her Golden Years.

I am dual citizen Australia/UK (Mum from Oz and Dad from UK) and my husband is from 'sunny' Yorkshire. We have been out in Oz for 3 years and are now working towards returning to Blighty. We have family on either side of the 'pond' and will leave someone behind no matter where we go. If we stay in Oz we will be financially worse off but will have a beautiful home and be near to my Mum who is on her own and isn't very well. If we return to Yorks we will be mortgage-free and have a huge network of friends and family, and I wont have to work - so can stay home with my family. We have a 6 month old and my Mum dotes on her. My brother has two kids but he is in WA and we (incl. Mum) are in QLD. To rub salt into the wound, my brother is also planning to return to the UK in about 18 months. So Mum will be here alone with ALL her family overseas. I would love to go back - I miss Yorkshire! I will not have to work and own my house outright. But I am overcome with guilt... Mum has been on her own for nearly 20 yrs but has only recently retired and has problems with her heart. I am between a rock and a hard place and just don't know what to do... Do I stick around to make Mum's life better or do I move, and make my (and my daughter's and my husband's) life better???????? Advice welcome! Would you go or would you stay?