We specialise in personal Australian international tax advice for people just like you …
all across Australia and all around the world

Andy Carmichael is the Managing Director of Carmichael International Tax. We have been based in Perth WA for nine years and are now headquartered internationally.

Carmichael International Tax is a specialist boutique provider of Australian expatriate tax and personal international tax services to private clients and companies across Australia and around the world. We provide simple, easy-to-understand, creative solutions to your complex global tax problems.

Talk to us. And get the right answer at the right time and the right price. We won’t just give you the answers to the questions you ask. We will help you ask the questions you didn’t even know you ought to be asking. It’s what we do.

Expatriate tax

We specialize in Australian expatriate tax, which is simply personal international tax – the tax issues that happen when people move around the world or around the country. It could be Australian income tax, PAYG, tax treaties, foreign tax, Australian tax resident vs. non-resident status, Super Guarantee, expatriate HR policies, “tax equalization”, choosing a low-tax foreign country to emigrate to, or minimizing your Australian and international tax.

Perhaps you are thinking of moving overseas and becoming a non-resident of Australia – is Saudi Arabia better for you than Singapore, Qatar or the USA? Or moving inter-state to a different Australian city? Facing an ATO tax audit? Are you a foreign national wanting to apply for a Permanent Resident visa – think of the tax first? Or perhaps you want to sell a foreign property, shares or cryptocurrency, buy Australian real estate, bring your foreign pension fund to Australia or move overseas? What are the international tax issues?

Get the right answer at the right time and the right price.

At Carmichael International Tax, we believe in providing not just excellent, personal service but also value for money for our clients. We will work to your budget if it is limited. We want to make the world a better place by what we do. We are here to help you with your tax problems, even if that is just Australian tax with no international aspects. Remember, there are always tax opportunities to find and tax pitfalls to avoid whenever anyone moves around the country or around the world.

Over the past 30 years, Andy has sent Australian assignees to more than 75 foreign countries. He has detailed practical experience of dozens of countries’ tax systems, from the UK to Burkina Faso, Singapore to PNG, South Africa to the US, and right across Europe, Africa and Asia. Andy is also a very popular public speaker, giving presentations on expatriate tax to heads of tax firms and to HR Managers. He is renowned for his excellence, technical expertise, enthusiasm about international tax, attention to detail, value for money he provides and his ability to make complex tax issues easy (and interesting) for anyone to understand.

Tax Advice

At Carmichael International Tax we provide Australian tax advice and personal Australian tax returns for private clients and corporate clients on all expatriate tax issues.

All expatriate tax advice is provided personally by Andy Carmichael, our highly experienced Head of International Tax. This means that, while most (or all) competitors might pass your tax advice issues down to less-experienced, junior staff members (rather than the tax director you met with), we do not.

Your service will be personal. As a result, we save you time, money and tax. And our fees are usually less than half of what most competitors will charge you.

What Do People Say?

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“Thanks, Andy, you’re awesome! How on earth do you manage that I get tax back when I don’t even pay tax!? I don’t understand but … the refund is perfectly timed!

Thank you for always giving me such a good price and such great service!”

Suzanne

South African-Australian owner-manager of rental cottages in Australia

June 2023 and March 2024

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“Hi Andy, I wanted to express my sincere appreciation for your steadfast support and meticulous work on my taxes throughout the years. Your expertise and dedication have truly made the tax season a seamless and stress-free experience for me. Your guidance has been invaluable to me, Andy, and I truly appreciate the peace of mind you bring to the often complex world of tax returns.”

Lily

Australian Director of Digital Health, Melbourne

February 2024

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“Hi Andy, I’m really pleased that you’re willing to do my [Australian] tax return. I’m eternally grateful for your understanding of my modest income situation, and for the amazing work you did on my previous returns. It made such a difference getting through tight times in the US to have those [Australian tax] refunds.”

Allison

Australian Historian and Author in the US

October 2021