The Manager
Philanthropy and Exemptions Unit
Indirect Tax Division

To Whom it May Concern:

I am a US citizen working in Sydney temporarily for an International company with offices located all around the world. When I am no longer eligible for LAFHA my take-home pay will be reduced so significantly that I would have a net negative income after paying rent and taxes here in addition to my mortgage, taxes and home owners insurance in the US. Therefore once this is implemented I will be forced to relocate and cover the APAC region for my company from our offices in either Bangkok or Beijing.  The net effect will be that the ATO will lose all of the taxes I would have paid on ~$120,000 salary and will be responsible for moving a job from Australia to Thailand or China. I know there are many other international companies with employees currently doing the same math and I think you’ll soon see that what was intended to increase revenue will actually have the opposite affect while at the same time ship high-earning jobs overseas.

I love your country and wish I could stay longer but if I can not deduct the sizable expenses associated with working here while maintaining a home in the US I will have no choice but to relocate. Hopefully you’ll do a full economic impact study before removing the deduction for guest workers.

Sincerely, 

Charley Bizier

Charley Bizier | Senior Recruiter | InterSystems Corporation 
383 Kent Street, 12th Floor│Sydney, NSW 2000
+61 2 8353 0357 
Email:  charles.bizier@intersystems.com │ 
www.intersystems.com
  
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