Online CGT Clearance Certificates for Australian property owners.

An ATO Clearance Certificate is a document issued by the Australian Taxation Office that certifies a seller is not a foreign resident for the purposes of the Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding (FRCGW) regime. It's typically required in property transactions, regardless of their market value.

Yes, they are usually considered to be interchangeable terms.
Under Australian tax law, when foreign residents sell Australian property, the buyer is required to withhold a portion of the sale price and remit it to the ATO as a preemptive payment towards any potential capital gains tax liability of the seller. A CGT Clearance Certificate, issued by the ATO, certifies that the withholding tax does not need to be withheld from the transaction. This certificate is often sought by sellers who are not foreign residents to ensure that the buyer does not withhold the tax.

It's required for all property transactions, independent of their market value. The certificate certifies that the seller is not a foreign resident, exempting them from capital gains withholding tax.

While there used to be a threshold for properties with a market value of $750,000 or more, from the 1st of January 2025 this is no longer the case, and all properties are affected by Capital Gains Tax. Therefore, all sellers eligible for a certificate should obtain one.

In order to avoid liability for Foreign Resident Capital Gain Withholding (FRCGW), sellers of Australian property, regardless of their market value, and who are Australian residents for tax purposes, need to be in possession of an ATO Clearance Certificate.

You can apply for an ATO Clearance Certificate online using our opimised form. The process involves submitting relevant details about the property and the seller's tax residency status, which will then be reviewed by our tax agents and processed through the ATO.

Your ATO Clearance Certificate gets sent by the ATO directly to your email, so you get it as fast as possible.

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