Business Migration

• How we can help
• Business structuring
• Taxation issues
• Banking
• Accounting and taxation requirements for setting up your business
• What our clients have to say

UHY Haines Norton has had many years experience assisting migrants settle into the Australian business environment. Each office boasts a team of experienced people committed to helping you succeed.

We understand the difficulty of setting up a business in another country with all its unfamiliar rules and systems. We know the importance of having a support network in place from the word go and have all the local knowledge, contacts and affiliations you need to start your business.

Our experience tells us the most important issues facing new business migrants are: 

• Finding and starting the right business
• Compliance with visa requirements
• Establishing relevant business networks
• Protecting their hard earned assets
• Setting up the correct business structure
• State Sponsored business proposals

How we can help

If you have recently migrated or are thinking of migrating to Australia, the following are the issues UHY Haines Norton can assist and advise you on:

• Your visa obligations and how they interact with business
• Business opportunities
• Introduction to business brokers
• Business reviews (due diligences)
• General advice on business in Australia

Business structuring

The correct business structure is extremely important for migrants as it may impact on visa, taxation and commercial requirements.  We can advise the structure to best suit your circumstances.

Taxation issues

• Deciding whether to sell or transfer ownership of assets prior to entry into Australia
• Understanding the point at which you will be treated as a resident of Australia for tax purposes and how this will impact on the taxation of your income and assets
• Ensuring that your international assets receive the most favourable tax treatment once you are treated as an Australian resident for tax purposes.
• Making the most of available tax concession during your entry into Australia
• Pensions – transfers and withdrawal
• States Taxes and Stamp Duties on funding business and property

Banking

• Assistance with opening accounts
• Lending limits and requirements for loans
  • Currency transfers to ensure you obtain the best exchange rate
  • Other Australian banking issues

Accounting and taxation requirements for setting up your business

• Accounting software and training
• Ongoing tax issues - e.g. PAYE, quarterly or monthly business activity statements

What Our Clients Have To Say

“As business migrants the best advice we can offer others is to contact an accountant before anyone else. UHY Haines Norton provides an excellent service, from helping to negotiate a realistic price, to a thorough investigation of figures and ongoing support and advice. We highly recommend UHY Haines Norton to business migrants”.
David and Teresa Collins
(Ex United Kingdom)

“UHY Haines Norton has been a guiding light through all the trials and tribulations of business migration. Their professional advice and support has been invaluable to our migration, UHY Haines Norton is much more than just an accounting practice”.
Clive & Tracey Allen
(Ex Zimbabwe)

“After years of planning, expense and frustration you suddenly arrive in Australia. Left behind are family and friends as well as trusted colleagues who have assisted you with financial matters, insurance, tax, pensions and investments. Fortunately we were introduced to UHY Haines Norton soon after our arrival in Australia and the Partner and his friendly, caring staff have provided me and my wife Helen with invaluable assistance in sorting out many of our financial affairs – including us setting up a brand new business from scratch.”
Michael & Helen Lord
(Ex South Africa)