John & Colette’s Adventures

I finally got my last bit of money from Australia this week! Yay. My obligatory contributions to the government retirement plan (aka: Superannuation) has finally been refunded to me, less the 30% Aussie Tax, thank you very much.

Now I have to convince my bank to cash a foreign check which will, no doubt, require more significant throwing of money around. Then I’ll have to declare it as income on our US tax forms which, fortunately, will give us a credit for the 30% Aus taxes.

Now the big question is do we put it into retirement or use it to help cover the kitchen remodel? Hmmmm.