Forward Contracts
Forward foreign exchange contracts enable you to ‘lock in’ a price to move foreign currency well head of time. If you know when you are going to move money, it might be attractive to be able lock in a rate.
The official Australian Bureau of Statistics figures for 2016-17 indicate that 78,890 Australian citizens returned to Australia and 93,141 departed Australia. Based on an official count of 759,849 in 2004 and Net Overseas Migration figures since, the number of Australian expats is now estimated to exceed 1 million.
New Tax Residence RulesForward foreign exchange contracts enable you to ‘lock in’ a price to move foreign currency well head of time. If you know when you are going to move money, it might be attractive to be able lock in a rate.