Asus Laptop Competition Winner!

October 15, 2010

A huge congratulations to Oliver Fritzsche – Winner of the YHA and taxback.com competition! Oliver won an Asus Eee PC R101! If you haven’t applied for your tax back click here.

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Tax Troubles for Top Cyclist

October 6, 2010

Well known Aussie cyclist, Stuart O’Grady, has found himself in hot water with the Australian Tax Office (ATO). O’Grady, or Stuey, as he is affectionately called by fans, is accused of not having paid his tax for four years. The champion pro road bicycle racer, won the Tour Down Under twice and was the only [...]

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Win $500 with Taxback in the Outback!

August 17, 2010

Our Facebook photo competition is drawing to a close shortly! BUT! You still have time to enter! If you’ve had you’re photo taken with one of our taxback.com boomerangs, or have met with the team out in Sydney, log on to our fan page, upload/find your photo & tag yourself! A winner will be picked [...]

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An Asian Food Lover’s Paradise

July 20, 2010

My first instruction is: Do not read this if you are a vegetarian! I have one word for you guys: ASIA! Remember how on my flight to Bangkok I was wondering what the sushi will be like in Sydney. Well I must have done my homework poorly back then as Sydney has a gigantic Asian [...]

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Musings on a pretty city…

July 10, 2010

What came over me? I can’t believe that it has taken me so long to submit this entry. I guess that speaks for itself when it comes to Sydney and its beauty. Anything I write about it won’t be an exaggeration, I was so busy doing so much stuff every day, I hardly had time [...]

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2MORO is finally here!

June 30, 2010

The Oz tax year ends today so you can now apply for your 2010 tax refund. We’ve been doing Oz tax refunds since the Macarena ruled the charts so we have a fairly good idea what flies Down Under. The main thing we noticed was that people are often in a big hurry to get [...]

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New Tax Helpdesk in Cairns

June 28, 2010

Taxback.com in Australia has just expanded its operatiosn in order make getting your Oz tax back even easier. Our new tax helpdesk is located inside the Regional Tourist Information Centre, on Aplin St, in the heart of Cairns CBD. This new location was made possible due to the new partnership created between taxback.com and Destination [...]

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The last leg of the journey – and getting spoiled!

June 18, 2010

I am officially the luckiest traveller in the world. The whole plane is packed apart from my row. 3 lovely empty seats for the next 9 or 10 hours. I’ll be able to do some work, right after I stop drooling at the view from my window. The sun over Bangkok is reflected in the [...]

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Changing time zones & feeling the heat!

June 18, 2010

It’s 34 degrees in Bangkok, and we have to leave the plane for an hour so it gets cleaned and refuelled and back in the sky. I wish I did not have to walk out of the plane wearing whatever was suitable summer attire for Dublin, where I was only one day ago. I wonder [...]

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Little luxuries on the long-haul

June 18, 2010

Qantas Airlines really impressed me. The plane was big and new and the staff were extremely friendly. They went around checking if I needed anything but not in an annoying way. The good news is I didn’t have to pay anything extra for the privilege. It’s as if they got a bonus every time they [...]

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