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Australia

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Written for Australia

Australian Income Tax on Military Retired Pay and Social Security

The U.S.-Australia treaty exempts U.S. government pensions from Australian tax only for people not ordinarily resident in Australia, so a U.S. retiree living there gets no treaty…

www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/aus.pdf

VA benefits that apply abroad

VA Foreign Medical Program

VA payment for treatment of a service-connected disability, and some associated conditions, while the veteran is outside the United States.

Gate: Service-connected condition

www.va.gov/health-care/foreign-medical-program