Hi Luke,
I specialise in personal, corporate and international tax and have a number of clients who are expatriates. I've been reading through the comments and you have an interesting case here.
As Michael, Warren and 'Ideas Book' have stated, there are tax residency issues which are not as straightforward as you might think, particularly as it seems that you may be overseas for quite a while. Not only do you have to consider your residency status but also that of the business, which does depend to an extent on your business structure (whether here or USA).
From my experience, in some cases, despite your intention to remain a resident of Australia for tax purposes, you can be deemed to be a non-resident due to the circumstances.
There are also tax consequences of changes in residency (and back) so you really do need to make sure that you determine your residency status before you go overseas.
I'd be happy to have a chat and shed some light on your situation.
Feel free to drop me an e-mail or give me a call.
Cheers,
Andrew
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