Tax & Legal Tips - Smart Property Investment

Tax and legal strategies are a key component of a strong, successful investment portfolio. Smart Property Investment provides investors with the latest updates, insights, tips and traps for maintaining these vital functions of a property portfolio.

Tax & Legal • 20 Dec 2023

Defective driveway costs a warning to the construction sector

A concrete business has been held to account after it did not comply with a building remedy order whereby workmanship complaints were lodged by the home owners.

Tax & Legal • 18 Dec 2023

Court fines Perth plumber for failure to fix leaks

A recent order against a Perth plumber has served as a cautionary tale for consumers to solicit reviews before engaging contractors to complete repairs.

Tax & Legal • 15 Dec 2023

Engineered stone to be outlawed across Australia from 1 July 2024

Engineered stone will no longer be a commonplace feature in Australian homes, following a nationwide ban on the products.

Tax & Legal • 06 Dec 2023

Gold Coast property investor charged with 15 counts of fraud

The director of a Queensland property investment and development firm has been charged with “numerous criminal offences” by ASIC.

Tax & Legal • 04 Dec 2023

Scam tradies on the rise in NSW

Con artists posing as tradespeople are “active in NSW right now”, the state’s Fair Trading has warned.

Tax & Legal • 01 Dec 2023

No ‘silver bullet’ for housing found in Victorian parliamentary inquiry

A parliamentary inquiry into Victoria’s rental and housing affordability crisis delivered mixed opinions on stamp duty, vacant land tax and social housing strategies.

Tax & Legal • 30 Nov 2023

Better building protections for home renos flagged in Victoria

Builders who take deposits for major renovations or building projects will be heavily penalised if they don’t have the correct insurances in place, as Victoria looks...

Tax & Legal • 30 Nov 2023

ACT launches a new planning system

Canberra has introduced a new Planning Act for the first time in 15 years, in what the government has described as “a once in a generation change”.

Tax & Legal • 29 Nov 2023

Planning reforms put 100k-plus new homes in the radar in NSW

The amended planning laws could deliver 112,000 new homes across Greater Sydney, the Hunter, the Central Coast and the Illawarra.

Tax & Legal • 27 Nov 2023

Engineered stone ban gets backing from SA government

The state has thrown its weight behind the banning of engineered stone, which has become a commonplace feature in Aussie kitchens and bathrooms over the past few years.