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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.
Ben Johnston read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 05 Apr 2021
How to make the most of the tax advantages of investment property
Ben Johnston is very passionate about property. Having snapped up his first property at the age of 21, Ben went down the road of accounting, with a specific focus on...
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Tax deductions you can claim on your investment property read icon 6 min read
Tax & Legal • 26 Jan 2021
Tax deductions you can claim on your investment property
Investment properties (or properties used for income-producing purposes) have unique tax deductions that you can use to lower the tax that you are paying on your...
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Can you buy a retirement property using your SMSF? read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 09 Oct 2020
Can you buy a retirement property using your SMSF?
While it may seem advantageous to purchase a retirement property through an SMSF, SMSF clients need to be very careful that these types of transactions don’t breach...
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Halving NSW land tax read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 22 Sep 2020
Halving NSW land tax sees $132m build-to-rent fund
State-based land tax changes have seen Vellum Fund Management and Urban Property Group launch the first build-to-rent fund based in NSW.
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Could changing tax law boost regional property prices read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 15 Sep 2020
Could changing tax law boost regional property prices?
Property investors are urging the Australian government to change tax deductions for travel expenses related to their investment property as a way to stimulate the...
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REIV requests federal intervention read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 08 Sep 2020
Roadmap woes: REIV requests federal intervention
The Real Estate Institute of Victoria has condemned the state government’s roadmap out of stage 4 restrictions, citing a “lack of vision and planning” in calling...
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Are Victorian landlords being forgotten read icon 3 min read
Tax & Legal • 31 Aug 2020
Are Victorian landlords being forgotten?
Recent decisions made by the Victorian state government are giving rise to a question as to whether commercial and residential landlords are being left...
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Why is tax depreciation important for property investors? read icon 2 min read
Tax & Legal • 26 Aug 2020
Why is tax depreciation important for property investors?
If I said to you that we may be able to reduce your tax by thousands, would you say, “No, thank you”? Or would you say, “Yes, please!”, writes Mark Wilkins.
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Bradley Beer read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 24 Aug 2020
What the best investors are doing this tax time
With the financial year at a close, many property investors are in the thick of tax time.
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How to avoid property fraud read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 20 Aug 2020
How to avoid property fraud
Investors are being warned after new figures showed a rising number of property frauds involving the use of false bank accounts.
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