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.

Karen Chester

Tax & Legal • 15 May 2020

CCI failings to cost lenders $160m

ASIC has facilitated over $160 million in remediation payments to over 430,000 customers who have been sold “junk consumer credit insurance” from lenders and...

Adam O’Grady

Tax & Legal • 14 May 2020

Tax tips for property investors affected by COVID-19

While tax isn’t necessarily on people’s minds at the moment, Adam O’Grady, assistant commissioner from the ATO, advised that the ATO has been working hard to...

Gladys Berejiklian and Daniel Andrews

Tax & Legal • 13 May 2020

NSW, Victoria open door to stamp duty reform

State governments have revealed that stamp duty reform is being considered as part of a broader agenda to restructure state economies off the back of the COVID-19...

WA stops land tax for aged care residents

Tax & Legal • 13 May 2020

WA stops land tax for aged care residents

Western Australian home owners who are required to move into full-time care will soon be exempt from land tax on their former residence, the state government has...

REIV president Leah Calnan

Tax & Legal • 12 May 2020

Real estate body applauds return of on-site auctions and open inspections

The Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) has backed the state government’s decision to allow on-site property auctions and open inspections to return with...

Melbourne

Tax & Legal • 29 Apr 2020

Victorian rent relief protections may exclude SMSFs

Landlords owning property through an SMSF in Victoria may not be covered by the COVID-19 tenant protections that apply under recently passed legislation, according to...

apartment

Tax & Legal • 27 Apr 2020

NSW Fair Trading clarifies short-term rental changes

NSW Fair Trading has issued a statement highlighting the new changes to strata laws that serve to help manage short-term rental accommodation.

NT parliament

Tax & Legal • 23 Apr 2020

Emergency state parliamentary sittings prioritise housing

A number of state and territory governments are still working through their respective housing support and rental relief measures for landlords and tenants, so what’s...

Attorney-General Jill Hennessy

Tax & Legal • 21 Apr 2020

New bill seeks to protect tenants

The Victorian government is set to implement a range of temporary emergency measures, some of which will aim to protect tenants within the state.

Naomi Kewley

Tax & Legal • 17 Apr 2020

Tenants without JobKeeper can still seek rent relief

Commercial tenants that don’t qualify for JobKeeper but still want rent relief from their landlords can do so provided both parties follow some golden rules to ensure...