Tax & Legal Tips - Smart Property Investment

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dishonest developers, GST, man in suit with caution tape

Tax & Legal • 18 Apr 2018

GST changes targeting ‘dishonest developers’ in effect

A measure to prevent unscrupulous developers from exploiting GST, which was first mentioned during Budget 2017–18, has been enacted.

Do you need a quantity surveyor in your financial team?

Tax & Legal • 16 Apr 2018

Do you need a quantity surveyor in your financial team?

The quantity surveyor is often deemed to be one of the most important professional advisers in the construction industry, and property investors can benefit from their...

Victorian pool, investors, property investment

Tax & Legal • 11 Apr 2018

Victorian pool costs ‘significant and pointless’ burden on investors

The Victorian government has recently announced new measures to improve water safety in homes. The Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) has agreed with some of the...

Beware, warning, targeting fake views, ATO

Tax & Legal • 04 Apr 2018

Beware: ATO targeting fake views

The ATO is clamping down on the large number of mistakes, errors and false claims made to it by rental property owners who use their own property for personal...

transform

Tax & Legal • 02 Apr 2018

How Increasing Your Income is the BEST solution to APRA changes

Promoted by Confidence Finance. Increasing income is the one bullet-proof way for investors to protect themselves against any finance market changes. It is also the...

Bradley Beer, BMT Tax Depreciation

Tax & Legal • 29 Mar 2018

Depreciation and what it means for you

An obvious reason for people to become involved in property investment is to take advantage of market appreciation as a way of increasing their wealth, so the concept of...

Land, zoning policy

Tax & Legal • 12 Mar 2018

Zoning policies: ‘oppressive’ and ‘unnecessary’

Multiple experts have come out and confirmed a recent discussion paper by the Reserve Bank of Australia: zoning is the cause behind why property values are so high,...

Negative gearing reform should prioritise 'mum and dad' investors

Tax & Legal • 09 Mar 2018

Negative gearing reform should prioritise ‘mum and dad’ investors

According to a property research institute, negative gearing prioritises those who are “more affluent”, and should be reformed to allow for mum and dad investors to...

housing affordability, negative gearing

Tax & Legal • 05 Mar 2018

Abolish negative gearing to address housing affordability: Grattan

The current crisis of housing affordability has been the result of the actions of “neglectful” governments in the last 20 years, and it has been predicted that it...

Rolf Howard

Tax & Legal • 02 Mar 2018

Should you buy or renovate? Your legal rights and responsibilities

When it comes to weighing up whether to buy or renovate, TV shows like Love It or List It typically hype the tension between cost and profit potential. In real life,...