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.
Worry, voting, review read icon 4 min read
Tax & Legal • 04 May 2018
Tax worries loom over investors as budget time nears
With this year’s budget just around the corner, property experts are concerned that the government is not doing enough to support investors.
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Property tax cash, government, paying, money, cash read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 03 May 2018
Governments line their pockets with record-high levels of property tax cash
Analysis of data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics by CoreLogic shows state and local governments collected $52.2 billion from property taxes during financial...
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Carolyn Parrella read icon 2 min read
Tax & Legal • 03 May 2018
Top tips for a stress free tax time for landlords
Tax time is nearly here and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has put landlords on notice.
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Dodgy adviser, property investment adviser, read icon 2 min read
Tax & Legal • 01 May 2018
Dodgy property investment advisers run rampart, but there’s hope
Recent events in the real estate space have highlighted the need for properly regulated advice. Here’s the current climate, and here's how it can change.
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Negative gearing, efficiency of the housing market read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 01 May 2018
Changing negative gearing would ‘reduce the efficiency of the housing market’, says expert
By increasing the tax on investing in residential homes, new research has found rental prices would rise and housing affordability would worsen.
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Scott Morrison read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 27 Apr 2018
Housing should respond to supply and demand, not tax: Scott Morrison
The Treasurer has dug in his heels and claimed that altering negative gearing and capital gains tax would “damage the economy”, and that APRA’s recently lifted 10...
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Property depreciation for beginners read icon 4 min read
Tax & Legal • 20 Apr 2018
Property depreciation for beginners
A lot of investors include tax depreciation among their primary considerations when buying properties, however, not all investors maximise their claims. What do you need...
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Renovations, tax depreciation read icon 3 min read
Tax & Legal • 20 Apr 2018
Will changes in tax depreciation influence renovations?
Investors often find themselves disposing of old depreciable assets from their property when doing renovations. Can they still claim these as tax deductions following...
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Gavel, landlords, tenancy disputes, NSW read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 19 Apr 2018
‘Stupid’ ruling hurts landlords with interstate tenancy disputes in NSW
It’s just gotten a lot harder for landlords and tenants to solve tenancy disputes in New South Wales, according to the president of the REINSW.
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Tax, depreciation, misconceptions about depreciation read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 19 Apr 2018
2 biggest misconceptions about depreciation
BMT Tax Depreciation’s Bradley Beer has handled thousands of depreciation cases over the course of his career as a quantity surveyor, but two seemingly simple topics...
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