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.
Rolf Howard read icon 2 min read
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,...
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Amanda Graham read icon 2 min read
Tax & Legal • 28 Feb 2018
Tasmanian stamp duty discount promise is welcome but continues political games
A promise by the ruling Tasmanian Liberal Party to slash stamp duty for seniors is a welcome move likely to fuel further interest from sea and tree changers from...
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calculators pen accountant capital gains tax renovated and redeveloped properties read icon 3 min read
Tax & Legal • 26 Feb 2018
Capital gains tax for renovated and redeveloped properties
Do subdivision, amalgamation and capital improvements result in a capital gains tax (CGT) event?
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capital gains cost base calculator pen and paper read icon 4 min read
Tax & Legal • 26 Feb 2018
How to calculate capital gains tax: cost base, capital gains, capital losses
While there is no fixed rate for capital gains tax on investment property, there are several methods you can choose from to get the best rate for your portfolio.
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Capital gains tax: timing of event and exemptions read icon 3 min read
Tax & Legal • 26 Feb 2018
Capital gains tax: timing of event and exemptions
Taxes, whether you like it or not, will be a constant part of your investment journey. Find out more about one of the most common taxes that investors have to deal...
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APRA IO reductions 'blunt interventions', cost taxpayers $500m read icon 2 min read
Tax & Legal • 09 Feb 2018
APRA IO reductions ‘blunt interventions’, cost taxpayers $500m
Lending restrictions put in place by APRA on interest-only loans have cost Australian taxpayers an approximate $500 million a year, according to the Productivity...
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Scott Morrison read icon 2 min read
Tax & Legal • 07 Feb 2018
Scott Morrison on neg gearing scandal: “The Treasurer is going to have his view”
The Treasurer has spoken out on his opposition regarding the potential implementation of Labor’s policy to remove negative gearing, claiming his decisions are made...
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Victoria, house for rent, rental, property investment, rental market, property rental, property investing, Victoria rental reforms read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 01 Feb 2018
Victoria rental reforms address ‘politics’, not ‘problems’
A recently formed council of property investors has claimed that Victoria’s recent proposed reforms to the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 would create more issues than...
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stamp duty read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 23 Jan 2018
Remove stamp duty, senior economist says
A senior economist has said governments should consider removing stamp duty, which he claims is one of the most inefficient taxes in the economy.
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Stamp duty predicted to keep rising if left unchecked read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 17 Jan 2018
Stamp duty predicted to keep rising if left unchecked
Since the 1980s, stamp duty has increased almost three times faster than house prices, and HIA’s senior economist claims it is the major force behind the housing...
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