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.

Piggy bank

Tax & Legal • 28 Sep 2016

Why First Home Owners Grant should not be a driving factor in investment decisions

First-time property investors often consider a lot of things before making their first purchase—from their personal and financial goals to the possibility of...

multiple offers property investment steve waters

Tax & Legal • 13 Sep 2016

What to do when you're competing against multiple offers

If you're interested in a property in an up-and-coming area, it's likely other investors will be putting down offers, so what should you do?

Paul Bennion

Tax & Legal • 31 Aug 2016

How to maximise your tax benefits

With rental vacancy rates now rising in many capital cities and weekly rents under downward pressure, property investors need to focus on boosting their cash flow during...

Negative gearing

Tax & Legal • 29 Aug 2016

Negative gearing debate to flare up again

Now that the election is behind us the removal of negative gearing seems to be off the table — but will property investors be faced with its reversal again in the...

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Tax & Legal • 27 Jul 2016

New app to reshape property tax management

A new app promises to help maximise tax returns for Australian residential property investors.

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Tax & Legal • 19 Jul 2016

Foreign investors facing $65,000 tax

A new report has revealed just how much foreign investors face in stamp duty costs to enter Australia’s property market, following increases by some state...

Philippe Brach

Tax & Legal • 06 Jul 2016

Capital gains tax: what every investor should know

There’s one aspect of property investing that you really need to get your head around when you become a landlord, and that is taxes.

Cate Bakos

Tax & Legal • 30 Jun 2016

Why tax benefits should never drive your investment goals

Depreciation is a tax benefit often chased by investors, recommended by planners and revered by tax accountants – but it’s not necessarily a good thing when it comes...

Foreign taxes to ‘damage’ housing supply

Tax & Legal • 23 Jun 2016

Foreign taxes to ‘damage’ housing supply

Increased surcharges and taxes to foreign borrowers are counter-productive and put housing supply in Australia’s major capital cities at significant risk, the Property...

Damian Collins

Tax & Legal • 20 Jun 2016

Top 4 tax tips for property investors

Investors can save thousands of dollars by having a firm understanding of the ins and outs of property tax.