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.
Beware, warning, targeting fake views, ATO read icon 2 min read
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...
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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...
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Bradley Beer, BMT Tax Depreciation read icon 1 min read
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...
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Land, zoning policy read icon 2 min read
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,...
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Negative gearing reform should prioritise 'mum and dad' investors read icon 3 min read
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...
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housing affordability, negative gearing read icon 2 min read
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...
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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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