Tax & Legal Tips - Smart Property Investment

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Tax & Legal • 26 Oct 2015

Is negative gearing an ‘evil tax loophole’?

A big four auditing firm has addressed calls for an end to two of Australia’s most controversial tax mechanisms.

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Tax & Legal • 09 Oct 2015

Are you getting the maximum benefit from your tax return?

Forgetting to use this investment tool to its full potential could be the difference between your portfolio's success or failure.

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Tax & Legal • 25 Sep 2015

What legal advice is available to property buyers?

With all the excitement of buying your investment property, it's easy to forget that the purchase is fundamentally a financial transaction governed by an extensive range...

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Tax & Legal • 27 Aug 2015

Hidden tax boosting property values

Investors buying off-the-plan dwellings in one of Australia's largest cities could be getting slugged by a little-known tax that is also inflating existing property...

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Tax & Legal • 21 Aug 2015

Foreign investment laws overhauled

Foreign investors will be slapped with new administrative costs and exposed to higher penalties if they fall foul of ownership laws, under proposed legislation announced...

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Tax & Legal • 11 Aug 2015

Should I buy property with an SMSF?

Buying property through super is a great way to build up your retirement savings. In the right situation it is an excellent strategy that delivers the choices, freedom...

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Tax & Legal • 11 Aug 2015

What to do with your tax refund

Your tax refund is a tantalising sum that appears in your account, to which no other part of your household budget has any claim. The average tax refund in Australia is...

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Tax & Legal • 10 Aug 2015

More illegal investors ordered to sell up

Five foreign investors who unlawfully hold residential property in Australia have been ordered to sell their properties.

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Tax & Legal • 28 Jul 2015

3 SMSF property scams and how to avoid them

Property investors can be easy targets for scammers – so it's important to know a scam when you see one, and how to avoid being the victim.

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Tax & Legal • 20 Jul 2015

Scrapping negative gearing makes no sense

A chorus of business figures have issued dire predictions relating to the scrapping of negative gearing, after it emerged last week that the Reserve Bank of Australia...

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