Tax & Legal Tips - Smart Property Investment

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Scott Kay, Integrity Plus Acconting read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 19 Apr 2018
How poor property choices can limit your future growth
Accountant Scott Kay has had a focus on creating a better financial future for himself for quite some time — from the age of 16, in fact, when he was thumbing through...
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dishonest developers, GST, man in suit with caution tape read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 18 Apr 2018
GST changes targeting ‘dishonest developers’ in effect
A measure to prevent unscrupulous developers from exploiting GST, which was first mentioned during Budget 2017–18, has been enacted.
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Do you need a quantity surveyor in your financial team? read icon 3 min read
Tax & Legal • 16 Apr 2018
Do you need a quantity surveyor in your financial team?
The quantity surveyor is often deemed to be one of the most important professional advisers in the construction industry, and property investors can benefit from their...
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Victorian pool, investors, property investment read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 11 Apr 2018
Victorian pool costs ‘significant and pointless’ burden on investors
The Victorian government has recently announced new measures to improve water safety in homes. The Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) has agreed with some of the...
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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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transform read icon 2 min read
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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