Tax & Legal Tips - Smart Property Investment

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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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Tax & Legal • 17 Jul 2015

7 things to know before taking out an SMSF loan

In Australia, taking out SMSF loans to acquire property has become extremely popular – but the SMSF loan is a specialised product.

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Tax & Legal • 16 Jul 2015

Investors getting savvy with tax break

Property investors are using tax depreciation in higher numbers and more quickly than ever before, new data suggests.

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