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.
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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...
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Philippe Brach read icon 2 min read
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.
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Cate Bakos read icon 3 min read
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...
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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...
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Damian Collins read icon 1 min read
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.
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Tax & Legal • 20 Jun 2016
Investors facing ‘unfair outcomes’ from land tax
In light of the ongoing housing affordability debate and recent calls to abolish stamp duty, REINSW president John Cunningham has called for a review of land tax.
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Tax & Legal • 15 Jun 2016
Changes to negative gearing ‘will exacerbate the problem’
Questions surrounding the impact that negative gearing might have on housing affordability are back in the spotlight in the lead-up to the federal election.
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‘Outrageous’ laws landing buyers with dud properties read icon 2 min read
Tax & Legal • 15 Jun 2016
‘Outrageous’ laws landing buyers with dud properties
“Fundamentally unjust” property laws, with numerous loopholes, are responsible for too many investors and home buyers purchasing “lemon” properties, according to...
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Peter Gianoli read icon 6 min read
Tax & Legal • 08 Jun 2016
Top 12 tax-reduction strategies for investors
With 30 June looming, both new and experienced investors are busy making sure they have all bases covered before the end of the financial year.
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Tax & Legal • 08 Jun 2016
Labor’s negative gearing model ‘dangerously misleading’
As the federal election draws closer, an industry lobby group for property investors has warned that the Labor Party’s proposed policy changes to negative gearing are...
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