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simple tax deductions read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 05 May 2015
5 simple tax deductions taxpayers overlook
Individual Australian property investors are potentially missing out on thousands of dollars in tax deductions each year. 
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Paul Cahill read icon 2 min read
Tax & Legal • 30 Apr 2015
Is an SMSF worth it?
More people are looking to take control of their superannuation, but buying property through your SMSF may not be for everyone. 
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Daniel Jansen read icon 6 min read
Tax & Legal • 27 Apr 2015
The 14 things you need to get your SMSF loan approved
If you have an SMSF and you’re applying for a loan to finance a property, it pays to have all your ducks lined up to help get your application over the line....
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Arrows read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 24 Apr 2015
Labor ‘can’t be trusted’ over negative gearing
Joe Hockey has warned that the federal opposition could make damaging changes to negative gearing if it returns to power.
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Negative Gearing read icon 2 min read
Tax & Legal • 22 Apr 2015
Negative Gearing Here To Stay - April 2015
Despite Prime Minister Tony Abbott recently ruling out changes to negative gearing, the debate about the tax policy’s future rages on.
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Calls to make negative gearing 'less appealing' read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 08 Apr 2015
Calls to make negative gearing 'less appealing'
As debate about first home buyers and investor overactivity continues, one mortgage lender has suggested that changes to negative gearing may be an all-encompassing...
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Scrapping negative gearing not on the agenda read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 18 Mar 2015
Scrapping negative gearing not on the agenda
Both sides of politics are committed to retaining negative gearing, a senior federal politician has revealed.
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Andrew Crossley read icon 4 min read
Tax & Legal • 11 Mar 2015
Getting the right SMSF property advice
How can you ensure the advice you're receiving benefits your portfolio and not a spruiker's bottom line? 
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New property tax to cost vendors read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 10 Mar 2015
New property tax to cost vendors
A proposed new property tax will reportedly cool the Sydney market and make life easier for first home buyers.
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Negative gearing protects the vulnerable read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 19 Feb 2015
Negative gearing protects the vulnerable
Abolishing negative gearing would hit the most vulnerable in society the hardest and put further pressure on the housing market, a real estate chief has argued. 
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