Property Investment Q&A

• Tax Q&A: Recommendations for best capital gains tax strategy

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• Tax Q&A: Will I still be able to claim the expenditure on the vacant block?

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• Tax Q&A: Are there any CGT exemptions for the settlement that occurred?

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• Tax Q&A: Refinancing and claiming mortgage interest

  A common question for investment property owners is the relationship between types of borrowings, the security for those borrowings, and tax deductions. read more

• Tax Q&A: Can our family sell our home tax free?

  This question hits on one of the most generous, and complex, sections of tax law: the ability of a family to sell their home tax free. read more

• Tax Q&A: PPOR exemption

  In the last two tax returns I completed, I listed a property as my principal place of residence; however, I have not ever lived there. read more

• Tax Q&A: What is the ‘market valuation rule’

  Under the ‘market valuation rule’, taxpayers are allowed to calculate the cost base of a property based on the market value at the time a property was first used to produce income read more

• Tax Q&A: Are any exemptions available to me?

  Establishing a property as a main residence (MR) by occupying it immediately after purchase will make it exempt from capital gains tax when the property is later sold as a main residence read more

• Tax Q&A: Trading loss against gain

  Can I use a capital loss from residential property to off set the capital gain on shares? read more