Property Investment Q&A

• Tax Q&A: Can I change my residential investment loan into a home loan?

  Can I move this loan to my paid-off house, and can I change my residential investment loan into a home loan? read more

• Tax Q&A: How does that add to or detract from applying the six-year rule?

  How does that add to or detract from applying the six-year rule? read more

• Tax Q&A: Are we entitled to CGT exemption if we sell two years down the track?

  Are we entitled to CGT exemption if we sell two years down the track? read more

• Tax Q&A: Availability of Depreciation for Investors

  Is it true that depreciation on plant and equipment will not be available for an investor who purchases a property from someone who is unable to settle their off-the-plan purchase? read more

• Tax Q&A: Am I going to get lumped with a tax bill from a sale?

  The unit was rented out for two years in total and has been sold recently for $166,500. I have no idea what the tax implications are and if I have to pay capital gain tax or not. read more

• Tax Q&A: Capital Gains Tax Implications

  Buy another property or just rent for the next five years? read more

• Tax Q&A: Increase in CGT Liability

  Is there any mechanism to ‘rule off’ the ongoing capital gains tax exposure from the point of occupancy of the new building? read more

• Tax Q&A: Depreciation of Assets

  When we sell this property, CGT will be calculated from date of our Mother's death, does it then hold true that, this is when it became an investment? read more

• Tax Q&A: Six-year CGT Exemption Rule

  Would CGT be applicable from the initial rental of the property (February 2012) or would those first six years of rental be CGT exempt? read more