Property Investment Q&A

• 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

• Tax Q&A: House and Block Inheritance

  When the block is sold, does the estate pay capital gains tax, and if so, is the gain calculated from 1989 when my father died? read more

• Tax Q&A: Renting Out a Property Nominated as Place of Residence

  When nominating a place as my main residence when I first buy it, do I actually have to physically live in it? read more

• Tax Q&A: Inheritance of Existing Investment Property

  Can the surviving spouse (who inherited the existing investment property) continue to claim the plant and equipment depreciation? read more