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Question I purchased a property in August 2013 with my then partner for $370,000. It was intended as our main residence but we were not able to move in until January 2014 due to work commitments interstate. During this time, a period of 5 months, we rented the property via an agent. In Jan 2014 …
Question I have a client who purchased her property in 1992 for $200,000. the market value today would be around $1,000,000 She has lived in the property for the entire time and now wants to develop the site by way of a Duplex selling one and living in the other. The costs of the development …
Question CGT Question. My partner and I currently own the apartment above our primary residence and have treated it as an investment. Since purchase in 2016, it has been tenanted and negatively geared. We are now exploring the possibility of knocking the two apartments into one – which would be our primary residence. The property …
Question My client inherited a beach house in 1975. This house was his main residence until 1982 at which time he and his new wife bought a bigger city home together. They kept the beach house – it was never rented out ever – it has only ever been for private family use. In 2012, …
Question Capital Gain in a Trust with revenue losses. Trust has only one beneficiary. Trust has revenue loss for the year of $29,788 with a Gross Capital Gain of $200,000 on the sale of the Business. Therefore accounting distribution is $170212. Tax return has a Capital Gain (Net after discount and active asset reduction) of …
Question I currently own an apartment in my own name. I originally lived in the apartment and then moved out and rented the apartment (qualifying for the main residence exemption). I now live overseas and am caught by the governments latest changes which remove my CGT benefits if I sell the property while a non-resident. …
Question I wrote to Noel Whittaker and he suggested that you might be someone who could assist us. My husband (84) and I (77) are planning to build a “Granny Flat” in our back garden which we intend to move into, as we feel we will need a level one storey villa as we become …
Question Dianne is the executor and beneficiary of Gary’s Will. Gary died on the 5 December 2018 leaving a residential property (“the property”) to Dianne. Dianne seeks advice in relation to the deceased’s estate’s potential liability for Capital Gains Tax following the proposed disposition of the property. The background to the use and ownership of …
Question My situation involves a granny flat interest and possible capital gains tax implications. In late 2017 my parents gave me 300k as a bank transfer for a deposit on a house with a granny flat attached. No legal documents were drawn up with reference to the transaction at the time and none have been …
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