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Question Hi, my wife & myself are looking to buy a 60 hectare block of rural land, about 20mins drive from Warwick, Qld. There are no buildings, sheds on the land. The rural land cannot be subdivided. We will be borrowing some money to buy the land and would like to be able to claim …
Question Hi, in October 2014 I bought an investment propoerty in Townsville just in my name for tax purposes as I was the higher income earner. This was rented out from purchase until February 2018. My wife and I then moved into the property and it became our principal place of residence. From when we …
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 Seller has a Commercial Premise for Sale (Current occupied as Restaurant). One PTY LTD owns the Property and one PTY LTD company runs the restaurant but has never paid rent for the 15 years running, as 2 of the 4 shareholders same persons. A potential purchaser likes to offer price for the premise but …
Question I sign an PoA to my auntie at Auckland NZ at 1995, she set up a bear trust at 2007 and use the PoA without my Knowledge purchase a rental property with my name as trustee register at NZ land title office. rental income has been collected and consumed by auntie .I did not …
Question HiPlease confirm my understanding or advise on the following:1. I have done a property development in a Trust that is registered for GST. A residential property was purchased, the block split & the existing house sold & a new house constructed on the split block. Summary belowGST ReconciliationMargin SchemePurchase A 25-2-14 561,500Sale A 23-10-14 …
Question I am a “mum & dad” type developer and have just purchased another block of land to construct next property (duplex). I have built and sold a couple of properties previously and thus captured as ‘conducting a business’, with sole trader gst registration, BAS, margin schemes etc.My spouse is looking to invest in property …
Question I live in Australia and am a tax resident of Australia (having migrated here from New Zealand in 2012). I own a NZ-incorporated company that invests in rental property in the NZ market only. It currently owns a single rental property that is managed by a NZ-based property manager.Questions:1. Can you confirm that given …
Question – I purchased an investment property in Jan 2012 for $576K with an interest only Loan(A) of approx. 530K with a plan to develop 2 or 3 units and sub divide for investment purposes– It has been rented out 100% of the time up until it was demolished in June 2014– I am currently …
Question Hi Julia,We are purchasing land with a house on it in Victoria which we are going to develop ie. demolish house and build 3 units to then sell.We are purchasing from a non registered GST seller. We are wanting to use the margin scheme for calculating GST when we sell. My question is what …
