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Question My name is Lisa Lark. I read the article titled "Do the sums before bequeathing shares to your children" appearing in the Age on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. I was hoping to ask a specific question in relation to the article, being:My son inherited shares from my aunt under a testamentary trust. She died …
Question Roger and Irene purchased their residence in 1963 as joint proprietors. Irene died in 2009. Roger died in 2012 leaving a Will under which he left all of his assets, including his property equally to his three children Mary, Diane and Yvonne. Probate of his Will was taken out by Diane in 2012. The …
Question I want to buy properties, subdivide them and then flip them for a profit. I want to do this continuously. Is setting up a private company the way to go?I have an accountant but want a second opinion. Say I purchase a property. In the P & L, is the purchases of property classified …
Question I purchased our now family home in Melbourne in 1987 and I have lived in the property since. I then proceeded to meet and marry my now wife in 1990 but the property continued to be in my sole name. The property is less than 2 acres. My wife and I have now separated …
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 I recently read an article about issues involved in transferring property to one’s wife. THe article said that it may not be advantageous to do so for ‘natural love and affection,’ as this would have negative CGT consequences upon future sale.In light of this, I have a question that I would like to ask …
Question Thank you for your excellent website.My wife and I have an inner city 3 bedroom rental property (in joint names) that fortunately has risen in value over the years since we bought it in 2004.At one stage we had plans approved to turn the 3 bedroom house into a 2 bedroom dwelling and build …
Question My wife’s parents who reside and were farmers in England (now retired) purchased a farming property here in the Esperance area in Western Australia 15 years ago (March 2002). My wife and I are farmers (graziers)and we have leased approx. half of this property which was not suitable for cropping, since at a reduced …
Question My wife and I bought our house in Brisbane in 1974 – i.e.pre CGT, so it is CGT exempt. We lived in it for 22 months before renting it out for 7 years while we lived overseas. We moved back into the house in 1984 and have lived there continuously since then.We then bought …
Question Hi Julia,I would like to get a clarification of a question that my accountant asked.I have completed the BanTacs CGT calculator spreadsheet and all is fine. The concern she has is that with all the items of the Third Element( Costs of Ownership) included then in line 57 (Percentage of Time Not Covered by …
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