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Question I purchased a property in march 2008 in the name of our discretionary family trust,with the intention to use as a rental property.It was rented for a period of 14 months.At this point in time severe structural termite infestation & water damage was discovered & it was determined the dwelling was to far gone …
Question My PPOR is avaialble to rent as a holiday house via a real estae agency with a management agreement in place. I am using the 6 yr rule. i want to use the house for 3 weeks and I beleive i won’t be liable for CGT on the personal use portion if it is …
Question I am a Singapore Resident for taxation purposes, as per Article 3 Section 2(a)(i) of the Singapore Australia Double Taxation Agreement, as I have a permanent home available to me in Singapore and don’t have a permanent home available to me in Australia.I am the sole Director and Owner of a ‘Singapore PTE LTD’ …
Question I own a property in my own right, as does a friend, who I have just moved-in with in order to rent-out my property, saving us both in general living expenses.My friend is temporarily helping me out financially until I’m able to establish a new stream of income & is paying all interest/leasing/advertising costs …
Question HiI am on a 140k per year income.My wife is a house carer who works part time earning arounf 4k to 5k per year. We have one daughter. I have a property in craigieburn for which was my own home purchased in sept 2007. I move to tassie and it was converted to investment …
Question In august API page 91 you mention mortgage trust as a way to protect available equity. Is it a normal discretionary trust with some extra provisions in it and if yes what are the extra clauses? Can one mortgage trust protect equity in a number of properties? Please provide more info so I can …
Question I bought an investment property in October 2009 and leased out in Feburary 2010. Because this rental property got a decent size backyard, it’s an ideal site for dual occupancy. Acturally, I’m applying planning permit with council. If the application is successful, I will build the back unit for rent as well to increase …
Question My husband and I own 3 old rental properties in joint names and want to subdivide one (purchased 2001) and build two new houses to rent out long term. To reduce liability issues and land tax we want to have one property in each name. We are told we can remove one name from …
Question My de facto girlfriend and I both own two investment properties together. Both properties are held together as joint tenants and are located in Victoria. It looks like we are going our separate ways, and we are thinking about each person taking a property. Is there any way for us to transfer title to …
Question Hi JuliaI have heard of people establishing a trust to buy a property then renting the property off the trust. I have been offered a job in Port Hedland and the company has offered me a $800 p/w tax free allowance to provide my own housing, which would normally be provided by the company. …
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