Posts Tagged ‘property management’
It’s all in the timing – When to organise a depreciation schedule
Once people have been rebirthed into the glorious world of depreciation boosted property investing, their next question is; ‘When should I organise the schedule?’ If I can cement one thing into your brain, let that be this answer: Now. What I’m getting at here is that people can get seriously caught out by putting it…
Read MoreWhat is a tax depreciation schedule and how can it change your tax return?
Albert Einstein said if you can’t explain something simply, then you don’t understand it well enough. So, it’s time to test my understanding of tax depreciation schedules! A tax depreciation schedule is simply a report detailing the depreciation entitlements available to you within your investment property. The depreciation entitlements can be broken into two simple…
Read MoreOccupying your investment – The accidental investment property
We’ve often wondered how many investors convert their primary place of residence into an investment. We’ve seen a lot of first home owners buy a property for stamp duty concessions or first home owner bonuses and live in their property for 6-12 months before promptly converting it to a rental. However, anecdotally most of the…
Read MoreDraft Legislation for Depreciation Changes Issued by Treasury
On Friday the 14th of July, the treasury finally issued their draft legislation relating to the changes to depreciation for plant and equipment items. Personally, the most positive thing about the draft is that it’s silenced the fear-mongering commentators saying that depreciation on plant and equipment would be stripped from new properties. This was never…
Read MorePlant & Equipment Depreciation Changes – 2017 Budget Measures
The announced budget changes by the treasurer Scott Morrison, effectively take a sledgehammer to residential depreciation legislation that hasn’t really changed since 2006. The Reserve Bank only has a blunt instrument to work with, in changing the cash rate to curb/stimulate inflation, but fiscal policy can be far more nuanced. The Government opted against a…
Read MoreAnalysis of the Budget Changes to Tax Depreciation on Plant and Equipment
UPDATED 11/5/2017 If you’re not already aware, last night’s budget announced some major changes to tax depreciation that will have a huge impact on quantity surveyors preparing depreciation schedules and residential property investors. I’ve been fielding calls and emails from accountants, investors and quantity surveying firm directors through the evening. There are two main ‘buckets’…
Read MoreThe Melbourne Residences – Rippling Facades and Ripping Deductions
If there’s one thing we love, it’s repeat clients. Obviously, it’s great to do another schedule and that they trust us as the depreciation experts, but what excites us more is that our investor clients and building their portfolio and hopefully dramatically changing their retirement lifestyle in the process. This repeat client bought a unit…
Read More181 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda – Super depreciation, and a pool to die for.
The view from St Kilda back to the CBD over Albert park is not often showcased, but it’s a spectacular one. Taking full advantage of this is the new development at 181 Fitzroy Street St Kilda. This retail/residential mixed use building comprises 46 two bedroom and 68 one bedroom apartments over nine levels. As described…
Read MoreTax Depreciation Calculators – Is there merit in the estimates?
Google is telling us that more and more people are searching for a ‘tax depreciation calculator’. Admittedly, this search ranked well below the top 2016 result of ‘US Election’ and even a few million short of number 6 ‘Pokemon Go’. Putting the self-deprecating Quantity Surveyor stuff to the side for a moment, searching for an…
Read MoreCapital city dwelling values up, with pace of growth slowing.
Across the combined capital cities, dwelling values have increased by 7.1% over the 12 months to September 2016, a figure much lower than the 11.0% increase in values over the previous 12 months. So, whilst dwelling values certainly aren’t tracking sideways, the pace of growth has slowed markedly, yet is still relatively strong. Rental rates…
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