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no no. the tenant was renting it before and left with a mess. Iam repairing the property back into livable condition before putting back onto the rental market. Understand all my labour hours can not be claimed as deduction. But does the bunning receipts and other repair bill - could...

Hello tax experts, Iam currently doing some handywork myself for one of my previous tenanted damaged investment property. It is very hard work and possibly the last time i'll be doing this type of hard labour work. I have kept all the bunnings receipts and recorded time spend on the property...

thanks Paul. I work fulltime for a consulting company so there is a limit to what i can claim unless they are related to work of course. But it seems like reading on the forum, ppl creates a business on the side with an ABN and somehow offset and deduct via their business to reduce tax...

hi Terry, sorry i wasnt clear. Iam also talking about top-up. For example: 1. Exisiting loan $300K 2. Re-val / Re-finance with top up equity $100K 3. So the new $100K would go to the sub-account to prevent loan contamination? Is this correct?

does anyone knows whether which banks provide free sub-accounts to prevent loan contamination?

Thanks MIW, i do agree with some of your points. Understandably when one is working hard to make a better life for the family then looking at a massive tax bill which the government meant to utilise it usefully but hasnt. Then one will feel better to have that money in their own pocket...

good idea. But is there any town planner here that could give advice?

thanks mflying so you mean:- zoning = R3 medium density - so can expect to build more than a duplex size block = depends on council? frontage = depends on council? so what where is this information shown about size and frontage so one can assess whether multiple townhouses...

thanks for the advice Andrew. Yes my current IPs are quite low in LVR. Are you saying that if i re-finance my existing loans to a bigger loan for each of the properties resulting in a higher LVR then i can claim more deduction in tax?

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hehehe thanks. Yes, this is good but less money in my pocket to invest.

thanks Paul, Skater, MRO, Terry and all.... great advice guys and gals. i think iam getting the picture a little better now. Expert advice is very important and can save u heaps in the long run

hahhaa great answer =) love it. yes, Scott corrected me before. Iam on $150K so it will be 39% tax bracket. I asked this question because many assumes that the fee of $300 is 100% deductible which is not the case as it comes under your tax bracket. thanks again Paul. looking forward...

yes i was just guessing the round about figure. =P so going back to the example: for the fee of $300 , will i get back 37% of $300 which is $111?

thanks Paul. one thing iam not 100% sure is for example if i approach a tax agent for 1 hour meeting and just say they charge $300. How much percent % of claim of the $300 will get back? My income is $150K so the tax bracket is 49cent per dollar. Will i get 49% back?