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What is the best way to remove wall paper? I have what appears to be wall paper on top of wall paper. Well I think the first layer is a type of wall paper that looks like a render. Though it does peal off but it would be a tedious exercise without the right tools. There are a number of...

Hi, I wondered if items like ladders, drills etc I guess tools for property maintenance are tax deductable. I don't have such items but need to add items to a property recently purchased so I need some tools to be able to add security doors, dead locks (are this deductable as well?) Are...

Is is better to do improvements to a property while it is an IP. ie the improvements will be tax deductable I assume? Or better to do them when you have the property as PPOR instead? If you do it as an IP then of course the improvements (painting, polished floors etc) are subjected to...

What sort of average cost would be expected to be paid to get a company/trust tax done? Plus all the meeting minutes type of thing etc (BAS excluded)? Mine is if very simple, it really is only for trading some shares and thats it. I'm just wondering for a very simple return what cost should...

What is the difference for a company/trust bewteen the BAS statements and the end of year tax statement that is done? The BAS is just for the government to collect taxes rather than them doing it? What happens to a transaction that occurs in a previous quarter that is not put on the BAS...

Does anyone know where to get a graph of variable vs fixed interest rates? Thanks David

My friend has a property he would like to keep as a rental but the banks financial planner actually is saying he should sell and buy shares! They consolidated all loans into one, the home loan and as the loan is more than the home is worth the apartment is a security on the loan. Loan was...

I'm not sure if this is a tax issue but a friend has now bought a house with his girlfriend. His girlfriends apartment was used to secure the house as well. The apartment has a very low loan left on it so renting it out wouldn't give much in terms of tax benefits. Since the property is in...

Bad Debt Repayment Strategy? (ie Own Home) With regards to the strategy of paying off bad debt faster with offset type of accounts, I was looking at some NAB calculators and they suggested that a $50k loan would still take 10yrs to pay off. It pretty much reduced the time only if you...

http://www.peachhomeloans.com.au I tried to post to the Buyer beware forum but it wouldn't allow it. Since there have been posts on mortgage brokers, I thought I'd ask about Peach Home Loans here. Has anyway used these guys? They offer rebates on their services and it can be hard to find...

I have a couple of rental properties with about $70-80k worth of equity. I was thinking to either use that to buy my own home or possibly buy a rental first and then that would in time become my home. So even if it started out as an IP I was still thinking a P&V makes sense. Then in a couple...