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If you're building a new house to rent out are the interest paid on a loan taken out for all the finishing touches such as fence, landscaping, tv antena, curtains, mailbox, aircon, etc fully deductable?

I know in Pricefinder you can do a search on current properties for sale or rent with certain criterias like price range or suburb but does it also have the ability to send you weekly email alerts for new properties as they get listed?

Anyone have recommendations for a great property savvy accountant that is based in Brisbane. My accountant has left the profession after many years of exceptional service. Am looking for someone who understands trusts and investing structures and who i can use as a sounding board. Oh, and would...

Are invoices or receipts necessary for all items you claim back through tax? Is it possible instead to have a printout of an email from the service provider stating price, job contracted for, job number and bank account details AND have a printout of your bank statement showing payment for that...

I've sold a piece of land in Qld which puts my total land value under the minimum taxable threshold. Since I've paid land tax for this year am I allowed to claim back a portion of it?

I was doing some research a property through Pricefinder and noticed it had a really strange listings history. Property has been listed on and off for the past 6 months. In that time it has been through several different agencies. The sales price originally started at a certain level...

How have people gotten around the serviceability wall? If you have a motza of cash but no serviceability can you still invest in property? Would love to hear peoples experiences and advice.

There's a property being auctioned in QLD that I am interested in. Never bought an auctioned property before so want to know what i'm getting into before the big day. As I understand it, as soon as the hammer falls the buyer has to pay a deposit. Is this correct? How much is this deposit and...

Say a developer in QLD goes belly up. Does anyone know how to purchase their land stock? Do I contact the liquidators to express my interest in purchasing their development sites? Where would I stand in the line to purchase the site, ie: would I be first in line to make an offer or do I have to...

Is it possible to pay some of next financial years loan interest rates? I am selling a property and the proceeds will bump me into a higher tax bracket. Just looking at ways to maximise my tax deductions for this financial year whilst I am in a higher tax bracket.

I am selling a property in QLD. The buyer is about to pay a deposit. Who gets to hold this deposit? Can I hold it and place it in my offset account?

Hi all. Not sure where to put this as non of the current sub-forums looked relevant. Mods please move to a more appropriate section if you see fit. Basically I've got a house I need to get rid of in March to make way for a subdivision. It is currently tenanted until first week of March. If...

Anyone know the process to register voluntarilly your properties in Qld for land tax purposes. Ive emailed qld osr but didn't get a reply back :(

Is there a need to get a depreciation report prior to demolishing a house? Or is there enough info in a current depr. report for your accountant to bring forward all allowable deductions?

Is it recommended to use a conveyancer/solicitor from the same state that the property being purchased is located in? or can you use your local convayancer from down the road for interstate purchases. Also, what about if purchasing in a trust. What if you live in qld, trust setup in nsw and...

When playing an online PS3 game on Friday I was automatically booted out. Connection all of a sudden was too slow for the game. Anything to do with the internet has been slow ever since - normal websites, youtube, online streaming, etc. I'm with Optus broadband. Brisbane. Anyone else have the...

Ok, I think im missing something here. Everyone keeps touting asset protection as one of the major benefits of discretionary trusts but I dont see it. I'll use the purchase of a commercial property as an example as it is cashflow positive in order to illustrate my lack of understanding. To...

Title pretty much says it all. I'm trying to wrap my head around the practical side of financing a unit trust. Still lots of things I don't quite understand. My understanding is that a unit trust gets its initial funding to purchase property by selling units. So a person would get a loan for...

How are the expenses of a corporate trustee treated, ie: accounting fees, advisor fees, bank fees, etc. Does the corporate trustee receive a distribution from the trust for an amount equal to all its fees incurred for that financial year? I'm mainly interested in discretionary trusts.

Is it even possible to have non citizens as beneficiaries of discretionary trusts. If so how would the proceeds be distributed to them? How would they be taxed?