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Reply: 1.2.1.1.1 From: Dale Gatherum-Goss Hi Geoff >Are you saying that Bill might >be disallowed his 2.5% annual >building depreciation for >kitchen and carport because >someone might have illegally >claimed a deduction for those >repairs in the past? No, not at all. Almost the reverse...

Reply: 1.2.1 From: Dale Gatherum-Goss Hi Geoff I agree and think that most of us would b delighted to be able to claim a kitchen renovation as a repair. The rules are pretty strict, but, one of the problems with our tax system is that under self assessment, you can get away with claiming...

Reply: 1.1.1 From: Dale Gatherum-Goss Hi Bill Erik the Aardvark goes quantity surveying is an old Monty Pyhton skit. Sorry, I just could not help myself! If you rely on the QS then you cannot get into trouble and, let's face it, the tax office are not in a position to really know anyway...

Reply: 1 From: Dale Gatherum-Goss Hi Bill To the letter of the law, depreciation may only be claimed once on any item. Once that depreciation has been claimed, then there is none left for anyone else. However, you mentioned that the QS type person (was his name Erik, bye the way?) I find...