Hi all,
After driving through a few new estates in the north of Adelaide on the weekend I noticed that many of the homes are being landscaped without using any grass in the front yards.
Obviously with our water restrictions this is a good idea but it got me thinking about a few things.
Many of these houses used expanses of gravel, wood chips or mulch in place of lawn.
Now from my experience, woodchips and mulch tend to break down and diminish in quantity after a while. The wood chips also lose their colour and tend not to look as good as when fresh.
As I am considering this type of garden I was wondering how the replenishment of mulch or wood chips is taken in to consideration at tax time.
If I bought a trailer load of mulch or wood chips delivered every year to keep everything looking nice and to keep the weeds down, how do I claim this?
I am presuming it is an immediate cash deduction and can be claimed in total that year.
Is this correct.What about replacing garden plants (if required) Is that the same situation?
After driving through a few new estates in the north of Adelaide on the weekend I noticed that many of the homes are being landscaped without using any grass in the front yards.
Obviously with our water restrictions this is a good idea but it got me thinking about a few things.
Many of these houses used expanses of gravel, wood chips or mulch in place of lawn.
Now from my experience, woodchips and mulch tend to break down and diminish in quantity after a while. The wood chips also lose their colour and tend not to look as good as when fresh.
As I am considering this type of garden I was wondering how the replenishment of mulch or wood chips is taken in to consideration at tax time.
If I bought a trailer load of mulch or wood chips delivered every year to keep everything looking nice and to keep the weeds down, how do I claim this?
I am presuming it is an immediate cash deduction and can be claimed in total that year.
Is this correct.What about replacing garden plants (if required) Is that the same situation?