Property education · 13 guides
Property tax
Educational guides covering property tax and ownership considerations. Each guide explains its scope; check local requirements and current official sources for your site.
Before You Count the Sales: Map Settlement Cash Flow in Your Feasibility
Model when sale proceeds can actually become available and test the debt, tax, delay and completion obligations that sit between sale and cash.
Capital Or Revenue? The Tax Question That Decides What You Keep
Whether your development profit is ordinary income or a capital gain turns on your purpose and conduct, not on the label you give it. The difference can be most of your after-tax margin.
Depreciation Schedule Australia: Why Property Investors Should Get One Done Properly
Why a professionally prepared depreciation schedule can materially improve an Australian investment property's tax outcome.
Foreign Buyers And Development Sites: The Approval Before The Contract
If a foreign person will take an interest in the site, the approval, the conditions and the fees belong in your feasibility before you exchange, not after.
GST and the Margin Scheme: A Feasibility Question Before You Buy Development Stock
GST treatment can change a development feasibility, so students need the tax question raised before price, entity and exit assumptions are locked in.
GST At Settlement: When Your New Lots Trigger A Withholding Obligation
If your subdivision creates new residential premises or potential residential land, the buyer may have to withhold part of the price and send it to the ATO at settlement. Model the cash before you sign the contract.
GST Margin Scheme Property Development Australia: What Investors Should Understand
How the GST margin scheme works for Australian property development, and what investors need to check before relying on it.
In Canberra, the Extra Dwelling Carries Its Own Tax Bill
In the ACT you vary the Crown lease to add dwellings, and that variation attracts a lease variation charge. Price it per dwelling before you assume the uplift.
Land Tax On Vacant Land In NSW: The Holding Cost Before You Build
Land tax is charged on unimproved land value you hold at 31 December and is not reduced for part-year ownership. Test the holding cost before you buy a development site in NSW.
Property Transfer Tax Protection Passes Parliament for Spouses and Inherited Shares
Parliament has protected grandfathered negative-gearing treatment when eligible property interests transfer after inheritance or relationship breakdown.
Property Trust Structures Australia: How Investors Use Trusts To Hold Property
How Australian property investors use trust structures to hold assets, manage tax, and protect wealth across a growing portfolio.
Stamp Duty Strategies Australia: How Property Investors Plan For One Of The Biggest Costs
How Australian property investors budget for and plan around stamp duty, one of the largest upfront costs in any purchase.
Victoria Windfall Gains Tax: Do Not Count the Whole Rezoning Uplift
A Victorian rezoning play can create value, but windfall gains tax can change the net result, timing and negotiation position.