Office Markets Around Australia

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NO LONGER are the Office markets in sync, for the main capital cities around Australia.

During the last century, the CBD markets seemed to operate within a fairly regular 18-year cycle — in other words, from “peak to peak”.

However, all at ceased when the Global Financial Crisis hit in 2008. [Read more…]

Important Tips for Development Finance

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IF YOU ARE funding a property development, financing is the most important aspect to consider. After all, without finance the project cannot proceed.

Below, I have summarised the three most important factors for getting bank funding for a project. [Read more…]

7 Tips to make the Most of Your Commercial Property at Tax Time!

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SEVERAL PEOPLE have asked how to pay less tax on on their investment properties. Therefore, we’ve put together a list of our best 7 tips to help you save money at tax time.

1. Loan Interest

While a property is rented, available for rent or in the process of being built for rent, loan interest is tax deductible?– even if it is still at planning stage.

This includes the interest you pay on money you use to purchase or improve the property. [Read more…]

Prime Cost or Diminishing Value … for Commercial Property?

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THE AUSTRALIAN Taxation Office (ATO) allows investors to choose between two alternative methods of claiming depreciation on plant and equipment assets. The diminishing value and the prime cost methods of depreciation.

When you make a depreciation claim, you can only choose one of these methods. It is important for you to understand how your choice will affect your investment returns. [Read more…]

Understanding Commercial Property Yields Overall

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WHENEVER YOU CONSIDER Commercial property, it’s important to fully understand what the overall Yield is likely to be.

And the simple formula to arrive at an estimated overall figure is:

Yield = Income + Capital Growth

And investors often ask me … How do average Yields vary from one sector of the Commercial property market to the other. [Read more…]

Commercial Property Owners: Your Complete Depreciation Checklist

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THE END OF FINANCIAL YEAR may have come and gone but there is still time for commercial property owners to arrange a tax depreciation schedule. You could claim thousands of dollars in depreciation deductions.

Australian Taxation Office (ATO) legislation permits the owner of any income-producing property to claim depreciation in two ways:

  1. Capital works deductions
  2. Depreciation for plant and equipment assets [Read more…]

FIRB Approval for Commercial Property

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YOU SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS when entering into negotiations with foreign purchasers for the sale of property, due to the restrictions imposed by the Foreign Investment Review Board (“FIRB”).

Vendors should ensure that the contract of sale protects them when approval is required by the FIRB. Because, if the purchaser fails to gain approval, the FIRB can reverse the transaction. [Read more…]

Commercial Property Owners Could Save Thousands in Depreciation

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COMMERCIAL BUILDING OWNERS remain unaware of the taxation benefits their property can generate. One of the most beneficial, yet often missed, deductions is building depreciation. [Read more…]

Does Your Commercial Property Comply?

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ONE QUESTION often asked by inexperienced investors is whether or not you can manage your own Commercial property.

And clearly, the short answer is “Yes” … if you know what you doing.

However, owning a Commercial property means that you do have certain legal responsibilities. And among them are your property’s compliance with the various Essential Services requirements, under current Building Regulations. [Read more…]

Climb Above the Clatter … And Look to Securing Australia’s Future

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RECENT MEDIA HEADLINES have been dominated by vested political and community interests — following the Government’s May Budget.

The fact that there is screaming from so many quarters, probably means the Budget thrust is not too far off the mark. [Read more…]

6 Tips for Commercial Investors at Tax Time [Pt 2]

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IN THE FIRST Part of this series you discovered the first two tips to help you maximise the depreciation deductions that you can claim on your Commercial property.

Tax time is nearly here, take a look at the next four tips to make sure that you are claiming what you are entitled to. And not throwing money away. [Read more…]