Investments – Including Property

Legislation that came into law in the last half of 2017 makes certain measures first announced with the 2017 Federal Budget now a reality. The…

Investment returns can be on revenue or capital account. Similarly investment expenditure could also be on revenue or capital account. The distinction between revenue and…

Investment products may be held as trading stock by a taxpayer carrying on a business of share trading or options trading. However, whether a particular…

Interest can be claimed for the cost of funds borrowed to purchase a rental property and to meet maintenance costs or running expenses while the…

The ATO frequently re-focuses its attention on claims that investment property owners make for repairs to rental residences that it deems to in fact be…

Mum and dad investors in receipt of dividends from their share portfolio often benefit from investing in blue chip shares because they usually have franking…