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    hello I have question I have a house that I bough for $92000 in September 2000 it was my residence for 2 years because I bough other house so this property is a investment now my question is that now I owe $170000 so how do you calculate the cgt if I want to sell it property valuation now is $ 255000

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    What you owe is irrelevent for CGT calcs.

    Roughly speaking (I am not an accountant), it is calculate like this:
    Sale price $250,000
    less purchase $92,000
    = $158,000
    You can minus some costs such as stamp duty etc, but may have to add back some things suxh as any depreciation claimed.
    -$8000 costs (guess)
    = $150,000 Capital Gain
    Since you have held it more than 12 months, this is reduced by 50%
    = $75,000 taxable capital gain.

    If you are the sole owner, then this would be added to your other income, and you would pay tax accordingly.

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    Minus the time you had it as a PPoR

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    Hi again.

    Thanks Rdwing, I missed that.

    If you actually lived in the house before renting it out, then there is possibly no CGT payable – if you haven’t claimed another house as your main residence at the same time.

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