Shirley, if you do a search, Mortgage Hunter actually posted the legislation recently in a similar discussion which outlines the hows and whys of SISs answer.
I’ve heard from different people (I think Dale Gatherum Goss was one) that if you move out of your PPOR then do a valuation straight away that that will be your ‘beginning’ price for calculation of CGT.
If the above is true, and I think it is, then the pro rata concept is only for where you rent it out first.
shushar, I don’t believe that there is a minimum time limit to establish as PPOR for CGT purposes (unlike FHOG). This has been discussed before, with (I think Mortgage Hunter) someome pointing to the legislation.
Mooda, your friend could do quite well with a negatively geared property. With such a high income, some tax benefits would do wonders for her disposable income. I hope she doesn’t spend it all – although she mustn’t if she’s saved up that much.
If she does want to buy a neg geared one, make sure it’s a relatively new one so she can claim the depreciation. She could probably afford quite a few on her salary before the tax benefits stop being so good (I’m jealous![])
I wouldn’t buy anything that will appreciate in a company name as if you do sell, you will be subject to 30% tax – there is no CGT exemption for companies.
A better option if you wanted to not have it in your own name (asset protection and tax minimisation) is to set up a discretionary trust (possibly/probably with a company as trustee). There have been many discussions on this topic previously.
I think if you read some of the other posts on this same sort of topic, you would find that it COSTS Steve something like $600 per week in bandwith just to run this site. He funds it himself, by selling some of the resources he has created for others to benefit from.
I believe everybody else is here to learn and to help others where they can.
Risky, there is a commercial book out now – it’s written by Martin Roth of Top Stocks xxxx fame and lots of share books. I can’t recall it’s name off the top of my head though, but it does exist.
Cheers
Mel
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