Top post Jim.

The best I have seen so far.

Just one thing I want to add, if anyone has a self managed super fund, the Telstra buy back is ideal. Free capital loss plus refund of excess imputation credits as the fund is taxed at 15%.

My super fund will be selling it’s shares as part of the buyback.

Cheers

John
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Ok Steve, but if the entity in CONTROL of the unit trust is deemed to be a related party of a member of the fund, you will breach the rules.

I would not want a non related party in control of my unit trust.

Cheers

John
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Hi All

Be careful with Self Managed Super Funds.

Steve suggested using a unit trust for the superfund to invest in, then the unit trust can borrow to fund investments.

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Hi Luckyone

The legislation regarding PPOR cleary states you must live in the house before renting it out. It doesn’t specify a time frame that you need to stay in it.

If you own more then one property, you can choose which one is your primary place of residence, however I suggest you would need to have lived in it first.

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Hi All

If you rent your PPOR you are missing out on a top tax free investment.

If you don’t want to purchase your PPOR, I would recommend you buy a property you want to rent out as an investment, live in it for a while, say 6 months, then rent it out and move into a rental property of your choice.

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Hi Angelus

You can enter into a joint venture in your personal name or setup a company as the joint venture vehicle.

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Hi Ernest

Even with a positive cashflow property, there are other non cash expenses such as depreciation and capital write offs which will reduce your taxable income.

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