Seriously? only joking. I was pointing out a mistake in your English "been claiming your income".

income tax, not CGT probably.

It could be possible to transfer the remaining one to a SMSF if the structure is set up first and there is no debt on the property. CGT or income tax would be payable though. But you may get around stamp duty.

What do you mean by "better"?

Taxation is only on issue and you need to consider short term as well as long term. What will things be like as rents rise?

If you use your home to produce income then it will be subject to CGT. Probably a % based on use.

The 6 year rule only applies to absences.

Aussie bank will lend.

IO possible

You will need to come up with a deposit or borrow in china against the chinese properties.

They are not accounting structures but legal structures really.  A trust is not a separate entity but a legal arrangement where a trustee owns property on behalf of beneficiaries. For tax purposes trusts are treated as separate entities so a trustee buying a property is ignored and the trust is assessed on the property. Therefore from a tax angle it doesn't matter whether the trustee is a person or a company as the tax consequences are the same. ie any losses would still be attributed to the trust.

BTW, there is no way you would want to use a company to own property.

In that case a third party wouldn't probaby be a beneficiary of your trust so you would have to transfer part of your business to them. In NSW this would involve stamp duty. You would also be up for CGT if there was a profit. Then you have to factor in what do they get for their money, how do you compensate yourselfs for working extra if they won't be working in the business. An investor will probably want to pay so much as they would recouperate their injection within 1 to 2 years.

Watch out for disputes. make sure you have a written agreement on how to resolve these. He may accuse you of playing down figures etc.

What if he wants out, divorces, or goes bankrupt too? or dies!

If your going to sell then maybe a discretionary trust would be good. Could use the same trustee as the unit trust or personal trustee.

This way any profit could be flexibly distributed – including to the unit trust if need be – to off any losses and save tax.

Most signatures evolve over time.

There is no register of signatures and you could change yours at any time. This doesn't affect any contracts entered into as you would still be the same person – generally speaking.

That changes things The cost base will be the market value at the date of death.