Yes, great comments guys. Thanks for that.

I think you are right luke. According to http://www.ato.gov.au/corporate/content.asp?doc=/content/00244448.htm the fridge is not instantly deductable.

Cheers,

Dan

Thanks Luke86,

yes, the fridge is included. The house is my PPOR but I have decided to move out and rent the rooms for a while. I left my fridge there. The fridge was given to me so I don’t have records of the original cost.

Sorry to raid the thread, but can you claim the cost of replacing a fridge in a rental?

I assume this is expense in nature (rather than capital) because you are replacing something that was there before that did exactly the same job and doesn’t add value to the property.

Terryw wrote:
Any deposit into a loan is a payment and any wthdrawal is new borrowings.If you pay money in advance into a loan and then later take it out to buy a new main residence the interest on this 'new borrowings' will not be deductible.have a look at this weeks newsletter at http://www.bantacs.com.au (no 222 from memory) as there is a really…[Read more]

Thanks,

that answers my questions

Thanks guys,

I was wondering that if you don’t change your mailing address, how can you prove to the ATO that you were absent from your PPOR. It seems that there is nothing stopping someone from saying that they moved out for a short time to claim the CGT exemption while actually living in their PPOR.

Dan

Hi Kris,

that is a great answer, thanks. I am not going to buy another property. I was thinking of boarding with my folks or renting somewhere closer to work so that I can cycle to work while my car is out of order. Finding tenants isn’t too hard as my friend has already expressed interest.

I am able to collect my mail from my PPOR once a week.…[Read more]