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    April 28, 2013 - 10:35 am

    If I purchase a vacant land can I use negative gearing ( I understand, as no income is generated we cant -ve gear ). Can I claim on anything at all?

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    April 28, 2013 - 10:50 am

    From what I understand….No.

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    April 28, 2013 - 10:53 am

    You need to get seek professional assistance on this, but from memory if your sole intention is to use the land to build property to rent out, then the loan interest is deductible even if nothing has been constructed yet.

    Think there was some tax ruling on it years back.

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    April 28, 2013 - 12:04 pm

    Land can certainly generate an income (i have 4 blocks in my SMSF which i lease out to a haulage company to store their heavy vehicles) so as long as you have the intension to either rent it out or can prove you purchased it with a view to constructing a dwelling on the land then you should be able to claim the interest and associated expenses.

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    April 28, 2013 - 10:05 pm

    Is your question based on the lender's take on negative gearing or from a taxation point of view?

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    April 28, 2013 - 10:29 pm

    Hi Shahin,

    Yes

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    April 28, 2013 - 11:58 pm
    PLC wrote:
    You need to get seek professional assistance on this, but from memory if your sole intention is to use the land to build property to rent out, then the loan interest is deductible even if nothing has been constructed yet.

    Think there was some tax ruling on it years back.

    Cheers

    Tom

    I'm not an accountant but I recall something similar. In any case, get professional advice on this before making a move.

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    April 29, 2013 - 7:43 am
    PLC wrote:
    You need to get seek professional assistance on this, but from memory if your sole intention is to use the land to build property to rent out, then the loan interest is deductible even if nothing has been constructed yet.

    Think there was some tax ruling on it years back.

    Cheers

    Tom

    here it is,

    http://law.ato.gov.au/atolaw/view.htm?rank=find&criteria=AND~steele~basic~exact&target=JA&style=java&sdocid=AID/AID2001479/00001&recStart=1&PiT=99991231235958&Archived=false&recnum=3&tot=210&pn=ALL:::ALL#HIT2

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