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Property Investors
Technical references for property investors: NSW land tax, the tax treatment of property works, short-term rental income and the records that protect your CGT position — each stamped with its applicable year.
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5 resources each dated and sourced
Every property resource states the period it applies to, links the official sources behind its figures, and records when those sources were last verified.
Negative gearing from 2027-28: what the Act actually does
The residential-property deduction rules in Schedule 2 of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Act 2026 are enacted law and first apply to the 2027-28 income year. This resource sets out what the quarantining rule does, the precise grandfathering test, the carve-outs, and the one exception that cannot yet operate because its defining instrument has not been made.
Verified 13 July 202611 min read
CGT records for property investors: what to keep, and for how long
A working checklist of the records the ATO expects property investors to keep for capital gains tax — the documents behind each cost base element, the purchase, ownership and sale files, retention periods, and what happens when records are missing.
Verified 13 July 20269 min read
How Airbnb and short-term rental income is taxed in Australia
A plain-English explainer on the tax treatment of Airbnb, Stayz and other short-term rental income — what to declare, how deductions are apportioned, why GST usually stays out of the picture, the CGT cost of hosting in your own home, and the holiday-home deduction rules the ATO will enforce in full for expenses incurred from 1 July 2026.
Verified 13 July 202610 min read
NSW land tax in 2026: frozen thresholds, current rates and what changed
The settings for the 2026 NSW land tax year — the frozen $1,075,000 general and $6,571,000 premium thresholds, current rates, the 25% minimum ownership rule for the home exemption now fully in force, trust treatment and the 5% foreign owner surcharge.
Verified 12 July 20265 min read
Repairs vs capital improvements: how rental property work is taxed
Where the tax line falls between immediately deductible repairs, capital improvements and depreciating assets on a residential rental — the TR 97/23 boundary test, the initial-repairs trap, Division 43 rates and the second-hand asset restriction.
Verified 13 July 202610 min read
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