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OFFSETTING PROFITS/LOSSES FROM LTCs AGAINST OTHER RENTALS

10/25/2021

 
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Inland Revenue released a Tax Information Bulletin (TIB) in September 2019, which clarified this.

For the purposes of this blog post, we are going to assume that the LTC or an individual only holds residential rental property i.e. no commercial, they are not a trader or an associated person or a developer etc, they don't have an Airbnb-style short-stay accommodation house in the picture.

Can losses from an LTC with residential rental property be offset against income from rentals owned by a partnership or in your personal name?
It depends on whether
  1. the LTC decides to apply the ring-fencing rules on a portfolio basis or on a property-by-property basis.
  2. the shareholders have any other residential rentals with income/loss to offset against this

However, the answer is essentially, "Yes", if:
  1. you have decided to use a portfolio basis for the LTC (that is spread the losses and profits out between the various properties owned by the LTC) 
  2. you have at least one residential rental property held in your own name or in a standard partnership i.e. we are not commenting on "limited partnerships" here

So the result is, you can have a negatively-geared LTC, and given the above points, the losses can flow through to you as a shareholder. You can then offset this against profits from a personally-owned rental (either solely owned or in a partnership). The situation also works in reverse ie there are profits in the LTC and losses in the personal/partnership rental.

Note that you can't offset any losses against income from other sources e.g. wages, like you used to in the good old days. That is what the concept of "ring-fencing of losses" means. The losses are "ring-fenced" so that they only apply to residential rental property.

Some interesting points
  • If an LTC applies the rules on a property-by-property basis, the shareholders have to also take that approach in their returns. If it applies the rules on a portfolio basis, ditto.
  • This is not the case for partners in partnerships. If a partnership has filed a partnership return applying the rules on a particular basis, the partners do not necessarily need to apply the rules on that same basis. So a partnership now gives much more flexibility than the LTC in this one respect.
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Do restructure strategies such as selling your old family home to an LTC still work?
We have previously recommended this, in blog posts such as this one.  The answer is now a big "no." Why? Changing ownership structures will now not shift/change non-deductible debt into deductible debt in any residential investment property scenario, including short-stay accommodation. For more info, see this blog article

For more info, the IRD Sept 2019 TIB is below

As always, situations vary, so please contact us for advice on your specific situation. Call 099730706 or email us here

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  • ABOUT
    • IN THE NEWS >
      • OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES
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