Structures
HOW DO YOU MAKE A COMPANY INTO A LOOK-THROUGH COMPANY?
How do you make a company into a Look-Through Company or an LTC? HOW TO It’s reasonably straight-forward. Once the company is incorporated (click here if you want us to do this for you), you then complete and send off an IR862: Section 1 is fairly self-explanatory, although you may come unstuck at the part where it asks…
Read MoreWHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO STRUCTURE OUR MORTGAGES?
You obviously want to know: What’s the best way to structure our mortgages? For 5 tips: scroll down. But let’s assume you have Your own home, with a mortgage A rental property, with a mortgage What do you want to achieve? In order of priority: Pay off the family home Ummm, I haven’t thought much…
Read MoreSHAM TRUSTS: COULD YOUR FAMILY TRUST BE A SHAM?
How a trust might become a sham: A trust that starts off as genuine and legitimate – the trustees are all involved in decision-making – might become a sham if one trustee in effect hijacks the rest. What do we mean?
Read MoreWHICH OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE SHOULD I USE FOR MY RENTAL PROPERTY? [VIDEO]
If you’ve got 5 minutes, make yourself a hot cuppa and enjoy this video presentation by Garreth Collard, Principal of EpsomTax.com in which he addresses APIA members on the pros and cons of the most common Rental Ownership Structures. Click here for a copy of the handout being used at the presentation. ”You mentioned of transferring the share…
Read MoreRESIDENTIAL CARE SUBSIDY AND GIFTING
Previously, the country’s lawyers had advised people to gift no more than $54,000 per couple per year so that they wouldn’t be accused of excessive gifting when it came time to be assessed for a residential care subsidy. If your assets come under certain figures the Govt. will subsidise your rest-home care.
Read MoreLTCS VS QCS AND LAQCS
LTCS VS QCS AND LAQCS. Unlike the LAQC rules, shareholders of an LTC are liable for tax upon the company’s profit, as well as being able to offset the company’s losses against their other income.
Read MoreRENTAL INVESTMENT PROPERTIES & LTCS – A GOOD MATCH?
… is whether an LTC is the right ownership structure for your Residential Investment Property. We pick Garreth’s brain to get to the heart of whether an LTC is right for you. A ‘must see’ for any investment property owners!
Read MoreIF I SELL THE FAMILY HOME TO AN LTC IS THE INTEREST TAX-DEDUCTIBLE?
Under present rules i.e. pre 1 July 2024, unless the house is rented to an approved community housing provider or is a “new build”, there is no interest deductibility
Read MoreSHOULD YOU FORM AN LTC TO OWN YOUR RENTAL INVESTMENT PROPERTY?
However, this legal vehicle does allow you to proportion losses (and income) according to the amount of shareholding that each shareholder has.
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