Posts Tagged ‘law changes’
CAPITAL GAINS TAX: RENTAL PROPERTY EFFECTS & STRATEGIES
Capital Gains Tax rental property effects & strategies: What should or could you do? Here is a high-level overview: WHAT WILL BE TAXED? Everything except your grandma. No, not quite. All land except family home, shares, business assets and intangible property. Seems that cars, boats, jewellry, fine art, collectibles and other household durable items would…
Read MoreRING FENCING OF PROPERTY LOSSES
Ring fencing of property losses is here to stay. What will be the impact, and what strategies should you employ? How will it affect you? Will you still get a tax refund?
Read MoreTAX WORKING GROUP INTERIM REPORT – IMPACT ON PROPERTY INVESTORS
The Tax Working Group (TWG) has published its interim report. What will be the impact on property investors? Please see the PDF below for an executive summary, courtesy of Forsyth Barr. equity_strategy_2018-09-21_twg_looks_to_stretch_taxable_“income”.pdf Download File THE GIST OF IT Basically, the TWG wants to extend taxes on capital gains to things other than property. But, they…
Read MoreRING-FENCING RENTAL PROPERTY LOSSES: PART 2
There are various rules (outlined above) which limit what you can claim from these kind of assets, and you have to be careful if you think your gross annual income will be more than 60k (GST registration)…
Read MoreCHANGES TO FINANCIAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR SMES
ou might have heard of the Financial Reporting Act 2013 and the Financial Reporting (Amendments to Other Enactments) Act 2013. Maybe not. Anyway, changes which took effect on 1 April 2014 mean that entities that do not meet the large entity definition will no longer be required to prepare financial statements in accordance with NZ GAAP.
Read MoreGOVERNMENT DIRECTION RE RENTAL HOME LOSSES
Government direction re rental home loss: What is it? What will they do? Will losses be ring-fenced or not? There are certainly differing views out there. One thing is for sure: there’s nothing like rumour. Interest.co.nz lead the charge on the 8th of June 2013 with this headline: Who owns all the homes? MPs…
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