CGT when spouses have different main residences
Newsletter - October 2019
In this issue:
In this issue:
- CGT when spouses have different main residences
- The SMSF sector is growing by $23,200 every minute
- Fictions (and facts) about work expense deductions
- An FBT reporting exclusion for personal security concerns
- SMSF event-based reporting: What needs to be reported, what doesn't
Chinese have ranked Australia as their number one destination to buy property, with 27% of tourists telling Chinese portal Juwai they’ll consider buying a property on their next overseas trip.
Of the Australian cities, Melbourne was ranked by almost half of all Chinese buyers as their top pick. Sydney and Brisbane, with Brisbane singled out for its more affordable market.
After a couple years of declining Chinese activity in the market, renewed interest could lead to a boom in prices, with the depreciation of the Australian dollar securing an 11.1% discount for Chinese buyers.
Australia’s best and worst-performing suburbs of the past five years have been revealed, with new data showing the hotspots that have skyrocketed since 2014 and those that have borne the brunt of the mining downturn.
Sydney's property market is set for a new boom with an undersupply of homes predicted to fuel a spike in house prices.
Clearance rates have been sitting above 70 per cent for seven weeks as a limited number of new properties come onto the market. On Saturday, 734 auctions are scheduled for Sydney in the city's biggest test of the market since Easter.
In this issue:
The number of suburbs with ridiculously unaffordable house prices has tripled despite Australia being in the grip of a record property market downturn.
In this issue:
Do you own a residential rental investment property?
Then you should read this Guide to see what you can and cannot claim, as there have been some significant changes to the rules. 
With the Federal Election and uncertainty around negative gearing and capital gains tax now in the rear-view mirror, the commercial property market is again in investors sights.
But just how well has the market performed over the pas 12 months? The attached Sales Report from Burgess Rawson, highlights sales in the commercial and industrial property market, including Retail, Child Care Centres, Fast Food, Medical, Automotive and other property types. 
