If you have investment property and you have rental income from your tenant. Taxpayers should know about their deduction. So, it means that you can save your tax according to your property expenses. If you have investment property, you may be entitled to claim your investment property expenses and put a deduction when you lodge your tax return. According to ATO guidelines there are certain rules needed to follow. There are some expenses you can claim such as Maintenance cost, Management cost, depreciation and borrowing expenses.
Please keep in mind that as property owner, if you did not pay any expense from your pocket as taxpayer you are not entitled to claim expenses as deduction in your return. For example, if you rented out property to Jay(tenant), so utility bills, repairs or renovation paid by Jay. It means that property owners are not entitled to claim for any renovation or repair expenses and cannot claim as deduction in their income tax return.
As property owner, you can claim a deduction for the following expenses:
- Advertising for tenant
- Body corporates Fees
- Borrowing expense
- Cleaning
- Council rates
- Depreciation schedule
- Gardening/ Lawn mowing
- Insurance
- Interest on loans
- Land tax
- Legal Fees
- Pest control
- Property agent fees/ commission
- Repairs and maintenance
- Stationary, telephone and postage
- Travel expenses
- Water charges
- Sundry rental expenses
You can also claim any repair cost. As a borrowing expense, you can only claim interest on your investment property.
Please keep in mind that you can only claim interest amount rather than loan principal amount. This means that when you calculate your dedication you cannot consider the principal amount of investment loan. There are some other borrowing fees also considered as dedication in tax return. These expenses include Title search, Loan establishment, Lender mortgage insurance (LMI), if stamp duty charge on mortgage and payment to mortgage broker.
Losses in depreciation can be claimed as deduction in tax return. Deduction is counted on newly purchased items whose value will be declined over the time. For example, blinds, carpets, water system and appliances.
When you have investment property then you can see, as a taxpayer you can save a lot of money by claiming a different type of deduction. Please keep in mind that you need to remember all these expenses when you do your tax return to claim your deduction in your return.
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