Investment Property

End of Year Investment Property Tax List

Let us assist you with depreciation tax deductions on your investment property and we will guarantee a happy new financial year for you.

Why pay too much tax ? and improve your cash flow at the same time, it’s a no brainer !

It’s the end of financial year again and if you own investment property, you should claim the available depreciation and building allowance deductions.

If you are not sure what to claim we will assist you, no matter how large or small your investment property is, we have analysed every type of property and can guarantee that we will generate significant tax saving for you and that the payback on our fees will be very short and maybe only a matter of months. Continue reading

Recent Trends in Technical Due Diligence

Is your ‘too good to be true’ deal really sustainable ?

Lack of Capital post GFC has lead to a significant neglect of R&M and Capex spend.

Having worked on property due diligence valued over $10B since the GFC, Napier & Blakeley have seen only nominal spend on upkeep compared with previous years.

Risk of Non-Compliance (i)

During this period the increasing trend has been a notable reduction of Repair and Maintenance (R&M) and Capital Expenditure (Capex)  budgets. Whilst this strategy may have been necessary in some circumstances e.g. postponement of non-essential Capex, we have found too commonly evidence of non-compliance regarding statutory maintenance such as testing, auditing and reporting of essential safety measures and fire safety systems.

Reduced Life Expectancy and Premature Capex 

Recent technical due diligence and condition assessments have also found that the lack of R&M and Capex budgets for economic life driven plant and equipment overhauls and refurbishments has resulted in increased short and medium term Capex.

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