Important changes to the Commercial Building Disclosure Program
Following a comprehensive review of the Commercial Building Disclosure (CBD) Program earlier this year, and public consultation on the proposed changes to the program, the Australian Government announced this week that the mandatory disclosure threshold on commercial office buildings will reduce from 2000 square metres to 1000 square metres starting 1st July 2017.
Importantly, this impending expansion of the regulatory requirements of the CBD program to include additional commercial office buildings, also comes with the announcement of reducing the regulatory requirements for the Tenancy Lighting Assessment (TLA) component by increasing the TLA validity period from 1 to 5 years from 1st September 2016.
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Tax time is here again!
The end of the financial year is upon us and we want to make sure you’ve got all your property tax bases covered!
If during the past few or this current financial year you’ve owned (or updated) an investment property and earned an assessable income from it then you are likely entitled to tax deductions and allowances or otherwise commonly called property tax depreciation.
For over 30 years Napier & Blakeley has analysed many thousands of properties, preparing property tax depreciation schedules for owners of virtually every type of property ranging in value from a few hundred thousand dollars to billions. There are well in excess of three million property investors within Australia and the majority of these owners are not likely to fully maximise available deductions, which can significantly affect and increase their after tax yields and cash flow.
In a recent analysis of a five year old commercial office building with a purchase price of $5m, a land value of $1m and an income of $500,000 we found the following;
If you claimed no depreciation and building allowances, your after tax income at the following rates would be: Continue reading
