by Fiona Touhill | Jun 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
First home buyers of existing properties worth up to $650,000.00 will, from 1 July 2017, be exempt from paying stamp duty. Stamp duty discounts have also been given to the first home buyers purchasing properties worth up to $800,000.00. Stamp duty charged on the...
by Fiona Touhill | Jun 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
The government has announced changes to the foreign resident capital gains withholding threshold and withholding rate, commonly known by property solicitors, conveyancers and real estate agents as the Australian Taxation Office (“ATO”) Clearance...
by Fiona Touhill | Jan 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
From 30 January 2017, private landlords now have to give tenants the opportunity to lodge their rental bonds using Fair Trading’s Rental Bonds Online (“RBO”) system. This means no more posting of lodgement forms and bond cheques. Landlords must...
by Fiona Touhill | Aug 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Formal proof of ID can be challenging for the elderly. Often they have given up their driver’s licence. They no longer travel overseas so their passports have expired. Often their use of technology is limited or they don’t use it at all. In some cases...
by Fiona Touhill | Jun 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
From 30 May 2016 the Department of Fair Trading website has created a public register which will contain the addresses of properties which have tested positive for loose-fill asbestos insulation. If a property is on this register, the asbestos insulation must be...
