Your Own Home Archives - Julia's Blog https://www.bantacs.com.au/Jblog/category/your-own-home/ By Julia Hartman Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:57:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.bantacs.com.au/Jblog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-bantacs2logo-1-1-32x32.jpg Your Own Home Archives - Julia's Blog https://www.bantacs.com.au/Jblog/category/your-own-home/ 32 32 Knockdown and Rebuild your Home or a Duplex Tips and Traps https://www.bantacs.com.au/Jblog/knockdown-and-rebuild-your-home-or-a-duplex-tips-and-traps/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:55:32 +0000 https://www.bantacs.com.au/Jblog/?p=2007 Download PDF       Before you start make sure you get advice on all the tax considerations, there are hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake! Main Residence Exemption      If you are considering a knockdown rebuild of your home that you purchased after 19th September, 1985, it is important to realise that your main residence ...

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]]> The Tax and Record Keeping Consequences of Holiday Rentals Such as Airbnb – Updated 2025 https://www.bantacs.com.au/Jblog/the-tax-and-record-keeping-consequences-of-holiday-rentals-such-as-airbnb/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 07:34:00 +0000 https://bantacs.com.au/Jblog/?p=190 Download PDF Update – The ATO have released a draft ruling TR 2025/D1 about holiday homes that are used for both private and rental income purposes.  The ruling does not allow a tax deduction for any of your ownership costs such as rates, insurance, interest, depreciation, land tax, repairs and maintenance unless the property is ...

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]]> How to Save a Home Deposit in 2 Years @ $200 per Week (Updated 27/06/2025) https://www.bantacs.com.au/Jblog/how-to-save-a-home-deposit-in-2-years-200-per-week/ Thu, 26 Jun 2025 22:41:00 +0000 https://bantacs.com.au/Jblog/?p=1090 Download PDF – Updated 27th June 2025 Home Deposits – Made SimpleTwo Years @ $200 Per Week and No LMI      Combine the First Home Guarantee with the Super Saver Scheme to buy a home with nearly one third of your deposit being tax savings.  If you have a child the government will provide you with ...

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]]> Strata and Tax https://www.bantacs.com.au/Jblog/strata-and-tax/ Wed, 28 May 2025 02:13:45 +0000 https://www.bantacs.com.au/Jblog/?p=1864 Download PDF      This blog is directed at owners of strata units that are used to produce income.  Note this includes owner occupiers where there is income earned by the body corporate from common property.  It is also relevant to committee members who are concerned about the body corporate’s tax obligations.  Tax Deduction for Body ...

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]]> If Your Home or Investment Property Has Been Damaged in the Fires – Updated 3rd May 2025 https://www.bantacs.com.au/Jblog/property-damage-from-fire/ Fri, 02 May 2025 23:20:00 +0000 https://bantacs.com.au/Jblog/?p=419 Download PDF – Updated 3rd May 2025 If your Home or Investment Property Was Damaged in the Fires or the Floods, The taxman is lurking behind those new green shoots of regrowth and what a bonanza to be had. The ATO can easily administer through already established data matching with land titles offices and insurance ...

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