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Capital Gains Tax
Is your family home really tax free?
“Is my home tax free?” It’s a common question for Australian homeowners. This article delves into the complexities of the main residence exemption, explaining when your family home might be subject to capital gains tax and how to navigate the rules.
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How to Reduce Capital Gains Tax: 5 Strategies for Australians
Learn how to use capital losses, choose the right gains to offset, and time your asset sales strategically. This guide covers everything from basic CGT concepts to advanced tax-saving techniques for investors and small business owners.
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An overview of the main residence CGT exemption
Generally, a property, including a taxpayer’s main residence, ie their family home, is considered to be a Capital Gains Tax (CGT) asset.
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Death and Small Business CGT Concessions
They say that two things in life are inevitable – death and taxes. This doesn’t mean that the two have to happen at the same time. Generally where there is a change of ownership in small business, a CGT event is deemed to have occurred which may result in a capital loss or taxable gain. When a person dies, their assets are transferred to their legal personal representative (LPR) or are acquired by a surviving joint tenant, if one exists, and as such the Capital Gains Tax rules apply.
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The Small Business CGT Exemption After Death
Fortunately for your spouse or children, the assets will still be eligible for the 15 year exemption to the same extent that the deceased would have been just prior to their death.
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CGT and the family home
Expats and foreign residents beware! The family home of foreign residents and expats may be taxed if legislation before Parliament is passed by the Senate.
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Main Residence Exemption – The Burden of Truth
I would expect that the majority of property owners and investors have heard something about the “six year main residence exemption for Capital Gains Tax purposes”. If not, here is a brief rundown:
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Death and small business CGT concessions
When a person dies, their assets are transferred to their legal personal representative (LPR) or are acquired by a surviving joint tenant, where the deceased owned those assets as joint tenants with another person. As there is a change of ownership a capital gains tax (CGT) event arises.
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