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Landlords: More tenancy law changes Recent changes to tenancy laws affect many aspects of residential tenancies, including: how you can end a tenancy rent bidding when you seek new tenants responses to tenants’...
The Bright-line Test In 2015, the government introduced the “bright-line test”, a method which attempts to tighten the property investment rules. Under the bright-line test states (subject to exemptions) any gain from disposing of residential land within two years of acquiring may be taxable. The test only applies to residential...
Flat mate or de facto partner? The Property (Relationships) Act 1976 (“The Act”) provides an equal sharing presumption to relationship property for qualifying relationships. Qualifying relationships are marriages, civil unions or de facto relationships that are a minimum of three years in duration. Section 2D of the Act defines...
