HOW DO YOU MAKE A COMPANY INTO A LOOK-THROUGH COMPANY?

How do you make a company into a Look-Through Company or an LTC?  HOW TO It’s reasonably straight-forward. Once the company is incorporated (click here if you want us to do this for you), you then complete and send off an IR862: Section 1 is fairly self-explanatory, although you may come unstuck at the part where it asks…

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WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO STRUCTURE OUR MORTGAGES?

You obviously want to know: What’s the best way to structure our mortgages? For 5 tips: scroll down.  But let’s assume you have Your own home, with a mortgage A rental property, with a mortgage What do you want to achieve? In order of priority: Pay off the family home Ummm, I haven’t thought much…

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WHICH OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE SHOULD I USE FOR MY RENTAL PROPERTY? [VIDEO]

If you’ve got 5 minutes, make yourself a hot cuppa and enjoy this video presentation by Garreth Collard, Principal of EpsomTax.com in which he addresses APIA members on the pros and cons of the most common Rental Ownership Structures. Click here for a copy of the handout being used at the presentation.   ”You mentioned of transferring the share…

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COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT FAMILY TRUSTS

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The beneficiaries have the legal right to be informed and to be considered, and as a trustee you must prove that you have consistently done this.  In other words, there is no such thing as a “passive” trustee.  

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RESIDENTIAL CARE SUBSIDY AND GIFTING

Previously, the country’s lawyers had advised people to gift no more than $54,000 per couple per year so that they wouldn’t be accused of excessive gifting when it came time to be assessed for a residential care subsidy.  If your assets come under certain figures the Govt. will subsidise your rest-home care.

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LTCS VS QCS AND LAQCS

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LTCS VS QCS AND LAQCS. Unlike the LAQC rules, shareholders of an LTC are liable for tax upon the company’s profit, as well as being able to offset the company’s losses against their other income.

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