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Rental property deductible expenses



What you can claim?

You can claim expenses relating to your rental property but only for the period your property was rented or available for rent – for example, advertised for rent.

Expenses could include:

  • advertising for tenants

  • bank charges

  • body corporate fees

  • borrowing expenses

  • capital works

  • council rates

  • decline in value of depreciating assets

  • gardening and lawn mowing

  • insurance

  • interest expenses

  • land tax

  • legal expenses

  • pest control

  • phone

  • property agent fees or commissions

  • repairs and maintenance

  • stationery

  • travel undertaken to inspect the property or to collect the rent

  • water charges.

If part of your property is used to earn rent, you can claim expenses relating to only that part of the property. You will need to work out a reasonable basis to apportion the claim.

Example

Timmy’s private residence includes a second storey which he rented out. The second storey represents 35% of the total floor area of the house. Timmy also shared the laundry with his tenant. The laundry takes up 5% of the total floor area of the house. If half is a reasonable figure for use of the laundry by the tenant, Timmy can claim 37.5% of the expenses for the property – that is:

35% + (1/2 x 5%) = 37.5%.

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