Personal Tax Return

Personal Tax Return​

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Our tax specialist is equipped with in-depth tax knowledge and experience to identify tax opportunities and risks in a broad spectrum of taxation law, in particular income tax, capital gains tax, international tax, taxation of superannuation, and taxation on deceased estate.

At Ezzura Tax Advisory, we take a personalised approach to assist you with your tax compliance. You can be confident that your tax compliance is managed in good hands.

Rental properties

Have you reported your rent correctly or claimed all rental expenses that you are entitled to?

The ATO has focused their audit on rental properties due to common errors identified in the ATO’s Random Enquiry Program.

In disclosing rent income, there is often confusion as to the correct tax period the rent should be brought as income. Rent income is assessable when it is derived, not necessarily when the rent money is received in your bank account if you use a property manager. Rent is taken to have been derived by the taxpayer as soon as it is applied or dealt with in any way on the taxpayer’s behalf or as directed by the taxpayer.

In some cases, rental property is rented to a related party below market rent. Rent income received from a related party must be based on the market rent. If the rent received is below the market rent, the rental deductions must be apportioned. However, in the recent Tribunal decision of Rizkallah v FCT [2022] AATA 3081, the Tribunal held that rental expenses over rental income were not deductible. The taxpayer was allowed rental expenses up to the rental income.

At Ezzura Tax Advisory, you can have confidence that your rental income is reported correctly and rental expenses are identified and claimed.

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Foreign income and investment

Do you have an investment or asset in a foreign country? Have you declared your foreign income in Australia? Have you received gifts or loans from family members and/or related entities located overseas? 

The increase in the ATO’s data matching information and the ATO’s focus on taxing foreign assessable income of Australian residents means taxpayers will be required to ensure they have disclosed their foreign assessable income correctly and keep records to substantiate the nature of their international fund transactions. 
 
There is confusion that an Australian tax resident who has reported their foreign income in a foreign country is not required to disclose it in the Australian tax return as the foreign income has been disclosed to the foreign authority and/or the foreign tax has been paid. As Australian tax resident is taxed on their worldwide income, foreign income must also be reported in the Australian tax return and any foreign tax paid can be claimed in the Australian tax return provided the requirements to claim foreign tax income tax offsets are satisfied.
 
It is also common that no sufficient records or evidence is being kept in relation to gifts or loans from family members located in foreign countries. Taxpayers have the burden to keep records and provide appropriate evidence to the ATO in the event of an audit to prove that the foreign funds received are genuinely gifts or loans. 

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