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blog-post-component-title"> <style id="post-e35d2b8-title-style">#post-e35d2b8-title .inner-title{ text-align: left;font-weight: normal; }#post-e35d2b8-title .inner-post-details{ text-align: left; }</style> <div> <h1 data-blog-inner="title" class="inner-title">Question of the Week</h1> <ul data-blog-inner="post-details" class="inner-post-details"><li><span dmle_is_text="true">By</span><span dmle_is_text="true"> </span><span dmle_is_text="true">balancedinvercargill@gmail.com</span></li><li>•</li><li>10 Jul, 2024</li></ul> </div> </div> <div data-blog-component="subtitle" id="post-component-78320f3" class="blog-post-component blog-post-component-subtitle"> <style id="post-component-78320f3-style">#post-component-78320f3 .inner-subtitle{ text-align: left;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal; }</style> <h3 data-blog-inner="subtitle" class="inner-subtitle">Application date for the new 2-year bright-line test</h3> </div> <div data-blog-component="image" id="post-component-9195656" class="blog-post-component blog-post-component-image"> <style id="post-component-9195656-style">#post-component-9195656 .inner-figure{ text-align: center; }#post-component-9195656 .inner-image{ max-width: 100%; }</style> <figure data-blog-inner="figure" class="inner-figure"><img data-blog-inner="image" class="inner-image" src="https://lirp.cdn-website.com/4ef403d7/dms3rep/multi/opt/Capture-1920w.JPG" onerror="handleImageLoadError(this)"/> <figcaption data-blog-inner="caption" class="inner-caption"><i></i></figcaption> </figure> </div> <div data-blog-component="text" id="post-component-ee74921" class="blog-post-component blog-post-component-text"> <style id="post-component-ee74921-style">#post-component-ee74921 .inner-paragraph{ text-align: left; }</style> <div data-blog-inner="text" class="inner-paragraph"> <p><strong>Question</strong></p><p>Tony entered into a sale and purchase agreement for a residential property on 15 November 2021. He became the registered owner of the property on 15 December 2021. The residential property is not new build land.</p> <p> <br/> Tony purchased this property for long-term investment purposes and rented the property out since settlement date. <br/> <br/> In May 2024, Tony decided to sell the property due to the rising interest rates over the years. On 15 June 2024, Tony entered into an unconditional sale and purchase agreement with a purchaser, with the settlement date set as 15 July 2024.<br/> <br/> Will the sale of the residential property be subject to the 10-year bright-line test or the new 2-year bright-line test?</p> <p><br/> <strong>Answer</strong><br/>  </p><p>The 10-year bright-line test applies to residential land acquired on or after 27 March 2021 and disposed of within 10 years of the bright-line acquisition date (former s CB 6A(1)).</p> <p> <br/> The new 2-year bright-line test applies for disposals of land where the bright-line end date is on or after 1 July 2024. A tax liability will arise under the 2-year bright-line test where the person’s bright-line end date is within 2 years of their bright-line start date (s CB 6A(1)). Exceptions such as the main home exclusion may apply.<br/> <br/> For the purposes of the 2-year bright-line test, the bright-line start date for a standard purchase of land is the date that the title to the land is registered for the purchaser of the property. The bright-line end date for a standard land transaction is generally the date that a person enters into an agreement for the sale of the property. <br/> <br/> For Tony, the bright-line start date is 15 December 2021 which is the date the land transfer was registered with Land Information New Zealand. Tony’s bright-line end date is 15 June 2024, being the date that he entered into an agreement to dispose of the property.<br/> <br/> In this case, despite the settlement date of 15 July 2024, the 10-year bright-line test applies to Tony’s disposal as the bright-line end date of 15 June 2024 is before 1 July 2024. 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Remember, the law has changed so you must change to payday filing by 1 April 2019. Some payroll software companies are not yet ready for payday filing, so we suggest you check before launching ahead.</p> <p>Please be aware IRD are phoning all employers to check they are ready, we have had a couple of calls from clients to check in whether this is a scam – it isn’t.</p> <p> <b>IR-file will be discontinued</b> </p> <p>The existing ir-File service in myIR will be discontinued on <u>11 March 2019</u> .<br/>If you’re still filing monthly schedules you must use the ‘payroll returns’ account in myIR to file your EMS and employer deductions.</p> <p>As above if your software provider still isn’t ready, we suggest you ir-File your February EMS <u>BEFORE 11 March</u> .<br/><br/>The payroll returns account will automatically show in your myIR account from 28 February 2019.</p> <p> <b>Changes to myIR in April - some services will be unavailable</b> </p> <p>A lot of IRD services will be down during April, to allow them to implement the changes – we understand this is from 17 to 26 April. 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Note a lot of this time will be during the Easter/ANZAC break.</p> </div> <div class="readMore"> <a dont-color-link="true" href="/ird-pay-day-filing"></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="-ms-grid-column:2; -ms-grid-row:1" class="postArticle "> <div class="inner clearfix wow" style="animation-delay: 400.0ms;"> <a class="blogImgLink" dont-color-link="true" href="/changes-to-tax-rules-around-rental-property-losses" data-blog-post-alias="changes-to-tax-rules-around-rental-property-losses"> <div class="blogImg" style="background-image: url('https://lirp.cdn-website.com/4ef403d7/dms3rep/multi/opt/download-1920w.jpg');"><img src="https://lirp.cdn-website.com/4ef403d7/dms3rep/multi/opt/download-1920w.jpg" "="" onerror="handleImageLoadError(this)"/></div> </a> <div class="postText clearfix"> <div class="postTitle"> <h3> <a dont-color-link="true" href="/changes-to-tax-rules-around-rental-property-losses" data-blog-post-alias="changes-to-tax-rules-around-rental-property-losses">Changes to Tax Rules Around Rental Property Losses</a> </h3> </div> <div class="authorBar"> <span>By balancedinvercargill@gmail.com</span> <span>•</span> <span>February 26, 2019</span> </div> <div class="postDescription"> <p>A new tax bill was introduced to Parliament in December 2018 setting out new rules for losses incurred in owning a rental property. The Bill has not passed into legislation at this time, however, the legislation is to come into effect from 1 April 2019.</p> <p>  <b>Background:</b> </p> <p>Previously, if you owned a rental property and it made a loss, the loss could be offset against your other income and often you would get a refund of tax paid on other income. The most common example is where you earned a PAYE salary, and paid tax (PAYE) on that. At the end of the tax year, everything was included in your tax return, and the loss from the rental property reduced your income, meaning you got a refund of some of the PAYE paid. Happy Days.</p> <p>Over the past 10 years there have been numerous changes which have been targeted at rental investors:</p> <p>-        No longer able to depreciate buildings</p> <p>-        Harsher rules on depreciation of building fit-outs</p> <p>-        LAQCs eliminated (Loss companies which could offset losses)</p> <p>-        Brightline (2 years) (effectively Capital Gains Tax if you sold property within 2 years)</p> <p>-        Brightline (5 years) (ditto but now you have to hold it for 5 years)</p> <p>-        Ring Fencing Losses (as per below)</p> <p>-        Possible Capital Gains Tax in Future</p> <p> <b>New Rules:</b> </p> <p>The current tax bill proposes to change the loss offset. The proposal is that any loss incurred from the rental property will NOT be able to be offset against other income, instead that loss will be carried forward or “Ring Fenced” to future years, and can only be offset against future rental profits.</p> <p>The new rules propose that the <u>March 2019 year will be the last year</u> where you can offset the losses against your other income.</p> <p>Our Tax Consultants advise there is a 99.9% chance these new rules will come into play from 1 April, despite legislation not yet being passed.</p> <p> <b>What Can You Do?</b> </p> <p>Not much! Although you have just over a month to bring forward any expenditure that you may have been considering on your rental investment – ie. Repairs and maintenance/purchase of minor assets (under $500) etc so that these can be claimed in the March 2019 year.</p> <p>We are happy to discuss this new development with you if you have any queries in relation to how it will work. 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These include:<br/></p> <p> <b></b> </p> <ul> <li>Heating</li> <li>Lighting</li> <li>Rates</li> <li>Insurance</li> <li>Mortgage interest/rent</li> <li>House and contents insurance</li> <li>Repairs and maintenance</li> <li>Telephone rental</li> </ul> <p>The portion of outgoings deductible is based on the area used for the business, expressed as a percentage of the total area of the home:</p> <p>It is not absolutely necessary to set aside a specific room for business purposes, nor is it necessary for your home to be physically changed to suit the business. In cases where a separate room is not set aside, it may be appropriate to apportion the outgoings based on criteria such as the amount of time spent on income-earning activities as home as well as the area used. 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This enables us to assist those clients who require this service, without a large overhead being built into our fees. 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The phrasing he used was a bit off - he said either myself or my weekend lawyer needed to call them immediately. I didn't bother ringing them back."</div> <div><br/></div> <div>A couple of hours later, he got another call from a different man.<br/></div> <div><br/></div> <div>Mike Shaw was not fooled when someone claiming to be from IRD called him.</div> <div><br/></div> <div>"He told me he needed my details because the IRD was about to sue me. I laughed at this and told him that I knew his call was, to put it bluntly, a "load of bulls...". He was upset at this and said I wouldn't think so when the police called at my home because the IRD was suing me. When I made it clear I did not believe him, he hung up."</div> <div><br/></div> <div>He was keen to warn people about the scammers.</div> <div><br/></div> <div>"They are looking for the vulnerable and the naive. The trouble is that they'll get hold of someone who is not IT literate and aware of these things and they will get caught up in it. You hear of people losing thousands of dollars to scam artists, it makes me furious actually," he said.</div> <div><br/></div> <div>Young said Inland Revenue would never ask for credit card details or bank account numbers over the phone in order to process a monetary payment.</div> <div><br/></div> <div>"Customers should always be totally satisfied that they are talking to a genuine Inland Revenue staff member before handing over any personal details. These callers are quite clever and are particularly aggressive, so people need to be wary of being caught out," she said.</div> <div><br/></div> <div>"We recommend that if anyone receives a call of this nature they hang up and if they have any concerns to email phishing@ird.govt.nz."</div> <div><br/></div> <div>New Plymouth IT consultant Mike Hobin said it was fairly simple to find people's names, phone numbers, email addresses and other information.</div> <div><br/></div> <div>"You can search for a name on the internet and from there you can search for a phone number and from there on social media and sometimes an email address. The only way to guard against this sort of thing is to stay off social media completely."</div> <div><br/></div> <div>He said scammers targeted older people.</div> <div><br/></div> <div>"I've cleaned up four or five PCs in the past year for elderly people who have made the mistake of letting these people in and I've had to go and fix their PCs.</div> <div><br/></div> <div>"When it comes to calls like this IRD scam, if you're not sure, call them back, but not on the number they have given you, look up the number for that department in the phone book."</div> <div></div> <div><br/></div> <div><br/></div> <div><br/></div> </div> <div class="readMore"> <a dont-color-link="true" href="/beware-new-ird-scam-doing-the-rounds"></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="-ms-grid-column:2; -ms-grid-row:4" class="postArticle "> <div class="inner clearfix wow" style="animation-delay: 1600.0ms;"> <a class="blogImgLink" dont-color-link="true" href="/renting-out-your-holiday-home" data-blog-post-alias="renting-out-your-holiday-home"> <div class="blogImg" style="background-image: url('https://lirp.cdn-website.com/4ef403d7/dms3rep/multi/opt/Holiday_Homes___Rentals-996x423-1920w.JPG');"><img src="https://lirp.cdn-website.com/4ef403d7/dms3rep/multi/opt/Holiday_Homes___Rentals-996x423-1920w.JPG" "="" onerror="handleImageLoadError(this)"/></div> </a> <div class="postText clearfix"> <div class="postTitle"> <h3> <a dont-color-link="true" href="/renting-out-your-holiday-home" data-blog-post-alias="renting-out-your-holiday-home">Renting Out Your Holiday Home?</a> </h3> </div> <div class="authorBar"> <span>By Julie Findlay</span> <span>•</span> <span>April 19, 2016</span> </div> <div class="postDescription">Are there any tax implications for you in renting out your holiday home?</div> <div class="readMore"> <a dont-color-link="true" href="/renting-out-your-holiday-home"></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="-ms-grid-column:1; -ms-grid-row:5" class="postArticle "> <div class="inner clearfix wow" style="animation-delay: 1800.0ms;"> <a class="blogImgLink" dont-color-link="true" href="/2016-budget-proposals-to-simplify-tax" data-blog-post-alias="2016-budget-proposals-to-simplify-tax"> <div class="blogImg" style="background-image: url('https://lirp.cdn-website.com/4ef403d7/dms3rep/multi/opt/xero_Wa4psKwkRMmwiVtndRZS-367x218-1920w.png');"><img src="https://lirp.cdn-website.com/4ef403d7/dms3rep/multi/opt/xero_Wa4psKwkRMmwiVtndRZS-367x218-1920w.png" "="" onerror="handleImageLoadError(this)"/></div> </a> <div class="postText clearfix"> <div class="postTitle"> <h3> <a dont-color-link="true" href="/2016-budget-proposals-to-simplify-tax" data-blog-post-alias="2016-budget-proposals-to-simplify-tax">2016 Budget Proposals to Simplify Tax</a> </h3> </div> <div class="authorBar"> <span>By Julie Findlay</span> <span>•</span> <span>April 17, 2016</span> </div> <div class="postDescription">Welcome changes to the provisional tax system</div> <div class="readMore"> <a dont-color-link="true" href="/2016-budget-proposals-to-simplify-tax"></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="-ms-grid-column:2; -ms-grid-row:5" class="postArticle lastArticle"> <div class="inner clearfix wow" style="animation-delay: 2000.0ms;"> <a class="blogImgLink" dont-color-link="true" href="/post-title" data-blog-post-alias="post-title"> <div class="blogImg" style="background-image: url('https://lirp.cdn-website.com/4ef403d7/dms3rep/multi/opt/0Y1A0485_cXiu4MfAQSmNGrHuOm7U-1200x687-1920w.jpg');"><img src="https://lirp.cdn-website.com/4ef403d7/dms3rep/multi/opt/0Y1A0485_cXiu4MfAQSmNGrHuOm7U-1200x687-1920w.jpg" "="" onerror="handleImageLoadError(this)"/></div> </a> <div class="postText clearfix"> <div class="postTitle"> <h3> <a dont-color-link="true" href="/post-title" data-blog-post-alias="post-title">Snow Devastation</a> </h3> </div> <div class="authorBar"> <span>By Julie Findlay</span> <span>•</span> <span>March 2, 2016</span> </div> <div class="postDescription">On the morning of 19 September 2010, while the rest of Invercargill was still absorbing the collapse of Stadium Southland, we awoke early the following day to discover that our original building in Yarrow Street had too, succumbed to the heavy snow.<br/><br/>It was a difficult process to witness how much devastation that a snow dump could cause. The roof of the building had completely caved in, and in places, damaged thousands of dollars’ worth of stock.<br/><br/>When we think about it, we were lucky, firstly that no-one was hurt in the disaster. We were fortunate to be able to temporarily relocate to a smaller shop in Leven Street until our rebuild was complete.<br/><br/>We were also lucky too, that Julie from Balanced Accountancy was on board to assist. We all quickly became Insurance Loss Experts. We would get together and look at the figures from all angles. Initially we paid consultants who specialised in this type of work (at Julie’s recommendation) to advise us on the process and do some initial work for us. However, it became apparent to us that Julie was more than capable of taking this on.<br/><br/>Julie worked closely with our Insurance assessors. When a business literally crashes in, there is a lot of debate/arguments to be had in establishing the value of the loss, this can be quite a subjective process depending on what side of the insurance equation you are on. Julie was able to maximise our insurance claim and have several healthy debates with the assessors, backing her arguments with facts and figures. As we still joke with Julie, Julie speaks ‘accounting-ese’ – our insurance assessor spoke in this language also. Julie was able to deal with the assessors in their unique language and then relay the information to us in plain English. This helped us immensely.<br/><br/>Within 9 months we were back in our original space. The work did continue for Julie - as part of the claim also covered the time back in the new premises until we got completely back on our feet. We are grateful that Julie was able to dedicate a lot of time to preparing our loss claim. 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