Property and equity

Investment property cashflow

The number an investor asks for is what it costs them a week. This works it out from rent, the repayment and the running costs, then shows how the tax deduction changes it.

Your numbers

650,000

130,000

620

Two per cent is about one week a year.

4,500

Result

After tax, a week

$207.37 out

Rent after vacancy
$31,595
Loan repayments a year
$38,421
Management fee
$2,212
Rates, insurance, strata
$4,500
Cash position before tax
-$13,537

Out of pocket before any deduction.

Taxable loss
$7,444

Interest is deductible; the principal portion of the repayment is not.

Gross yield
4.96%

Negative gearing turns a loss into a smaller loss. It is still a loss, and it only pays off if the property grows enough to cover it.

What this does not tell you · This is not tax advice and no part of it should be relied on as such. Depreciation, capital works, ownership structure, land tax and capital gains all change the answer, and only a registered tax agent can give a client theirs.

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