Ring Fencing of rental losses

New legislation has been enacted on 26 June 2019 which restricts taxpayers from being able to offset their rental losses derived from residential investment property against other sources of income. The rules take effect from 1 April 2019, the current financial year!

Ring fencing can be calculated on a portfolio approach or a property by property approach. The portfolio approach is the default position. This means if an investor has more than one property, losses of one property can offset against the income of another. 

On the sale of the rental property the rules provide either a partial or full release of the loss depending on various factors. If you depend on tax refunds arising from your rental losses you may need to review your cashflow . In some cases where the tax refund has been taken into consideration by banks where funding has been tight, this may have an impact on those with lower incomes and higher loan to value ratios (LVR) if interest rates rise. 

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