Property Advisory
At Hall Chadwick, we specialise in strategic, high-level consulting advice for investors in the property industry, including developers, speculators or long-term investors.
Why Hall Chadwick
At Hall Chadwick we specialise in strategic, high-level consulting advice for investors in the property industry, including developers, speculators, or long-term investors.
Business Structuring for Growth
- Analysis of the objectives of the owners both at the entity level and the personal level
- Selection of entity to purchase property – trust, company, joint venture, partnership, co-ownership etc. Considering issues such as:
- How to minimise income tax and CGT
- GST advice
- Stamp duties
- Tax profile of investors in entity
- Distribution of income
- Income sources for future expansion
- Asset protection (i.e., for entity and investors)
- Estate and Succession planning
- Winding up of entities
Asset Acquisition and Disposals
- Due diligence services on sale or purchasel
- Maximising deductions on property demolitions, redevelopments
- Deducting pre-trading activities – GST credits, tax deductibility (black hole expenditure)
- Deductibility of interest, depreciation of property, fixtures, chattels
- Minimising CGT on land sales
- GST – going concern, margin scheme, GST-free sales, input taxed.
- Identifying Stamp Duty issues
- Property transfers within group / related entities – stamp duties, CGT rollover, cost base, tax payable, consideration.
Contracts/Agreements/ Constitutional documents
- Evaluation the impact of GST, income tax and other taxation and commercial issues
- Reviewing trust deeds in relation to ability to borrow funds, distribute income and capital, ultimate beneficiary clauses.
- Creating of rights and options i.e., pre-emptive rights of purchase
Other Taxation Considerations
- Utilising our international contacts to minimise global tax and maximise ability to raise capital.
- Repatriation of funds to Australia
- Foreign sourced investments, income, withholding taxes, Double Tax Agreements
Debt Financing
Hall Chadwick has a finance broking division, Navigator Financial Services, which can assist you in obtaining the best and most suitable products to assist with the acquisition and/or development costs associated with your investment.
Other Taxation Considerations
- Construction contracts – review of issues on transition to GST
- Sale of premises – gross margin scheme, going concern provisions.
- Joint venture operations – implications on parties
- Claiming input tax credits on acquisitions, ongoing supplies, and apportionment methodologies
- GST review of operations, including BAS preparation.