If you already hold an established investment property and plan to use the rental loss to reduce your tax bill, you’re fine. But if you’re
Australia’s CGT rules have been largely unchanged since 1999. From 1 July 2027, that changes. The 50% discount is gone, negative gearing is restricted, and
When you give money to a solicitor for a property settlement or let a real estate agent manage your rent, that money usually sits in
If your real estate agency holds trust money, you need a compliant audit report lodged with your state regulator every year. But most agents only
Trust account discrepancies don’t announce themselves. They build quietly across twelve months of small oversights, timing gaps, and items nobody followed up. By the time
Queensland’s real estate trust account rules exist to protect your money, whether you are a landlord, a buyer, or a tenant. But the rules only
Most ACT agents know the Agents Act 2003 exists. Fewer have actually read it closely enough to understand where the real compliance pressure sits, and
Most NSW real estate agents don’t lose their licence over fraud. They lose it over paperwork, missed reconciliations, wrong authorisations, and a lodgement nobody confirmed.
Managing money in real estate is a big responsibility. Buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants all have funds at stake—and that’s where trust accounts come in.
A conveyancer’s trust account audit is a mandatory formal annual review by an independent, qualified auditor. The auditor checks whether the conveyancer has handled client
