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capitalising interestnejas [20 Posts] Can anyone point out the pro's and con's of capitalising interest? From what I understand if set up right your repayments from equity and the interest charged on that to repay your interest loan will be less than the capital growth of the property itself? A selfpaying IP? If you are using equity is that coming from an existing property or PPR, or from the IP? What happens to the ability to leverage when eating into equity? Cheers Scott No Mates [794 Posts]  As you are increasing your debt levels by borrowing from your equity (eg via a LOC) you are effectively reducing your ability to further leverage the property for any other purpose. Unless the property is experiencing rapid capital growth (and the bank will allow more frequent reassessment of the property's value) then you will hit a brick wall quite quickly.   newbi2 [181 Posts] It is of use when running a short to medium term development project to allow the project to be self sufficient whilst waiting to be completed and settlements to occur. Of course the obvious problem is if they dont sell. All comes down to the numbers and what risk you (and the beank) are prepared to wear. Terryw [6490 Posts]  If you borrow to pay interest on a investment property or capitalise the interest (same thing really), then this can free up money which can be used to pay down your non-deductible debt faster while increasing your tax deductions. Becareful as you don't want it look like a scheme to save tax. Terryw Joseph12 [25 Posts] Capitalising interest is: nejas [20 Posts] I understand freeing up funds to use elsewhere eg non deductable debt which I presume is your PPD. How though is using debt to pay debt turn neg into positive cashflow on an IP? DexterJambles [12 Posts] I might just add a quick thought.... Can you capitalise the interest on the LOC and place any cash flow into an offset account rather than paying the interest on the LOC itself? For example:
So although the LOC is decreasing, you are maximising the use of your income channels by offsetting against the highest interest rate while also ensuring it isn't tied up & can be used for future purchases (both IP & personal). Does this sound right? Terryw [6490 Posts] Dexter I had some discussions on this with an exATO guy and he suggested something similar. You would be borrowing to pay investment expenses which is acceptable business practice, but there is still a risk the ATO will deem it a scheme to reduce tax. It may also help to have the LOC and the home loan at a different bank - to make it look less like that capitalising interest product from the Hart's case. Not paying down the PPOR loan, but having an offset would also look better than paying the loan down. Terryw |
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