Rubbachook (nice name), I think you don’t really lose the tax deductibility, but rather don’t get any extra, you should still be able to claim the interest on the original loan amount for the IP, but not, as C2 suggested, the increased amount as the purpose on increasing htis loan was to pay not business related debt. (gee that was a long sentance!)

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If you are going to be living in it, I would think it wise to consider using available funds to buy your house first and then borrowing on this for deposits for your IPs. this way you could decrease non deductible debt.

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Hi

Before the ATO can tax you, they have to know about the income. I’ve lived and worked in Japan before []

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Hi Fatboy

I agree with Phil and Annaw2 in that it would be better to pay down your PPOR mortgage first and then borrow the money back before you invest. You will be saving interest and increasing your tax dedcutions if you do.

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I don’t know about both of you being able to claim a PPOR. I beleive that each couple can only have one PPOR between them, and have even heard of people pretending they were separated so they could save tax (or evade tax?). You had better talk to an accountant about this, but you can probably claim a PPOR each up until you become a spouses (defacto?).

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Peter

Just going from memory, I beleive Bluestone will lend up to $2mil per security at 80% LVR- even on a low doc.

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Yes, GE Finance will also do 90% LVR low docs, but rates are over 10%. In these cases it may be better for you to be a wrappee, as the rate would be lower and the exit fees less. Exit fees on the non conforming lenders can be up to 4% of the loan amount.

Adelaide will do up to 80% LVR with mortgage insurance or up to 75% without. Same with ING. Suncorp will go up to 80% LVR with non LMI too. Then there is St George, ANZ that do low docs without LMI, but at a lower LVR – 60% to 65%.

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You probably don;t have any savings or cash as you have been putting everything into your home loan??

If you want to go ahead, then increasing your existing loan or refinancing would be the best way to go. Saving up a deposit would not be an efficient way to go as you could be putting htat money off your non deductible debt.

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hmm

Whoever said that may mean increasing the loans as the equity increases and using these funds as deposits on further cashflow positive property.

You could actually keep increasing your loans and using the money as tax free living expenses IF your property is growing much faster than you are using it.

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Sebastian

the limit is AUD $10,000, so us$9000 would be over.

but you could deposit whatever amount overseas, and then withdraw it here from ATMs. That shouldn’t show up.

If you wanted to make several deposits in Australia less than $10,000 than that would be an offence against the FTR Act, but it 4 transactions is not something very large!

Do a search on google on ‘tax havens’.

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