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  • Profile photo of dirty sanchezdirty sanchez
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    here's the deal, my wife has recently sold her IP. We are looking at putting the $  in my offset account linked to my PPOR mortgage or straight on the PPOR mortgage. The effect on interest and accessability is negligble( westpac premier rocket) we can redraw at no cost .
    The question is on  future options, say we buy a new PPOR and seek to use the current PPOR as an IP , we would be better to keep the money OUT of the mortgage in the offset accnt so we can take the $ with us leaving a debt on the IP for neg gearing etc ?

    We are looking at a joint account/mortgage for our current PPOR with offset account  as we have just been married, any obvious issue with future options/taxation etc I earn significantly more than her, better keeping accounts seperate for any reason?

    thanks

    Profile photo of TerrywTerryw
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    don't pay it into the loan, keeping it in the offset is ideal for the future PPOR>

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    Profile photo of Richard TaylorRichard Taylor
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    Terry has hit the nail on the head.

    Dont pay off the loan as the interest on redrawn amount will not be Tax deductible.

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    Profile photo of dirty sanchezdirty sanchez
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    even when i can redraw from the loan at a click of a button ?

    Profile photo of Dan42Dan42
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    dirty sanchez wrote:
    even when i can redraw from the loan at a click of a button ?

    Yes, because the test for deductibility of interest is, what were the borrowed funds used for? As, in your example, they would be used for a new PPOR, the interest on the redraw would not be deductible.

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