{"id":28844,"date":"2025-07-18T12:26:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whiteeaglerealty.com.au\/?p=28844"},"modified":"2026-02-22T23:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:32:13","slug":"tax-tips-for-rental-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whiteeaglerealty.com.au\/?p=28844","title":{"rendered":"Tax Tips for Rental Providers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>17 June 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released new tools and tailored guidance to help property investors and real estate professionals get their tax returns right this year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tailored Tax Tips for Real Estate Workers<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>The occupation guide includes:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Which deductions can be claimed\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Income that must be declared\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recordkeeping requirements\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can access the guide at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ato.gov.au\/realestate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>ato.gov.au\/realestate<\/u><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t Forget Your Records<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>To claim work-related expenses, you\u2019ll need to prove:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You spent the money yourself and weren\u2019t reimbursed\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The expense relates directly to earning your income\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You have the appropriate records \u2013 such as receipts showing supplier, cost, date, and nature of the expense\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The ATO recommends using the <em>myDeductions<\/em> tool in the ATO app to stay organised year-round. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ato.gov.au\/keepingrecords\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>ato.gov.au\/keepingrecords<\/u><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Claiming Charitable Donations<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>If you donated to charity this year, check that the organisation is a registered Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR), that the donation qualifies, and that you have a valid receipt. Only true gifts or donations, given without expectation of benefit, can be claimed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More info at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ato.gov.au\/giftsdonations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>ato.gov.au\/giftsdonations<\/u><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Support for Property Investors<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>The ATO\u2019s <em>Investors Toolkit<\/em> covers key areas including:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The top 10 tax tips for rental property owner\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Correctly claiming repairs, maintenance, and capital works\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interest and borrowing expense deductions\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Managing capital gains tax when selling property\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Investors can download the full toolkit or individual factsheets at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ato.gov.au\/investorstoolkit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>ato.gov.au\/investorstoolkit<\/u><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is also a helpful video series available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ato.gov.au\/rentalvideos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>ato.gov.au\/rentalvideos<\/u><\/a>, which breaks down topics like co-ownership and using <em>myTax<\/em> for rental returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source <a href=\"https:\/\/reiv.com.au\/our-industry\/news\/tax-tips-for-rental-providers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REIV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17 June 2025 The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released new tools and tailored guidance to help property investors and real estate professionals get their tax returns right this year.&nbsp;&nbsp; Tailored Tax Tips for Real Estate Workers&nbsp;The occupation guide includes:&nbsp; You can access the guide at ato.gov.au\/realestate.&nbsp; Don\u2019t Forget Your Records&nbsp;To claim work-related expenses, you\u2019ll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteeaglerealty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteeaglerealty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteeaglerealty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiteeaglerealty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiteeaglerealty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whiteeaglerealty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30373,"href":"https:\/\/whiteeaglerealty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28844\/revisions\/30373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiteeaglerealty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteeaglerealty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiteeaglerealty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiteeaglerealty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}