Taxation of Landlords and Tenants 2025
1.5 CPD Hours
Description
Get practical insights into common tax issues for landlords and tenants, including deductibility, fit-outs, and lease payments - illustrated with real-world case studies.
This highly practical webinar examines:
- Tax issues that are important to landlords, including the deductibility of expenses such as legal fees, repairs and maintenance, and expenses to meet the “healthy homes” standards; and
- Tax issues that affect both landlords and tenants, including the tax treatment of “free fit-outs”, and the tax treatment of lease inducements and lease surrender payments.
Case studies will illustrate the application of these issues.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
You will:
- Know when legal fees and other acquisition costs will be deductible
- Understand what amounts to “repairs and maintenance”
- Know when expenses to meet “healthy homes” standards will be deductible
- Learn when expenses can still be deducted when a property is vacant
- Understand the tax treatment of “free fit-outs”
- Know how lease inducement and surrender payments are taxed
SUITED TO
Accountants, tax lawyers, property lawyers and others who advise clients on land transactions.
PRESENTER
Stephen Tomlinson, Partner, Tomlinson Law
Stephen is a partner of Tomlinson Law. Stephen has lectured in taxation, finance and business law at the University of Canterbury and is a well-known presenter of taxation and trust seminars and webinars. Stephen advises accounting firms and law firms on a wide range of tax issues. He is a member of the NZLS taxation committee and is actively involved in consultation on law reform and official guidance on the taxation of commercial and residential rental properties.