Property Management

New ring-fencing rules in play

Landlords - don’t forget about the Government’s changes to the rules around the ring-fencing of rental losses as they are now in force, Inland Revenue is warning.

Friday, October 11th 2019

This week Inland Revenue issued a reminder that from the 2019-2020 income year, residential property deductions can no longer be offset against other income like salary.

Deductions for residential properties are now ring-fenced so they can only be used against income from that property.

Under the new “ring-fencing” rules, landlords can only claim deductions up to the amount of income they earn from rental properties for the year.

Landlords must carry forward deductions over that amount, but they can use these deductions to offset rental income in future income years.

The rules generally apply no matter whether the property is held in a partnership, trust or company.

All rental property owners who run their rental properties at a loss will be affected.

This includes so-called ‘mum and dad’ type investors with one or two rental properties, as well as bigger players with a larger portfolio.

But if someone owns more than one residential rental property they can choose whether to apply the rules across their portfolio or on a property by property basis.

Inland Revenue emphasises that the rules don’t apply to someone’s main home, farmland, or property used mainly as a business premises.

The new rules, which apply from 1 April 2019 and are for the 2019-20 and later income years, were passed into legislation by Parliament in June this year and came into effect immediately.

They are controversial for many investor advocates, who say they will have negative consequences and make it harder for investors to supply rental properties.

Many – including the NZ Property Investors Federation’s Andrew King, Gilligan Rowe & Associates’ Matthew Gilligan and Stop the War on Tenancies’ Mike Butler – also say the new rules will hurt vulnerable "mum and dad" investors, but not rich property speculators.

Read more:

Ring-fencing Bill hits Parliament 

Loss ring-fencing ups war on renters & owners  

Comments

On Saturday, October 12th 2019 11:06 am Trevorstewart20 said:

I have yet to read a valid argument as to why this is a good idea? Window dressing as a Labour voter sop, because it supposedly hits only the " rich".

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