Interest payment doc for TAX time

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  1. DareDevil

    DareDevil Well-Known Member

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    Hi All

    I bought my first IP FY15 financial year and regarding the interest payments on the loan and tax time, what document to bring to the accountant, normally I get the PAYE advice from my employer and other tax time docs from like my health insurance etc.
    But I didn't get any specific document from my bank with the interest payments at the end of the year,
    What do you guys bring to the accountant fro the interest payment on the loan?

    Thanks
     
    DareDevil, 27th Jul, 2015
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  2. Terry_w

    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    No docs - just tell the accountant the figure. Make a summary on excel.
     
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  3. S.T

    S.T Well-Known Member

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    Accountants tend to charge more (from my experience) when you rock up with a stack of documents, get it all down in Excel.
     
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  4. DareDevil

    DareDevil Well-Known Member

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    Actually i need to rephrase my question,
    Are we as investors supposed to get a end of year summary document from our bank for the interest we paid, or are we supposed to calculate the amount using information on internet banking page or something?
     
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  5. Paul@PAS

    Paul@PAS Tax, Accounting + SMSF + All things Property Tax Business Plus Member

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    No they don't issue a letter etc. The bank will issue bank statements occasionally (6mths?). But with online access you can see the interest charged...It will be in the debit column. The repayments are in the credit column. Don't use that figure. Worth printing it out as there can be fees and charges that could be deductible in some way ie LMI, etc.
     
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  6. DareDevil

    DareDevil Well-Known Member

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    Thanks Paul
    That is exactly what i was after.
     
    DareDevil, 27th Jul, 2015
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