Plain-English guides for
AU property investors.
Depreciation, rental statements, tax classification — written by people who actually file these returns. No “consult your accountant” cop-outs; we link to the ATO rulings.
- ATORecord keepingCompliance
ATO record keeping for property investors: what you need to keep, for how long, and why
A plain-English summary of the ATO's record-keeping requirements for AU rental property investors — income, expenses, capital, depreciating assets — sourced directly from ato.gov.au. Not tax advice.
2026-05-1810 min readRead article - Record keepingReceiptsWorkflow
How to organise property investment receipts (an Australian investor's workflow)
The practical workflow for capturing, filing and retaining property investment receipts — folder structure, the 24-hour rule, what context to capture beyond the receipt itself, and how to handle paper-only edge cases.
2026-05-189 min readRead article - RentalReconciliationProperty management
Rental statement reconciliation: annual vs periodic, the AU property manager edition
Why annual rental summaries never match the sum of periodic statements (and what the gap means at tax time), the seven-step manual reconciliation process most accountants do, and how to automate it.
2026-05-178 min readRead article - DepreciationTaxProperty investment
The Australian property investor’s guide to depreciation schedules (Div 40 & Div 43)
How depreciation actually works for AU residential investment property — what Div 40 and Div 43 are, what you can claim without a quantity surveyor, and where most investors leave money on the table.
2026-05-1712 min readRead article