Granny flat income
Question from Greg updated on 22nd January 2013:
We have a separate one bedroom, self contained 'granny flat' on our property (it doesn't have an oven). We currently rent it out for $190 a week. Do we need to declare this income?
Our expert Mark Withers responded:
Yes, you must declare the income where you are letting a flat attached to your home. You can choose one of two methods to determine the expenses you can claim. Either keep a recoprd of the actual expenses for the flat or keep a record of the entire costs of holding the property and apportion these based on the percentage by area rented out.
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