miltiades wrote:B25 wrote:miltiades wrote:Obviously I wasted my time becoming an accountant !!
I wasn't aware that you can classify a debt as an expense I thought a debt was a liability!!
Milti, I think you wasted your years a s an accountant.
I agree with Paphiti, getting the Capital structure right Debt to Asset increase your returns and yes you can use mortgage payments as a tax write off.
Even it you have money, you need to have debt so to free up more money for more investments.
For as long as your debt is serviceable you are doing ok.
Look lets stop these NONSENSE. A debt can not be used an expense either on personal or business tax declarations.
Only the INTEREST on the debt.
Now don't argue for fs.
Yes Coco Moco.
It's the cost of your debt that is tax deductible. What debt allows you to do is unlocking your Capital Assets to buy more assets or to engage in business activities like buying land, or developing. Without the debt, you would have to sell assets and that isn't good.
The key is making sure you can service the debt and my debts are completely serviceable just from my residuals. They are also attributed to various business interests or activities revolving around property and some development as well. A mixture of residential and commercial. My leverage is actually in the low teens.
My accountant wants me to be more aggressive but I don't have the time to do more developments unless I employ someone to look after them. My approach is considered by my accountant to be conservative and low exposure. But that costs me too a lot of tax.
When I retire in a few years, I will be able to do all this as more of a hobby and take on more debts for my kids.