NZ Property Investor

WHEN IS WORK MORE THAN MINOR?

YOUR ACCOUNTANT

Investors who have investigated or undertaken division or development with their investment property are likely to have had to come to grips with section CB12 of the Income Tax Act.

Section CB12 is one of the commonly cited land taxing provisions which can tax the disposal gains from land developed or divided within 10 years of acquisition where the work associated is “more than minor”.

The section has four exclusions which include schemes that result in residential

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