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BrewMeister(Initiate)Initiate
22 July 2022

I have an owner occupier mortgage on my primary residence. My brother would like to loan me some money to use as an extra payment on my mortgage, to reduce my mortgage interest payments. I would pay my brother back at some (unknown) point in the future.


If at some point I convert my primary residence to an investment property & withdraw money from the mortgage to pay back my brother, will interest payments on the full outstanding mortgage be tax deductible? Or would the part that I withdrew to pay back my brother not be? Does the timing of withdrawing from the mortgage - before or after converting to an investment property - make a difference?

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Bruce4Tax(Taxicorn)Taxicorn
ATO Certified Response23 July 2022


If at some point I convert my primary residence to an investment property & withdraw money from the mortgage to pay back my brother, will interest payments on the full outstanding mortgage be tax deductible?


No - because that is not borrowing to acquire an income producing asset


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Bruce4Tax(Taxicorn)Taxicorn
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If at some point I convert my primary residence to an investment property & withdraw money from the mortgage to pay back my brother, will interest payments on the full outstanding mortgage be tax deductible?


No - because that is not borrowing to acquire an income producing asset


BrewMeister(Initiate)Initiate
26 July 2022

But in this case, one loan is being converted into two loans (one bank, one private) and then being converted back into one loan (bank), without the total amount owed changing - why would that mean that interest on the total amount was not deductible?

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