Part 2: Save tax through successful loan structuring

How you structure your loans can have a large impact on the tax you pay, your risk, your ability to build wealth, your cash flow and your general financial strength. Efficient loan structuring is a commonly overlooked and rarely understood topic but that’s not to say it’s overly complex. Like anything, you don’t know what you don’t know until you know it. Many people tend to carry a reasonable amount of (investment) debt throughout their working life so it’s especially important for you to ensure your mortgages are your servant, not your master. You can save a lot of tax by optimising your loan structure. Part 1 Loan structure # 1: Always borrow the maximum and use an offset Loan structure # 2: Always interest only Loan structure # 3: Minimise security Part 2 Loan structure # 4: Diversify lenders Loan structure # 5: Avoid cross-securitisation Loan structure # 6: Never mix business with pleasure Loan structure # 7: Stagger fixed rate expiry For further details, read this blog Read Stuart's latest book? He's only got 19 reviews on Amazon so far, if Wealth by Design helped you, leaving one would mean a lot: https://www.amazon.com.au/review/create-review?asin=192318654X Run your own business? Check out Business by Design, Stuart and Mena's show on starting, growing and exiting a business, at https://www.businessbydesignpodcast.com/ Our most popular free guides: Over the years we've written hundreds of articles. These three bring our best thinking together on the topics that matter most right now: choosing a super fund, debt recycling, and navigating the new tax changes. Download them here Got a question for the podcast? Email us at [email protected] Subscribe to my weekly blog: Stay connected here Important This podcast provides general information about finance, tax and credit. It doesn't take into account your specific objectives, financial situation or needs, so you need to assess whether it's relevant to your circumstances before acting on it. If you're not sure, speak to a licensed, trustworthy professional.