The Weekly Post

Accountant Explains | How to Not Pay Tax Again (It's Not What You Think) [Special EP01]

Alex Shang

Published on: 10/12/2025

How do you legally pay zero tax, forever? How do you legally make money and still keep the tax office completely in the dark? To get to the bottom of this, I got on a plane and flew all the way to the United Arab Emirates. I sat down with accounting firms, one after another, and I went through property development projects after projects in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. And in the end, I really did find a near-perfect solution. This setup is tailor-made for people who feel crushed by Australia’s sky-high personal income tax.

Australian Real Estate Investment

Help to Buy Explained: How 50x Leverage Could Reshape Australia’s Property Market. EP120

Alex Shang

Published on: 03/12/2025

On 5 December, the Federal Government’s “Help to Buy” scheme officially goes live. And this is not some minor policy tweak. This is the government stepping directly onto the field, carrying 50-times leverage, charging straight into the property market, and actively speculating in housing. You heard that right: 50-times leverage. As long as you’ve got a 2% deposit, the remaining 98% is split—part of it is carried by the government, the rest is lent to you by the bank. What does that mean? People who originally couldn’t afford to buy, who couldn’t save a deposit, are now being dragged into the housing market by this policy.

Australian Real Estate Investment

Will This Secret Loan Crackdown Crash Australian Property Again? EP119

Alex Shang

Published on: 26/11/2025

The Australian property market had been running hot, and then all of a sudden, it’s like someone poured a bucket of cold water over it. A low-profile government body, which actually holds life-and-death power over the housing market and bank lending, has stepped forward and said: “Australian commercial banks have been pushing residential investment property loans too much. High loan-to-income investment lending is growing quickly, and the overall risk in the mortgage system is rising.” Many people in the industry are reading this as a clear sign that tighter rules on investment property lending might be just around the corner.

Australian Real Estate Investment

The $100k Trap When Passing Your Property to Your Kids (6 ways to solve it) EP118

Alex Shang

Published on: 19/11/2025

For many families in Australia, owning a property is not the ultimate goal; instead, it is passing it on to the children. But when it actually comes time to pass that property on, a lot of parents and children suddenly realise they're completely lost. Transferring a home isn't as simple as just changing the name on the title. From gifting to inheritance, from using a trust to transferring the loan, from stamp duty to capital gains tax — every method has its own tax implications and legal risks. Get it wrong, and you could easily end up paying well over a hundred thousand dollars in unnecessary tax and fees.

Australian Real Estate Investment