Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Carbon tax increase 25Jun 12, 2012 10:28 pm deb17 I hope your right Casa2, our house insurance went up $200.00 nothing to do with the tax. I managed to talk it back down $120.00 as we have had insurance with them forever. That's a very good point and almost worthy of it's own thread (coming soon...). What you pay for insurance is actually negotiable. Geoff - Decophile. Re: Carbon tax increase 27Jun 13, 2012 12:55 am Well they cant blame transport costs with the fuel prices going down at the moment the exemption applies only to your principal place of residence - so you must live in it. The 200 days is continuous. You also have to apply for the exemption. 2 11064 If it's your primary residence then there is no tax deductions to be made. 4 100821 Just to makea point about this, an approach that some people have found sucessful in negotiating these rises down, Is to provide some workings to the builder, specifying… 4 64748 |