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外国投资审查委员会(FIRB)

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外国投资审查委员会,简称FIRB主要负责评估澳洲的海外投资 – 包括外籍人士购买澳洲住宅房产。 无论是临时澳洲居民或是纯海外人士, 在澳洲购房前,都必须先向FIRB提出购房申请。

什么是临时居民? 什么是纯海外人士?

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临时居民:

  • 持有临时签证,并且临时签证有效期可以在澳洲连续逗留超过12个月(不管签证有效期还剩多长时间); 或者
  • 居住在澳大利亚,并已经提交了永久居民签证的申请以及持有过桥签证,并且允许他/她居留在澳洲直到永久签证申请完成。

临时居民将包括以下澳大利亚签证持有人:

偏远地区担保技术移民 (临时签证)(489类)

纯海外人士:

  • 没有居住在澳洲的海外人士  
  • 或者没有持有任何澳洲签证的海外人士 
  • 或者持有12个月以下有效起的澳洲临时签证的海外人士,例如旅游签证

临时居民能在澳洲购买什么类型的住宅物业?

澳洲房产主要分为    

  1. 新房
  2. 二手房 
  3. 空置土地

新房:

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澳洲临时居民可以在澳洲没有数量限制的购买新房用于自主或者投资。澳洲临时居民可以购买二手房作为主要住所,之后再购买新房作为投资。每购买一套新房,都需要向 FIRB提出申请, 通常会无条件获批。 

新房不包括旧房翻新也不包括装修房。 

二手房

二手房通常指在二手市场的住宅。 如果一个住宅已经建立并且之前被其他业主占领, 这个住宅就属于二手房。 

临时居民只能购买1套二手房并且只能把这套二手房作为家庭住宅。 这套房不能用于出租。一旦临时居民搬出二手房,这套房也必须在3个月内出售。换句话说,临时居民购买的这套二手房不能用于作为投资房。 另外, 临时居民如果想把购买的二手房拆除并且重建,在买这套房之前必须先获得FIRB的批准。 

空置土地

临时居民可以在澳洲购买空置土地进行房产开发,购买之前需要向FIRB提出申请。 空置土地的购买受限于以下几个条件:

  • 4年内必须完成土地开发
  • 住宅竣工证明应在收到后30天内提交

纯海外人士能在澳洲购买什么类型的住宅物业?

纯海外人士向FIRB提出申请后, 一般能购买新房,空置土地。 

纯海外人士一般情况下不能购买二手房。

相关的费用

澳洲临时居民和纯海外人士在澳洲购房要支付比澳洲公民更多的费用,尤其是FIRB的收购费和印花税。。

FIRB申请费用

  • $ 100万澳币以下房产:$ 5,700
  • $ 100万澳币到$ 1,999,999房产:$ 11,500
  • $ 200万澳币至$ 2,999,999房产:$ 23,100
  • $ 300万澳币至$ 3,999,999房产:$ 34,600
  • $ 400万澳币至$ 4,999,999房产:$ 46,200
  • $ 500万澳币到$ 5,999,999房产:$ 57,700
  • $ 600万澳币到$ 6,999,999房产:$ 69,300
  • $ 700万澳币$7,999,999房产:$ 80,900
  • $ 800万澳币至$8,999,999房产:$ 92,600
  • $ 900万澳币到$ 9,999,999房产:$ 104,100

更多细节,请参照完整FIRB收购费用列表:http://firb.gov.au/resources/guidance/gn29/

 

额外印花税

无论是澳洲公民,永久居民,临时居民还是纯海外人士在澳洲购买房产都需要支付印花税。州与州之间的的印花税额度不一样。

临时居民和纯海外人士除了要支付印花税,还有需要支付额外比例的印花税。 

各个州的额外印花税(百分比乘以房屋价格):

  • 维多利亚 8%
  • 新南威尔士州 8%
  • 昆士兰 7%
  • 南澳大利亚州 7%
  • 西澳大利亚 7%
  • 塔斯马尼亚 3%

更对信息,请查看外国公民印花税和税收的完整和详细清单。

以南澳州为例, 购买70万澳币的房子,澳洲公民或永久居民需要支付$32330澳币的印花税。而临时居民和纯海外人士需要额外支付$49000澳币的印花税,一共要支付$81330澳币。

*注:请确认更新的税率,税率时常改变。

购买澳洲房产会有好几种费用和税费, 它们的费率不同如果你在不同的州以及持有不同的签证。 当购买澳大利亚房地产,我们强烈建议您咨询专业的税务代理/澳大利亚税务局和会计,以确保你知道所有的费用。

临时居民能出租所购买房屋吗?

对于临时居民来说, 你们可能会想建几套住宅房屋作为一种投资方式。很多这些住宅房屋可以被租出去,因此,业主们可以获得租金收入。 临时居民可以出租住宅房屋,只要这些房屋是属于新房。 根据规定,临时居民只能买一套二手房作为主要居住房屋,并且二手房不能出租。

如果我没有遵守FIRB的规定,会面临什么惩处?

违反FIRB规定,将招致刑事和民事处罚。此外,有关财产将被迫出售因为其财产所有权是非法的。 因此, 大家最好遵守FIRB的规定并且随时联系FIRB如果你们对程序和要求上有任何疑惑。 FIRB的联系信息提供如下.

克里斯·约翰斯顿 – Work Visa Lawyers的首席移民律师的评论:

购买住宅物业是许多澳大利亚临时居民和永久居民待在澳洲的首要考虑因素。住宅物业可以购买作为家庭住宅和主要居所,或作为投资的安全资产。如果你是一个临时居留签证持有人,你需要联系FIRB,以确保您遵守投资澳洲房产的政策与规则。不遵守规定可能会造成不必要的经济损失。

凭经验估计,如果你是临时居住在澳大利亚,你必须在购买物业之前先寻求FIRB的批准。

作为永久居民,你将不会受到FIRB的限制,因此,我建议临时居民尽快申请永久居民,一旦你们有资格成为永久居民。以永久居民的身份,你可以放心地投资购买住宅物业因为你不需要遵守FIRB的要求。 

Work Visa Lawyers理解,在澳洲拥有一个家是在这个国度安顿下来的第一大步。我们希望本文能为您提供有关购买你的第一处澳洲房产的必要知识。

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