Perhaps the most contentious and expensive regulation changes to the village sector for some years will come to the next week when the New South Wales government announces its new regulations, particularly on capital costs, and many being surprise amendments. The RVA at short notice engaged the industry to present a balanced view of village operations viability - affecting both for-profit and private operators. Many operators are unaware of the challenge to the viability of their businesses.
ATO plans to charge GST on manufactured home parks scrapped
A concerted effort by the Residents Association of manufactured home parks has headed off the ATO which had planned to impose GST in mobile homes. This would have added 10% to the cost of the purchase of a home