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Re: Home improvement and tax

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I'd doubt that they'd accept it then after only two years of use - arguing that it needs to be replaced for reasons of functionality or degradation will be difficult

Any idea how much it costs to do the work and how much you stand to gain?

Reason for asking is to balance the potential gain against the cost of advice. I was led to believe I could save A LOT on my current house build and burned EIGHT GRAND on tax advice, only to be told that I couldn't claim at all

Anyway - balance the cost of a tax advisor at CHF500 per hour against what you might save and see if its worth picking up the phone. But my gut-feel is that it would be a stretch
We haven't even got any quotes yet, so I've no idea, maybe 6k - 8k?

500.- per hour for tax advice?
We paid a guy 100.- to sit with us for an hour and just check the returns I'd already filled in.
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