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Property A or B?

23 March 2010
Issue: 4248 / Categories: Forum & Feedback
A property developer and his wife purchased a second property with the intention of improving this and then using it as their main residence. The wife has now decided that she does not wish to live in the house. Is it too late to make an election that the house should be a main residence, and what are the potential tax implications?

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