What a property buyer needs to know about Bali: the rules for a foreigner, how a purchase runs, taxes and letting. One question per write-up.
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It is usually described as "the way to buy land in Bali", and that is the first thing to correct. The company does not make a foreigner a landowner — it solves a different problem.
Read on →“Buy a villa, let it to tourists” is sold as passive income. Legally it is hotel activity, requiring land rights, a building permit, an accommodation licence and tax registration.
Read on →Bali is sold as one place, but the island long ago split into several markets with different economics. A villa in Canggu and one in Ubud are different businesses.
Read on →The tax side of Bali is discussed less often than the legal side, wrongly: it is what separates a promised yield from a received one. And the form of ownership changes all of it.
Read on →A plot in an agricultural zone, no PBG building approval, letting without an accommodation licence, height limits. What to check in the documents before you pay — and why demolitions are real.
Read on →A long-term lease on Bali is a contract, not a title — it protects you only as far as it’s written. Eight clauses whose absence most often turns a purchase into a dispute with nothing to point to.
Read on →Full land ownership in Indonesia is reserved for citizens. Foreigners can access a right of use, a long-term lease, or ownership through a PT PMA company. What separates the three at the point of exit.
Read on →Telegram is the fastest way — I answer personally.
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