{"id":3526,"date":"2026-10-03T20:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chipkie.com\/au\/?p=3526"},"modified":"2026-10-03T20:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:40:14","slug":"family-loan-tracker-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chipkie.com\/au\/blog\/2026\/10\/03\/family-loan-tracker-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Loan Tracker: How to Record Loans in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

By The Chipkie Team<\/strong>, Personal Finance Editorial Team  \u00b7  Last updated 3 October 2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Money moves between family members constantly in Australia \u2014 a deposit top-up, a car, a surprise dental bill, a few months of rent while someone retrains. What almost never moves alongside it is a written record. A simple family loan tracker<\/strong> fixes that: a single, dated record of what was advanced, what has been repaid, and what is still owing. In 2026, with more parents lending into a tight housing market and more adult children leaning on family for cost-of-living relief, that record is often the only thing standing between a loan and an argument.<\/p>\n

The good news is that Australia makes this easier than most countries. There is no gift tax and no inheritance tax here, so the question is rarely “what will the ATO charge us?” It is almost always “can we prove what we agreed?”<\/p>\n

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