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Capital gains tax: timing of event and exemptions read icon 3 min read
Tax & Legal • 26 Feb 2018
Capital gains tax: timing of event and exemptions
Taxes, whether you like it or not, will be a constant part of your investment journey. Find out more about one of the most common taxes that investors have to deal...
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APRA IO reductions 'blunt interventions', cost taxpayers $500m read icon 2 min read
Tax & Legal • 09 Feb 2018
APRA IO reductions ‘blunt interventions’, cost taxpayers $500m
Lending restrictions put in place by APRA on interest-only loans have cost Australian taxpayers an approximate $500 million a year, according to the Productivity...
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Scott Morrison read icon 2 min read
Tax & Legal • 07 Feb 2018
Scott Morrison on neg gearing scandal: “The Treasurer is going to have his view”
The Treasurer has spoken out on his opposition regarding the potential implementation of Labor’s policy to remove negative gearing, claiming his decisions are made...
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Victoria, house for rent, rental, property investment, rental market, property rental, property investing, Victoria rental reforms read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 01 Feb 2018
Victoria rental reforms address ‘politics’, not ‘problems’
A recently formed council of property investors has claimed that Victoria’s recent proposed reforms to the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 would create more issues than...
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stamp duty read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 23 Jan 2018
Remove stamp duty, senior economist says
A senior economist has said governments should consider removing stamp duty, which he claims is one of the most inefficient taxes in the economy.
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Stamp duty predicted to keep rising if left unchecked read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 17 Jan 2018
Stamp duty predicted to keep rising if left unchecked
Since the 1980s, stamp duty has increased almost three times faster than house prices, and HIA’s senior economist claims it is the major force behind the housing...
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Parliament house read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 16 Jan 2018
Government drafts housing affordability plan
In order to “improve housing outcomes for Australians”, the federal government has released draft legislation to help establish a new Commonwealth entity.
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Thumbs down, Don’t make the same ‘devastating’ mistake again read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 12 Jan 2018
Don’t make the same ‘devastating’ mistake again: Ray White on negative gearing, CGT
The chairman of Ray White, Brian White, has warned policymakers that any drastic changes to negative gearing and CGT discounts, such as recently revealed Treasury...
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investment, property investing, negative, home, houses, property prices read icon 2 min read
Tax & Legal • 08 Jan 2018
Negative gearing removal, altering CGT, would have had “small” impact on property prices
Documents acquired under freedom of information laws, which reveal Labor policies in early 2016 to alter the CGT discount and the removal of negative gearing, were...
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Parliament house read icon 1 min read
Tax & Legal • 08 Dec 2017
First Home Super Saver Scheme and downsizing incentives pass both houses
Following the news of marriage equality passing both houses of Parliament, bills on downsizing incentives and the ability for first home buyers to use superannuation to...
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