‘Negative gearing’ has been a topic of frequent debate. This flagpost summarises some of the estimates of the impact of negative gearing on the Commonwealth Budget.

This article discusses a report released by the Property Council of Australia about negative gearing.

Australia has witnessed a remarkable shift in public attitudes to public spending and tax over the last two years. We no longer feel overtaxed. We want more spent on public services, especially health and education, and we are willing to pay more tax to enable that. These sentiments were first revealed in the 2014 Per...

This report attempts to break the current political impasse by provide a range of politically pragmatic proposals that would reform negative gearing without abolishing it outright. In each of these scenarios, existing investors are quarantined, with negative gearing only partially restricted. In addition, this report has also attempted to identify opportunities that would restructure negative...

This report argues that the current arrangements for taxation of asset incomes are flawed and recommends changes. Overview