Who benefits most from negative gearing?

Who benefits most from negative gearing?

The workers most likely to negatively gear are among the highest earning,but you might be surprised to find out how common it also is in your profession.

  • byRachel Eddie andCraig Butt

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A form guide to Labor’s bold tax plans - and why they're too bold

A form guide to Labor’s bold tax plans - and why they're too bold

Not since the GST elections of 1993 and 1998 has a political party put forward such an ambitious plan to raise tax revenue. It's riddled with unfairness.

  • byRobert Carling
Renters,there's no need to fear the negative gearing scare campaign
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Renters,there's no need to fear the negative gearing scare campaign

Estate agency Raine&Horne has tried to alarm renters about Labor's proposed policy changes,but the only interests the firm is protecting are its own.

  • byDanielle Wood
Mark Bouris robocall on Labor negative gearing faces AEC questions

Mark Bouris robocall on Labor negative gearing faces AEC questions

The investment adviser's robocalls were not properly authorised.

  • byShane Wright
Moody's dramatically downgrades its forecasts for house prices

Moody's dramatically downgrades its forecasts for house prices

The ratings agency has revised its property market forecast,predicting house prices in some suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne to fall more than 15 per cent this year.

  • byShane Wright
Multi-property owning landlords grow as negative gearing wanes

Multi-property owning landlords grow as negative gearing wanes

The proportion of Australians losing money on rental homes is falling but new figures reveal a growing number of people with at least three properties.

  • byShane Wright
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Negative gearing change to start on January 1 should Labor win the election

Negative gearing change to start on January 1 should Labor win the election

The Morrison government plans to make the policy a focus of the federal election.

The end of the property boom:Is the worst still to come?

The end of the property boom:Is the worst still to come?

To some it's a bloodbath. Others see it as a correction. But all agree Australia's property boom is well and truly over.

  • byShane Wright andEryk Bagshaw
Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten ask Australians to take sides on the dream of home ownership

Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten ask Australians to take sides on the dream of home ownership

Morrison and Shorten each have a different concept of fairness,and an entirely different voter in mind. But Labor is tapping into the anxiety of younger Australians with astonishing force.

  • byDavid Crowe
'A lot of people are getting things wrong':Tax chief warns property investors

'A lot of people are getting things wrong':Tax chief warns property investors

A random audit of 300 tax returns of property investors has revealed widespread errors.

  • byJessica Irvine
Using special effects,Scott Morrison makes Bill Shorten's $200 billion plan look like a hammer blow

Using special effects,Scott Morrison makes Bill Shorten's $200 billion plan look like a hammer blow

The latest scare in Australian politics relies on a very big number with very little context to convince voters to fear the unknown.

  • byDavid Crowe