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Forget Australia, head stateside for property yield

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... approached by clients - mainly self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees - willing to invest in property through negative gearing. "We just don't think that's the best structure to invest in property," Philpot said, and added that "negative gearing is ...

No changes to neg gearing, super in Budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... budget, the Prime Minister and Assistant Treasurer have said there will be no changes to tax policy regarding negative gearing or superannuation. On speculation that the government might act to limit negative gearing on residential property investment ...

One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... throughout the Australian community as a fundamental plank of wealth creation. As a result, radically adjusting negative gearing without adequate warning is likely to have severe microeconomic and political consequences.

RBA should take action on negative gearing: AUI

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... The Reserve Bank of Australia should take action to address the current distortions over investment housing and negative gearing, Australian Unity Investments (AUI) chief executive David Bryant said. Bryant argued that addressing the issues around negative ...

Advisers to study for 200 hours under TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... course on taxation law to cover concepts such as income, deductions, residence, the principles of the taxation of negative gearing, home office and holiday expenses or fixed income investments. The course on commercial law should include an introduction ...

Advisers turn budget into opportunity to engage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... Rae also recorded a video and said that the new tax on high income earners is likely to see "strategies such as negative gearing or claiming of deductible expenses to bring income below that threshold level." He also referred to changes on non-concessional ...

Super subsidies cost $32bn: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... capital gains tax exemptions that apply to a person's main residence. Adding the estimated $15 billion cost of negative gearing on residential property, housing tax concessions costings would leapfrog superannuation into first place with a total bill ...

Budget: Super changes risk sound investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... vehicles where tax incentives apply and there is a strong likelihood you will see more money moved into things like negative gearing, rather than super, as a result of this change," Vamos said. The result is investment decisions less beneficial to the ...

Negative gearing property distortions here to stay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... creating buying opportunities. However, housing affordability advocates have expressed alarm that unfettered use of negative gearing is squeezing out first home buyers and driving up housing unaffordability. Analysis by Rainmaker of Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Hidden threat may lurk on bank balance sheets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... them to carry more provisioning, so that leads them to tighten lending more." Pezzullo said most people using negative gearing strategies did not earn enough income to make it really worthwhile. "If they're borrowing money and making a loss then it's ...