Case for changes to CGT discounts is ‘overwhelming’
Taxpayers could be missing out on almost $200 billion in forgone revenue over the next decade, as a result of property investor tax breaks, analysis shows. Research published by the Parliamentary Budget Office on Friday, at the behest of the Greens, estimated the capital gains tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing deductions on investment properties would cost taxpayers more than $24 billion per year by 2035-36. The findings were latched onto by Greens treasury spokesman Nick McKim, who is leading a Senate inquiry into the CGT discount and is set to deliver a report by March 17.