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Capital gains tax discount ‘skewed’ housing towards investors: Senate inquiry

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

A Senate inquiry has provided Treasurer Jim Chalmers with ammunition for his plan to pare back the capital gains tax discount in the May 12 budget.

The majority report of the inquiry into the operation of the capital gains tax discount, tabled Tuesday, concluded that while various factors influenced housing markets, there was evidence the...

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