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Why NSW is skewing its tax system toward build-to-rent apartments and away from mum and pop landlords

  • Written by: Harry Scheule, Professor, Finance, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney

In an apparent about face, the NSW government has halved land tax for developers of build-to-rent housing.

It came weeks after the the Treasurer Dominic Perrottet launched a report that called for a greater reliance on land tax as a replacement for stamp duty.

The greater reliance on land tax is a long-term goal. At the moment family homes are...

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