Today
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
AirTrunk’s $20b auction the first big test of tax changes
The heat around the Macquarie-backed data centre group has so far papered over the questions raised by two tax changes – one legislated, one prospective.
- Anthony Macdonald
July
We inherited dad’s house in the UK – where to pay capital gains tax?
Sisters who moved countries find tax and administration penalties could eat into their inheritance.
June
Why you could be caught by the ‘wealth tax’ this year
Fast-rising wages and asset prices will leave more Australians facing Division 293 tax on their income and deciding whether to pay it from their super.
- Tom Richardson
How anyone can turn $5000 into more than $400,000
Building wealth can be simple if you stay disciplined. Here are six essential lessons for share investors.
- Tom Richardson
How to take the tax sting out of inheriting shares
Nearly $5 trillion will be passed on over the next decade. But advisers warn it’s easy to fumble a pricey portfolio if you’re not careful.
- Lucy Dean
- Opinion
- First-home buyers
Why Gen Z’s share portfolios should be free of capital gains tax
There’s little prospect of housing affordability improving, so the portfolios of young savers should get the same tax-free treatment as the family home.
- James Weir
May
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Two things can be true in Perpetual’s shock break-up
Perpetual is trying to get shareholders to look strictly at the numbers in a bid to take emotion out of its break-up. KKR’s $2.2 billion of cash can’t hurt.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Investing
The investment shift that could undermine your wealth plan
Whether to invest for income or growth is not the right question to ask for those in or moving to retirement.
- Tim Mackay
March
- Opinion
- Super Q&A
The tax implications of contributing business sale proceeds into super
The tax-related issues depend on the circumstances involved. In complex cases, one might need to engage an accountant, a solicitor and a financial planner.
- John Wasiliev
LNP MP calls for capital gains tax discount on homes to be dumped
Amid a fight over housing policy, outspoken Queensland Liberal National senator Gerard Rennick says CGT should be removed, but negative gearing retained.
- Tom McIlroy
February
Fix supply before changing negative gearing: builders
Changes to negative gearing rules or capital gains tax concessions would further slow badly needed housing supply and hurt residential construction, builders say.
- Tom McIlroy and Cindy Yin
Lendlease reveals liability risk from PwC-advised $260m tax scheme
Three years after it dismissed a Financial Review story on a potential tax liability as “speculative”, Lendlease has for the first time disclosed it in its results.
- John Kehoe
How to pay just $24,000 tax on $1.6m super inheritance
Having a large tax-free component in your retirement savings is good news for adult offspring who are your beneficiaries.
- John Wasiliev
PM slaps down Greens on negative gearing demands
Anthony Albanese has ruled out negotiations on negative gearing or capital gains tax in return for the support of the Greens
- Phillip Coorey
The real reason houses are so expensive - and it’s not negative gearing
Increasing supply by lifting planning restrictions has been proven to spark huge increases in construction and reductions in housing costs.
- Nila Sweeney
PM fast-tracks debate over tax cut broken promise
Anthony Albanese has released the proposed law early so he can quickly legislate the backflip.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Superannuation
Three ‘tricks’ to get $2m into your super in a year
Maximising contributions after selling a small business can add $2,062,500 to your retirement savings.
- Colin Lewis
January
CEOs ‘back tax summit 100pc’ but Chalmers unmoved
Wesfarmers boss Rob Scott, retailer Gerry Harvey and Virgin chairman Graham Bradley have backed a national summit to jumpstart debate on tax reform.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Gus McCubbing
- Exclusive
- Tax reform
CEOs urge summit to break tax ‘malaise’
The country’s peak business group will attempt to jumpstart a moribund reform agenda with a national summit.
- Samantha Hutchinson
‘Be courageous’: Henry urges Albanese not to drop ball on tax reform
The architect of Australia’s last major tax reform push argues that reform is possible if a government has the temerity to pursue it.
- Samantha Hutchinson
