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Cost of negative gearing and other rental deductions soaring, Australian Treasury data reveals (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 9 months ago by rainynight65@feddit.de to c/australia@aussie.zone
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Concessions for superannuation cost the federal budget almost $50bn a year while rental deductions, much of them for negative gearing, have jumped by more than half in three years, the annual Treasury summary of tax expenditures shows.

The ranking of revenue foregone in 2023-24, released on Wednesday, was headed by many of the usual groups, finding for example that shielding taxpayers’ main residence from capital gains taxes, saved them a combined $47.5bn for the year, up about a third from 2018-19.

Topping the list was concessions for super contributions, which cost the budget $28.55bn, up almost 23% from the previous year. Exemptions for earnings from super was ranked fifth largest at $20.05bn, down about 7% on the previous year.

Benefits for both types of super exemptions were skewed to higher income earners. In 2020–21, 90% of the contributions benefit went to people with above median income, and 30% went to people in the top tenth of taxable income earners.

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[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 5 points 9 months ago

Negative gearing should only have ever been allowed on new builds, and even then restricted to a maximum of say 10 years.