Likely changes to property tax breaks could fall flat: major bank
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Source: 9News
Published: 2026-04-30 16:19 UTC+10:00
Section: National
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Economy & Finance, Tax & Budget, Property & Housing
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Commonwealth Bank has forecast the impact of potential changes to the capital gains tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing could fall flat for prospective home buyers, with only a "modest" decrease to house prices.In a pre-federal budget analysis, economists from the big four bank, Luke Yeaman and Harry Ottley, said reforming the property tax benefits would only have a modest impact on lowering house prices and increasing productivity.It estimates house prices could fall by 1.4 per cent with changes to
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