Sleepovers cost woman a home owner grant
A Sydney woman was ordered to pay back her first home owner grant because she had spent too much time at her boyfriend's house.
BCA backs elements of Labor's gearing plan
Big business has backed changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax policies, as part of its decade-long tax reform plan.
Airbnb hosts are ignoring this tax time bomb
Many Airbnb hosts don't realise the Tax Office can take a chunk of their sale price when they sell their properties.
What negative gearing changes could mean to you
Negative gearing, the key foundation stone for investing in property in Australia, is under threat from both sides of the political fence.
CGT change would hit shareholders, say brokers
Labor's proposal to lift capital gains tax would have an "incremental" impact on the economy while driving investors away from the companies that need to grow in the longer term, brokers say.
Negative gearing plans may panic investors
Zaki Ameer, who owns a $3.5 million portfolio of 15 negatively geared investment properties, says plans to limit negative gearing to new homes could trigger a price crash.
Four graphs that show negative gearing is for the rich
The argument that it is mostly Aussie battlers who use negative gearing is flawed and the RBA has the statistics to prove it.
Treasury 'undersold' tax reform
The Treasury modelling used by the Turnbull government to justify a retreat from tax reform dramatically undersells the benefits, tax experts and business leaders say.
Tax breaks for savers 'essential'
The financial services industry challenged the federal government to come clean on the impact of superannuation tax hikes.
The man who tried to claim his 7-year-old as a work expense
This IBM salesman tried to claim everything from Kraft Easy Cheese to a Dora the Explorer pencil case and his family's grocery bill.
SMSFs back higher super taxes
Tax on investment earnings from superannuation could be abolished without any impact on the public purse.
