Coalition still considering CGT reform

Wednesday 8 March 2017

After an action-packed week of toing and froing, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull finally appeared to rule-out changing the capital gains tax (CGT) discount when he said the following in Question Time on 16 February:

14.34:Shorten to Turnbull: “Does the prime minister rule out changes to capital gains tax?”

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.