The last days of negative gearing will not be fun

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At The Australian:

The federal government has launched a war on aggressive negative gearing strategies to depreciate the value of second-hand household items to save on tax, including air-conditioners, ovens, carpets and pool equipment.

Draft legislation released by the federal Treasury for the first time reveals in detail sweeping proposed changes to rules on ­deductions for “plant and equipment” in residential premises, typically used by landlords to limit their tax bills.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.