According to a professional in the sector, the negative changes proposed by the Labor Party will widen the gap between wealthy investors and middle-income investors.
According to the party's planned modifications, negative gears will be limited to newly constructed properties. This means that if an investor buys an opportunity property generating an overall loss in one year, he will not be able to deduct that loss from his taxable income.
The objective is to divert investors from second-hand goods and encourage them to invest instead in new assets or other assets. Ideally, this will reduce the demand for second-hand goods and put downward pressure on real estate prices. As a result, these properties will be more affordable for first time buyers. This will also save the budget billions of dollars in tax refunds, which are currently paid to investors for their negative investments.
However, Leah Wilkins, director of capital tax write-offs, says the proposed changes will have little impact other than to the detriment of small investors. "If we delve deeper into the details, we discover that if this policy is likely to deter ordinary parents and investors from moving away from second-hand property (and possibly property as investment in general), it will likely have little impact on the buying behavior of wealthy investors, who also benefit from the majority of tax benefits, "she said.
In a blog, Wilkins cites an analysis of tax office data by the Grattan Institute, which reveals that high-income people derive more benefits from a negative gain than some middle-income earners. Nearly half of the tax benefits go to the 10% of the better off. In addition, the 20% of the most disadvantaged people who acquire a negative gearing receive 53% of the negative adjustment allowance.
"What has been concealed in the details of the (Labor Party's) policy is that these high-income people will still have the ability to negatively engage assets (new or established) in order to offset the positive income generated by other assets in their portfolio. , "she wrote." The investment portfolios will be considered globally and not individually for each asset.This means that the assets with positive management can be offset by a negative asset.As long as the portfolio remains positive or neutral, these investors will not really be affected "
This allows wealthy investors who buy negative real estate assets to offset the investment income earned after realizing that they were making too much money. As a result of the Labor Party's new policy, the prices of second-hand goods are likely to fall, and these wealthy investors are in the best position to buy them and continue to grow their portfolios, Wilkins said.
Wilkins stated that this would encourage investors to most likely hold investment property in a trust or corporate structure to the extent that it will not be affected by the proposed changes.
Statistics show that about 1.3 million people enjoy the tax benefits of negative conversion, of which more than half earn less than $ 80,000 a year and only own one building. placement. These people will be the ones who will be directly affected by the proposed changes, whether the housing values ​​are down or not, according to Wilkins. The net wealth accumulated by people in this category will decrease, she said.
"If these investors are over-indebted (the value of their assets is little more than their debt), this could have devastating consequences on cash flow and long-term security if the bank only considers their assets were sufficient to guarantee their debts, says Wilkins.
Increasing downward pressure on prices could cause these people to land in dwellings that cost them much more than their value at the end of their loan period. The sale and reduction of losses, meanwhile, would lead to more properties in the market and would have an additional negative impact on prices.
"Many of these investors, who can often afford to invest in property only if it is at a disadvantage for the first few years, will be excluded from the market or geared to new, more risky developments. high. Long periods of development, coupled with a policy of reducing real estate prices, can make these investments riskier, "said Wilkins.
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