Article: Negative Gearing ? It?s Not To Your Benefit!

Negative Gearing ? It?s Not To Your Benefit!

The concept of negative gearing has been originally developed to encourage real estate investment in Australia by allowing any income losses from property investment to be deductible from other income as a tax benefit. This means that the taxable income of the owner will be reduced after the deduction and therefore the total tax payable is also reduced.



In view of the fact that many of the profits from property investments are usually obtained as a capital gains at the time when the property is sold, but do not generate positive cash flow from rentals during the course of the holding period, negative gearing therefore came in to address this issue.



You lose either way

However, the flaw with negative gearing lies in its concept as well. If an investment ...
 

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Negative Gearing ? It?s Not To Your Benefit!

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