Caught in the cogs of the tax regime: Colebatch

Just a note directing Brown Couch readers to the terrific piece on housing affordability and tax by The Age's Tim Colebatch.

While housing is a tax shelter, more and more money will flow into it. That money will keep bidding up prices, pushing them further out of reach of aspiring home buyers.... Remove the two big tax distortions of the market. End the exemption of the family home from capital gains tax. End the tax break for negative gearing - or limit it to new homes built by the investor. And, at the very least, require temporary residents to report their property purchases, so we can know whether we have a problem or not.

Follow that link!