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Stamp Duty Looks Simply Out of Context
Property council may intervene
The property council, says Jennings, will intensely argue in favour of removal of stamp duty. Substitution of revenue sources has long been talked about and it may be worthwhile to replace stamp duty with a tax which is more efficient and less stern on the investors. Stamp duty, for all its worth, is a tax which inhibits growth. In the process, it hurts the economy over a pan nation scale.
Broad-based taxes shall apply
There is a consensus that Australia needs broad-based taxes in particular; those that facilitate further investment rather than deterring them.
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Stamp duty is way beyond the logical
To me, it comes as outright funny how Australia can have stamp duty in the vicinity of 3.5% in certain cases. Aren’t the global standards 1% of the purchase price. One word- it’s a herculean tax! Stamp duty brings in a rollicking $1 billion and more to the exchequer each year- needless to say why government is not too keen to cast it away from the structure of Australian taxation.
In fact, it is interesting to note that the Real Estate Institute of Australia feels that property prices could come down by as much as 10% if stamp duty becomes a thing of past.
What is your take on CGT and stamp duty?
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