
Anthony Ives
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One of the biggest tax changes in decades will be announced in next week’s Federal Budget. The widely expected CGT changes won’t just affect wealthy investors or property owners... they affect anyone trying to build long term wealth through shares, investment property or building a business. To help Australians understand the potential impact, we’ve built a CGT calculator that estimates how much better or worse off people could be under the proposed rules: stockspot.com.au/cgt-calculator/ A few examples from the calculator: • An ETF investor growing $100k over 10 years could end up with around $26k less after tax • A property investor could lose more than $50k in after tax wealth • A founder building and selling a business for $1m could lose more than $225k If you materially reduce the after-tax reward for taking long term risks, fewer people will invest in businesses and productive assets. Over time that means less investment and innovation, fewer startups, lower productivity growth and ultimately fewer jobs in Australia. I discussed this in The Australian last week. theaustralian.com.au/wealth/investi… Instead, more money gets pushed into the family home, super or cash sitting in the bank. That’s why entrepreneurs and business leaders including @PaulBassat, @GeoffWilsonWAM, @leighjasper, @matt_barrie, @lux_schwab, @lukeanear, @Bron_LeGrice, @MJBiercuk and @craigRblair have all raised concerns about the broader economic consequences these changes could create. We thought if people could properly quantify what these changes might cost them over time, it would make the broader economic impact much harder to ignore. The calculator is designed to help Australians model different scenarios before any final rules are announced: stockspot.com.au/cgt-calculator/


Counterintuitive perhaps, but the physical oil market appears to be calming. Dated Brent is hovering at ~$115 a barrel, and physical differentials have narrowed massively, with grades offered at ~$3 a barrel premium to the benchmark vs the ~$30 a barrel premium of mid-April.











