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Negative gearing is not a rort or a tax concession
Far from a rort – or even a tax concession – negative gearing is a principled, fair and efficient feature of any tax system.
Steven HamiltonColumnistNegative gearing is public enemy number one and is said to single-handedly be responsible for Australia’s housing crisis.
It’s a loophole, a rort, a scam. Such views are not only held by the average Joe, but by Australia’s leading intellectuals and think tanks.
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Steven Hamilton is assistant professor of economics at George Washington University and visiting fellow at the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the ANU.
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