[Weekly Wrap] Maybe shares have better tax treatment than property?
As the researcher says tax ratios aren't the sort of information which you would use to pick a KiwiSaver fund, but they are sort of interesting. More interesting was the revelation how tax-efficient Australasian shares are compared to all other asset classes including cash.
We have details in this story, but it does make you wonder about two things.
Firstly will the super-tax efficiency of this asset class spawn a new range of products, like we have seen in the past. Think AUTs in the early 2000s and WINZ.
Secondly, it makes the argument that residental property enjoys bigger tax breaks than other asset classes interesting.
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