Jul 17, 2026 – 4.28pmThe complex and hastily drafted federal budget tax changes have sparked major confusion over the capital gains tax treatment of investment property-owning Australian expats.Tax specialists previously told The Australian Financial Review that breaking tax residency – which can occur when somebody lives and works overseas – would produce bigger CGT bills on investment properties when they came to be sold because expats would be denied access to the new inflation indexation CGT calculation.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Budget tax oddity sparks confusion over expat CGT
In what appears to be a legislative glitch, Australians who work overseas for even a short period may get big tax breaks on the sale of an investment property.
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