CGT — 2026 Budget Proposal Calculator

Compare your CGT under today's rules vs the announced 2026-27 Budget regime.

Based on 2026-27 Federal Budget announcements — NOT law. No draft legislation as of 16 May 2026. Uses modeled assumptions that may change before the proposed 1 July 2027 start. General information only, not financial or tax advice.

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Purchase Date

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Other Taxable Income ($)

Taxpayer Type

Eligible new build (A7)

Formal 1 Jul 2027 valuation ($, optional — overrides A3 proxy)

A1 — CPI = ABS All-Groups 8-capital quarterly, indexation factor to 3dp, no freeze (modeled on pre-1999 method; exact ATO index/rounding not yet specified).
A1b — Future/unpublished quarters projected at 2.5% p.a. (RBA midpoint).
A2 — 30% floor = max(marginal tax on the real gain stacked on other income, 0.30 × indexed gain); exact ATO ordering not yet specified.
A3 — Transition split = market-value reset at 1 Jul 2027 (NOT time pro-rata); 1-Jul-2027 value defaulted to holding-period CAGR proxy, user can override with a formal valuation; exact ATO formula/default not yet specified.
A4 — Interim cohort (purchased 13 May 2026–30 Jun 2027, sold post-1-Jul-2027) modeled as full new regime; Treasury silent.
A5 — New-build CGT election modeled as per-asset, made at disposal, irrevocable; procedure not yet specified.
A6 — NG quarantined-loss carry-forward modeled as indefinite; expiry not specified.
A7 — New-build eligibility = not occupied >12 months before acquisition AND a net addition to dwelling stock; statutory threshold not yet specified.
A8 — A released quarantined NG loss is applied to the post-indexation residential-rental capital gain before the 30% minimum-tax test; that gain is itself taxed per its own CGT cohort. Biggest unresolved cross-coupling — flag prominently.