Ep 423: Negative gearing deferred - heres how to manage the cash flow gap
From Investopoly by Stuart Wemyss & Campbell Wallace
August 25, 2026 · 29 min · Episode 423
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of quarantining negative gearing on property investors' cash flow and tax benefits.
Read Full Blog Here Quarantining negative gearing doesn't just reduce a tax benefit; it can blow a hole in an investor's cash flow. Take a property with a $30,000 annual shortfall: previously, offsetting that loss might have clawed back $12,000–$14,000 in tax, bringing the real cost to around $16,000–$18,000. Now that loss must be carried forward, potentially for 10 to 20 years, leaving the investor to fund the full $30,000 upfront. For many, that makes established property simply unaffordabl...