50% Discount on sale of overseas property

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BlakeATO · Answer

That's correct. If you use the discount method, half your earnings are taxable from the CGT event, and your foreign income tax offset is halved too as a result. This is covered in Burton v Commissioner of Taxation, with you can read the decision impact statement on our legal database.

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