{"id":16524,"date":"2025-02-21T09:14:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quantiphy.com.au\/oldbackup\/?p=16524"},"modified":"2025-02-21T09:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:44:19","slug":"cgt-withholding-measures-now-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quantiphy.com.au\/oldbackup\/cgt-withholding-measures-now-law\/","title":{"rendered":"CGT Withholding Measures Now Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big changes are coming to foreign resident capital gains withholding laws, and they\u2019re now officially locked in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re selling certain taxable real property (like Australian land), these rules apply to you\u2014even if you&#8217;re an Australian resident. Here\u2019s why:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under these laws, if you don\u2019t have a valid &#8216;clearance certificate&#8217; from the ATO at or before settlement, the buyer must withhold a portion of the sale proceeds and send it straight to the ATO.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what\u2019s changing?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The withholding rate is increasing from 12.5% to <\/span><b>15%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The previous $750,000 threshold is being scrapped entirely.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means <\/span><b>all<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> disposals of taxable real property could be subject to withholding, regardless of the sale price. 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