What we are building for, and why it matters to your firm
The 2026–27 Federal Budget, handed down on the evening of Tuesday the 12th of May 2026, carries more than cost-of-living headlines. Beneath the five rounds of personal income tax cuts and fuel excise relief sits a set of structural reforms that will reshape how Australians invest in property, how discretionary trusts are taxed, and how the negative gearing rules interact with new versus established housing. For lawyers, conveyancers, real estate professionals, and accountants, the downstream effects of these changes will arrive quickly, and they will arrive in volume.
