{"id":678612,"date":"2026-05-18T12:42:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/678612\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T12:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:42:44","slug":"albanese-government-considers-tweaks-to-cgt-tax-changes-for-start-ups-amid-tech-sector-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/678612\/","title":{"rendered":"Albanese government considers tweaks to CGT tax changes for start-ups amid tech sector backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Albanese government will consider changes to calculations for how start-ups are charged capital gains tax rather than a full exemption, after founders and investors warned axing the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount would hit innovation and send entrepreneurs offshore.<\/p>\n<p>Following fierce backlash from the tech sector led by Atlassian co-founder and Tech Council chairman Scott Farquhar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/link\/follow-20180101-p5zw3t\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Treasurer Jim Chalmers agreed to consult on plans to end the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount<\/a> in favour of a model linked to inflation with a 30 per cent floor.<\/p>\n<p>Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Albanese government will consider changes to calculations for how start-ups are charged capital gains tax rather than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[64,63,99,198],"class_list":["post-678612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-entrepreneurship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}