💳 Debt Recycling Calculator
Should your spare cash sit in the mortgage offset, be invested directly, or be debt-recycled? This calculator compares all four strategies after tax over your horizon - with the loan interest, franking credits and the 50% CGT discount all shown line by line, so you can see exactly how each figure is built.
Every card shows its working - income, growth after CGT, interest after deduction. Nothing hides in a black box.
Franked dividends, negative gearing and the CGT discount computed at the tax rate you enter.
Name and save input sets - compare "conservative" vs "aggressive" side by side any time.
It depends on your loan rate, marginal tax rate and what the investment actually returns - the calculator shows the exact break-even so you can see where the answer flips for your own numbers.
Investing directly uses cash you already have. Debt recycling keeps that cash in the mortgage offset (reducing non-deductible interest) and instead borrows a separate, tax-deductible amount to invest - the calculator runs both, plus a third option that combines them, so the comparison is apples to apples.
Yes - switch the country toggle and the calculator swaps franking credits for the US's own long-term capital gains rate and lets you compare against a high-yield savings account instead of a mortgage offset.
Described calculations from your inputs - not tax or financial advice.