Tax incentives depend on your legislation, but they can make a difference, yes. Leverage also comes with higher risk, which makes it a bit of an unfair comparis

Tax incentives depend on your legislation, but they can make a difference, yes. Leverage also comes with higher risk, which makes it a bit of an unfair comparison in my opinion. If you really wanted, you could also use leverage on your stock investments, but I personally would never do that.