The question of whether income or consumption is a more appropriate tax base has a long and venerable history. Thomas Hobbes, Adam Smith, Alexander Hamilton,… Read More ›
Modernising VAT/GST systems to reduce the compliance burden for all could benefit tax administrators, businesses and society at large, suggests new research conducted by UNSW… Read More ›
Politicians often invoke the word “reform” to convey the significance, or gravitas, of a particular policy change they are proposing. However, the tax policies implemented… Read More ›
The use of both industrial and service robots has been expanding rapidly during the past decade. There is little doubt that this is leading to… Read More ›
The revenue performance of any tax, including broad-based consumption taxes such as the Goods and Services Tax (GST), is limited by the environment within which… Read More ›
Thank you, Australia, for showing the rest of the world how it is done. With the state and territorial governments’ agreement to repeal the “tampon… Read More ›
The current debate about whether to remove the GST on tampons is a great example of how the big picture gets lost in a fight about narrow… Read More ›
The scandals that engulfed Najib Razak in Malaysia reminded voters that they were paying a heavy price for bad government, Teck Chi Wong writes. Malaysia’s… Read More ›
19 October 2018
I’d love to see this same analysis done with current figur…
The ATO will not be happy until every tax agent or lawyer gi…
I should add “Been there, done that” Australia abolished…
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I’d love to see this same analysis done with current figur…
The ATO will not be happy until every tax agent or lawyer gi…
I should add “Been there, done that” Australia abolished…