As election day approaches, dividend imputation is back in the news and the hot takes are running hot. Commentators are branding the system a “tax… Read More ›
Perhaps the most woefully misunderstood economic issue of the election campaign has been negative gearing. I’ve been baffled by the number of times I’ve read… Read More ›
Economists have known for a while that increasing globalisation leads to substantial but unequal gains and creates winners and losers. This rising inequality could be… Read More ›
In the field of tax, hard truths are playing out in this year’s election. The first is that special concessions that privilege older, wealthier voters… Read More ›
One aspect of the tax policies which the Australian Labor Party (ALP) is taking to the 2019 Federal Election and which Labor Leader Bill Shorten… Read More ›
Proponents of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) policy assert that the original purpose of dividend imputation was only ever to remove the double taxation of… Read More ›
In 2018, the Government introduced a new Low and Middle Income Tax Offset (LMITO), which applies in addition to the Low Income Tax Offset (LITO).… Read More ›
The Government has fired the starting gun on the election campaign, so it’s worth taking a closer look at some of the budget promises that… Read More ›
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