Progressivity



I was recently asked by the media for my view on the proposal by the Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan to increase the income… Read More ›

Income Tax at 100 years: The Income Tax Threshold and the Minimum Wage

Does this seem like a trick question? After all isn’t the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) supposed to collect and report on the revenue raised from… Read More ›

What Public Administration Functions Can the ATO Fulfil?

It has long been recognised that it is important to look at taxes and transfers together (Podger, Raymond and Jackson, 1980; Treasury, 2008) for three… Read More ›

The Tax-Transfer System, Progressivity and Redistribution: How Progressive is the Australian Transfer System?

In simple terms, a progressive tax is a tax where the amount of tax paid as a proportion of income increases as income increases. A… Read More ›

Brief: Progressive and Regressive Taxes

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