Tax Reform



As the engines of economic growth slow in Australia, there is a need for innovative policy changes to both raise economic growth but also to… Read More ›

Good Policy Needs Good Data. So Why Is It Locked Up?

Recently, efforts to reform Indonesia’s taxation system have been underway. Several proposals have been made internally in the Government and one of them recommends a… Read More ›

Do Tax Structures Affect Indonesia’s Economic Growth?

There are a large number of trusts, particularly discretionary trusts, in Australia. This was highlighted in one of the Australian Labour Party’s (ALP) tax reform… Read More ›

Why We Use Private Trusts in Australia: The Income Tax Dimension Explained

Treasury is one of Australia’s great enduring institutions, having survived, largely intact, since Federation. For most of its history, Treasury has provided governments with rigorous,… Read More ›

Can Australian Treasury Regain Its Economic Policy Influence?

Cash flow corporate taxation (CFCT) has the potential to reduce the economic efficiency costs of the corporation tax, as Murphy (2018) has shown. This is… Read More ›

Improving Cash Flow Corporate Taxation and the Z-Tax Approach

Tax theorists recognise two problems with a conventional capital income tax. One is that it creates a higher effective tax rate on saved income, and… Read More ›

Issues with Capital Income Taxation and the Z-Tax Solution

At the time of last year’s budget, I wrote a blog post[1] revealing how neither the Government’s nor the Labor Party’s then proposed tax changes… Read More ›

More Carefully Designed, a Stage Three Tax Measure Could Be a Responsible and Genuine Reform

In addition to the preference available to owner-occupiers in the form of the main residence exemption, the Australian tax system offers preferential income tax treatment… Read More ›

The Income Tax Treatment of Housing Assets – Assessing Proposed Reform Arrangements

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