Tax Revenue



The Morrison government’s decision to give a special deal to Western Australia for the distribution of the income from the goods and service tax is… Read More ›

It’s Time to End Western Australia’s $4 Billion-Per-Year GST Bonus

Australia is one of the world’s richest countries but our government taxes and spends far less than most other OECD members. For decades, the richest… Read More ›

Budget Forum 2023: The Costly and Unfair Stage 3 Tax Cuts Will Undermine the Progressive Income Tax and Worsen Inequality

The value-added tax (VAT), or goods and services tax (GST) as known in Australia and some other countries, has gradually been adopted in more than… Read More ›

What Impairs the ‘Money Machine’ of VAT in Developing Countries?

There is considerable literature on the determination of a country’s tax ratio, or tax level, as a percentage of GDP. Studies explore the potential tax… Read More ›

Tax Ratio and Tax Effort in the OECD: An Empirical Study Using the Stochastic Tax Frontier Model

State governments typically outperform the federal government in service delivery. They are closer to the coalface, more familiar with the intricacies of the terrain. Contrast… Read More ›

Let the States Specialise in Services and Leave Tax to the Feds

As scientific progress advances in the fields of machine learning, robot dexterity and processing power, it becomes increasingly feasible for machines to replace humans in… Read More ›

Automation Tax: Adopt With Caution

Many governments provide tax concessions for private pension contributions. These concessions are designed to increase households’ self-reliance in retirement and reduce government expenditure on public… Read More ›

Do Caps on Superannuation Tax Breaks Really Improve the Budget?

The three decades of uninterrupted economic growth and the years of fiscal surpluses are over. Australia, along with the rest of the world, faces unprecedented… Read More ›

[Budget Forum 2022] On the Limits of Fiscal Financing in Australia

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