News

High Balance Superannuation Holders: A Statistical Overview Authors: Ben Phillips and Richard Webster (ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, POLIS) This paper considers high balance… Read More ›

Consultation period: 27 June to 25 July Treasury is seeking views on priority reforms to consider as part of the Economic Reform Roundtable process. It… Read More ›

Abstract The report Tax Administration Digitalisation and Digital Transformation Initiatives summarises the data from the Inventory of Tax Technology Initiatives (ITTI) for the 54 members… Read More ›

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released a consultation paper for its draft Vulnerability Framework. The Framework is developed to support people experiencing vulnerability when… Read More ›

On 18 June 2025, Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered an address to the Press Club on his second term economic agenda and tax reform. The text… Read More ›

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union has published an exploratory study on health taxes from an EU perspective   Health taxes from… Read More ›

Consultation period: 10 June to 1 August 2025 Treasury is inviting feedback on changes to giving funds’ distributions. The tax law currently describes giving funds… Read More ›

The Commonwealth Ombudsman has released a new investigation, finding that Services Australia is not doing enough to identify and respond to financial abuse through the… Read More ›

Post-tax incomes increased in almost three-quarters of OECD countries in 2024, as real wages recovered and labour taxes increased slightly, according to a new OECD… Read More ›

The ACT Ombudsman has released its investigation report into the ACT Revenue Office’s (ACTRO) processes for identifying and collecting historical land tax debts. During this… Read More ›