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The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has recently made its ‘derived datasets’ from the Living Costs and Food Survey (LCFS) and its predecessors, along with… Read More ›

Australian Parliamentary Budget Office Information Paper no. 01/2020 Behavioural Assumptions and PBO Costings Overview A key role for the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) is to… Read More ›

The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has written to the Prime Minister with recommendations for immediate actions in response to the bushfire tragedy, with… Read More ›

The OECD recently published two self-assessment maturity models on tax debt management and the reduction of compliance burdens, both critical areas for successful tax administration.… Read More ›

The Australian Government has announced that disaster relief payments being made to individuals and businesses impacted by the devastating bushfires will be tax exempt. The… Read More ›

In the 2019-20 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), the Australian Government confirmed it would provide $4 million over four years from 2019-20 to fund… Read More ›

The 32nd Australasian Tax Teachers’ Association Conference 2020 will be held at the Old Woolstore, Hobart from 22nd to 24th January 2020. Registration for the… Read More ›

An assessment of the social costs and benefits of vehicle tax reform in Ireland Authors: Lisa Ryani, Ivan Petrovi, Andrew Kellyii, Yulu Guoi and Sarah… Read More ›

The Australia Institute recently released a proposal for a National Climate Disaster Fund (NCDF), to pay for the escalating costs of natural disasters driven by… Read More ›

Since early 1990s, policy advisors including the Productivity Commission, Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, the Harper Review, Infrastructure Australia, and Infrastructure Victoria have called on Australian governments… Read More ›