Australian PBO Releases 2019 Post-Election Report of Election Commitments

The Australian Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has just released the 2019 Post-Election Report of Election Commitments. After each general election, the Parliamentary Budget Officer is… Read More ›

New IMF Working Papers on Tax and Fiscal Policy

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently released the following working papers on the topics of tax and fiscal policy. How Does Taxation Affect Hours… Read More ›

New Zealand GST on Low Value Imported Goods Commences 1 December

New Zealand agreed to give offshore businesses a two-month extension until 1 December 2019 to get their systems ready for the new GST on low-value… Read More ›

ANU Post-Election Policy Forum: Miracles or Mayhem?

Date & Times: Tuesday 18 June 2019, 12pm to 1.30pm Location: National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra. What does a third term Coalition Government… Read More ›

OECD Latest Initiatives to Fight Tax and Financial Crime

OECD Asia-Pacific Academy for Tax and Financial Crime Investigation Last week, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and Japan’s Minister of Finance Taro Aso presided over a… Read More ›

New OECD Taxation Papers on Transport Taxes and the Use of Revenues from Carbon Pricing

The OECD Taxation Working Papers are working papers from the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration of the OECD, covering the full range of the… Read More ›

New TTPI Working Paper on Cash Flow Corporation Taxation

TTPI Working Paper 6/2019 Improving cash flow corporate taxation (CFCT) and the Z-tax (ZT) approach Author: David Ingles, Senior Research Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy… Read More ›

Implementation of Tax Transparency Initiative Delivering Concrete and Impressive Results, Says OECD

International efforts to improve transparency via automatic exchange of information on financial accounts are improving tax compliance and delivering concrete results for governments worldwide, according… Read More ›

J5 Targets Global Tax Evasion Enablers Including Bank

Leaders from five national tax agencies met in Washington, DC, last week to mark the one-year anniversary of the formation of the J5 and announced… Read More ›

New Book on Public Policy Successes in Australia and New Zealand

Successful Public Policy: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand Editors: Joannah Luetjens, Michael Mintrom and Paul `t Hart Publisher: ANU Press Introduction: In Australia and… Read More ›