2020-21 Australian Pre-Budget Submissions

The Australian Government is calling for submissions from individuals, businesses and community groups seeking their views regarding priorities for the 2020-21 Budget. The Pre-Budget Submission… Read More ›

US Releases New Tax Gap Estimates; Compliance Rates Remain Substantially Unchanged

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States released a new set of tax gap estimates on tax years 2011, 2012 and 2013. The… Read More ›

OECD Tax Administration 2019: Use of Digital Technologies Set to Increase Tax Compliance

The eighth edition of the OECD’s Tax Administration Series published last week shows how tax administrations are increasingly moving to e-administration and using a range of… Read More ›

Australian Government Announces Retirement Income Review

The Australian Government has announced an independent review of the retirement income system chaired by former Treasury senior official Michael Callaghan. In a press statement,… Read More ›

OECD: Taxes on Polluting Fuels Are Too Low to Encourage a Shift to Low-Carbon Alternatives

Taxing polluting sources of energy is an effective way to curb emissions that harm the planet and human health, and the income generated can be… Read More ›

OECD Taxation Working Paper: The Potential of Tax Microdata for Tax Policy

OECD Taxation Working Paper No. 45 The potential of tax microdata for tax policy Author: Seán Kennedy Abstract: This paper explores one distinctive form of… Read More ›

Parliamentary Budget Office Releases 2019–20 Medium-Term Fiscal Projections

The Australian Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has released its fourth edition of the medium-term projections report. The report provides detailed analysis and projections of Australian… Read More ›

Victorian Public Accounts and Estimates Committee Launches Inquiry into Gender Responsive Budgeting

The Victorian Public Accounts and Estimates Committee resolved at its meeting on 9 September 2019 to conduct an inquiry into Gender Responsive Budgeting. The terms… Read More ›

OECD Releases 2018 Dispute Resolution Statistics

At its first Tax Certainty Day held last week, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released the latest 2018 global mutual agreement procedure… Read More ›

Corporate Tax Residency Review: Board of Taxation Calling for Submissions

The Board of Taxation is, at the request of the Treasurer, reviewing the corporate tax residency rules. The purpose of the review is to ensure… Read More ›