Australian Budget 2019-20: $7.1 Billion Surplus Forecast and More Tax Cuts

Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg tabled his maiden Budget, which is also the Coalition Government’s last budget before the upcoming federal election, in Parliament today evening.… Read More ›

ACOSS: Bringing Forward Tax Cuts Would Worsen Inequality; Newstart Increase a Better Alternative

The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has released a new analysis on the impact on households of tax cuts and lifting Newstart Allowance, conducted… Read More ›

IMF Calls for New Approach to International Corporate Taxation

Last week, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, called for a new approach to international corporate taxation. Speaking at the Peterson Institute for International… Read More ›

Latest OECD and ECLAC Reports: Revenue Statistics and Panorama in Latin America and the Caribbean

Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released its latest revenue statistics report for Latin America… Read More ›

New OECD Survey on Social Policy ‘A Wake-up Call for Policy Makers’: Gurría

The Risks that Matter Survey by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development polled a representative sample of 22,000 adults in 21 OECD countries in… Read More ›

Australian Government to Expand and Extend Cashless Debit Card Scheme of Welfare Quarantining

The Minister for Families and Social Services, Mr Paul Fletcher, has announced the Australian Government’s expansion and extension of the cashless debit card, with Income… Read More ›

Australian PBO Publishes Unlegislated Measures Report

The Parliamentary Budget Office has released the latest Unlegislated Measures report. This publication provides estimates of the medium term impact on the Australian Government’s budget… Read More ›

Latest TTPI Working Papers

Working Paper 2/2019: Risk aversion among Australian households Authors: Robert Breunig, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Owen Freestone, Crawford School of Public… Read More ›

Australia Pursues Multilateral Solution on Digital Economy, Won’t Implement Digital Services Tax Now

Australia will pursue a multilateral solution to the tax challenges presented by the digital economy and will not implement a digital services tax at this… Read More ›

Latest eJournal of Tax Research Released

Volume 16, Issue 3 of the eJournal of Tax Research has now been published. The issue is a Special Issue on the 2018 Atax International Tax Administration… Read More ›