Australian Government Announces Tax Practitioners Board Review

The Australian Government has announced a review into the effectiveness of the Tax Practitioners Board, and the operation of the Tax Agent Services Act 2009… Read More ›

Unequal Superannuation Holds Australia’s Score Back in World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law Report

The World Bank has released the report ‘Women, Business and the Law 2019: A Decade of Reform‘, measuring gender inequality in the law and taking… Read More ›

Call for Papers: Tax Research Network 28th Annual Conference

The Tax Research Network 28th annual conference will be held on 9-11 September at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England. A multidisciplinary event, the… Read More ›

Registration Open/Call for Papers: 10th Queensland Tax Researcher Symposium

The 10th Queensland Tax Researcher Symposium will be held at the TC Beirne School of Law, Wednesday 3 July 2019, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm,… Read More ›

ABS Publishes First Experimental Index of Household Advantage and Disadvantage

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has published the first issue of its Index of Household Advantage and Disadvantage (IHAD), an experimental analytical index that… Read More ›

Treasury Consultation: Protecting Your Superannuation Package

Consultation closes on Friday 1 March 2019. The Government has released for public consultation exposure draft regulations and explanatory material to implement the ‘Protecting Your… Read More ›

IMF Report: Australia Needs Broader Tax Reform

Broader tax reform would be beneficial, if it focused on using more efficient taxes with stable bases, such as the GST and land taxes, while… Read More ›

eJournal of Tax Research: Special Issue on Prato Comparative Capital Gains Tax Conference in honour of Professor Chris Evans

The latest issue of the eJournal of Tax Research (eJTR) has now been published. This issue is a special issue on the Prato Comparative Capital… Read More ›

OECD Working Papers on Living Standards, Job Displacement, Inequality and Poverty in Australia

Benefitting from globalisation and technological change in Australia By Urban Sila and Philip Hemmings. OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 1537. Australia has seen large… Read More ›

ACOSS Releases Budget Priorities Statement 2019-2020

The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has released its Budget Priorities Statement for the 2019-2020 Federal Budget. Asserting that the budget position is unbalanced… Read More ›