House Economics Committee to Inquire into the Implications of Removing Refundable Franking Credits

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has announced an inquiry into the implications of removing refundable franking credits. The Chair of the committee,… Read More ›

OECD Carbon Tax Report: Countries Need to Raise Carbon Prices Much Faster If They Are to Meet Paris Targets

Governments need to raise carbon prices much faster if they are to meet their commitments on cutting emissions and slowing the pace of climate change… Read More ›

TTPI Policy Briefs on Budget Transparency and the Gender Effects of Tax Cuts

TTPI Policy Brief 2/2018 Budget transparency: The Open Budget Survey 2017 Authors: Teck Chi Wong & Miranda Stewart Abstract: The Open Budget Survey 2017, released… Read More ›

Brotherhood of St Laurence Publishes Study on Financial Insecurity in Australian Households

Hard times: Australian households and financial insecurity, 2018. The report is part of the ‘Spinning the plates’ qualitative project, which aims to understand how low… Read More ›

ACOSS Releases Reports on Unemployment and Impact of Raising Benefits Rates, in New Push for $75 a Week Newstart Increase

The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has recently published two reports with Jobs Australia and Deloitte Access Economics, respectively.   Faces of unemployment The… Read More ›

Registrations Open: Revenue Summit 2018

The Australia Institute will be holding a special Revenue Summit on Wednesday 17 October 2018 in Parliament House, Canberra. Event description Tax is the price… Read More ›

OECD Taxation Working Paper: Can Simplified Tax Registration Increase Compliance in Low or No Authority Areas?

The latest OECD taxation working paper explores the effectiveness of simplified registration and collection mechanisms on compliance for taxpayers that are not located in the… Read More ›

House of Representatives Committee Calls for New Tax Review Before 2022

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue has released a report on taxpayer engagement. In this report, the Committee examined the Australian… Read More ›

University of Canberra Seminar: Market Volatility, Ageing and Policies – What is Shaping the Income Distribution in Australia Between 2002 and 2016

On Tuesday 18 September 2018, Associate Professor at NATSEM Dr Jinjing Li will give a public seminar at the University of Canberra on the effect… Read More ›

PBO Releases Medium-Term Projections for Budget 2018-19

The Parliamentary Budget Office has released the report ‘2018-19 Budget: medium-term projections‘, which provides detailed projections of receipts and payments over the next decade to… Read More ›