Final Budget Outcome 2017-18: Higher Tax Receipts and Decline in Payments Lead to Smallest Deficit in Ten Years

The 2017-18 Final Budget Outcome (FBO) was released on 25 September 2018 by the Treasurer, the Hon. Josh Frydenberg MP, and the Minister for Finance… Read More ›

UNSW Offers Three Research Fellowships to International Academics and Professionals in 2019

The School of Taxation & Business Law at UNSW is offering up to three research fellowships to international academics and professionals keen to further their… Read More ›

Social Metrics Report Outlines New Approach to Poverty Measurement in the UK

The Social Metrics Commission (SMC) has released the report ‘A new measure of poverty for the UK’. SMC is an independent Commission formed and led… Read More ›

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 ›