Call for Papers: ATTA’s 31st Annual Conference

The Australasian Tax Teachers’ Association invites you to submit a paper to the upcoming 31st Annual Conference. The theme of the conference is “Taxation, Innovation… Read More ›

Melbourne Institute Releases HILDA Survey 2018 Report

Melbourne Institute has released its latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey: Selected Findings from Waves 1 to 16 report. The report is… Read More ›

ACOSS and UNSW Sydney Release ‘Inequality in Australia 2018’ Report

In partnership with UNSW Sydney, the Australian Council of Social Service has released the findings of its Inequality in Australia 2018 report, which highlights the… Read More ›

Australia Delivers First Voluntary National Review on Implementation of SDGs

Each of the 193 countries that signed on to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has committed to producing a Voluntary National Review at least… Read More ›

Australian Treasury Consultations on Stapled Structures and Luxury Car Tax

Improving the integrity of stapled structures (second stage), closing on Friday 10 August 2018 On 27 March 2018, the Government announced a package of measures… Read More ›

New IMF Working Papers on Corporate Tax Paint Delicate Picture for Australia

Beer, Klemm & Matheson 2018, Tax Spillovers from US Corporate Income Tax Reform, IMF Working Paper No. 18/166 Summary The paper describes, and where possible… Read More ›

Treasury Distributional Analysis of Australia’s Dividend Imputation System

A distributional analysis of the Australian dividend imputation system conducted by the Treasury was recently made available via freedom of information release. It provides information… Read More ›

Illegal Phoenix Costs Australian Government $1.66 Billion

A recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates that, in the 2015-16 financial year, the direct cost of illegal phoenix to the Australian Government is $1.66 billion,… Read More ›

New OECD Model and Working Paper on Corporate Effective Tax Rates

Hanappi, T. (2018), “Corporate Effective Tax Rates: Model Description and Results from 36 OECD and Non-OECD Countries”, OECD Taxation Working Papers, No. 38, OECD Publishing,… Read More ›

Australian Government Tax and Transfer Consultations and Submissions Currently Open

Treasury: GST on Offshore Hotel Bookings, closing on Thursday 9 August 2018. The draft legislation will extend the GST by ensuring that offshore sellers of… Read More ›