Australian Government Proposes New Model of GST Distribution Among States

The Australian Government today released its interim response to the Productivity Commission inquiry report on the current system of Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation, which lays out… Read More ›

Australia, Canada, Netherlands, UK and US Form J5 to Fight Transnational Tax Crime

Tax authorities from five countries including Australia has joined force to increase collaboration in the fight against international and transnational tax crime and money laundering.… Read More ›

Department of Social Services Releases New Welfare Valuation Report

Department of Social Services’s 2017 Valuation Report provides insights into how the current Australian population is likely to use welfare in the future. The report… Read More ›

Registration Now Open – TTPI Conference on Behavioural Economics and Public Policy 9-10 August

Registration for the TTPI Conference on Behavioural Economics and Public Policy is now open! Register now The conference will be held over 9-10 August 2018… Read More ›

Treasury Consultation on Stapled Structures

On 27 March 2018, the Australian Government announced a package of measures to address risks to the corporate tax base posed by stapled structures and… Read More ›

OECD Launches Global Revenue Statistics Database

A new database providing detailed and comparable tax revenue information for 80 countries around the world – and which will expand to cover more than… Read More ›

Australia Announces New Trial to Reduce Welfare Dependency Among Young Parents

The Australian government announced a new initiative to reduce welfare dependency among young parents, by helping them to improve their work readiness or education prospects.… Read More ›

Australian Senate Tax and Transfer Submissions Currently Open

Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee: Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 and related Bills, closing on Wednesday 18 July 2018. Social Services Legislation Amendment… Read More ›

RBA Paper on GFC Investment Tax Break

Reserve Bank of Australia Research Discussion Paper 2018-07 The GFC Investment Tax Break Authors: David Rodgers, UNSW Sydney Jonathan Hambur, Economic Research Department, Reserve Bank… Read More ›

New TTPI Working Paper on Elasticity of Tax Deductions

TTPI Working Paper 14/2018: Optimal deductibility: Theory, and evidence form a bunching decomposition Author: Steven Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Economics, George Washington University. Abstract: I… Read More ›