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Treasury has released two consultation papers on the Government’s response to the PwC tax leaks scandal. The first consultation paper seeks stakeholder views and feedback… Read More ›

A second consecutive year of high inflation pushed up labour taxes across OECD countries in 2023, according to a new OECD report. Taxing Wages 2024… Read More ›

The Australian Government has released the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee’s second report as well as a progress update on its actions, two weeks before the… Read More ›

New research by ACOSS and UNSW Sydney reveals the widening wealth gap between people with the most and least, even as income inequality slows. The… Read More ›

Discretionary tax changes and the macroeconomic activity: New narrative evidence from Australia Author: Changchen Ge (Monash University) This paper examines the impact of discretionary tax… Read More ›

Date: 9 April 2024 – 22 April 2024 In the 2023–24 Budget, the Australian Government announced that it would encourage investment and construction in the… Read More ›

Members of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS (Inclusive Framework) continue to make steady progress in the implementation of the BEPS package to tackle international… Read More ›

Date: 5 April 2024 – 23 April 2024 Exposure draft Explanatory materials The Australian Government is consulting on a measure from the 2023–24 Budget to… Read More ›

Stage 3 tax cuts v bracket creep: Time to index the personal income tax rate scale Author: Paul Tilley In aggregate, the previously legislated 3… Read More ›

Prompted by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) re-activating or off-setting very old debts, the Commonwealth Ombudsman, ACT Ombudsman and Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman… Read More ›