New TTPI Working Paper on Optimal Progressive Income Taxation

TTPI Working Paper 12/2018: Optimal progressive income taxation in a Bewley-Grossman framework Authors: Dr Chung Tran, Research School of Economics, Australian National University Associate Professor… Read More ›

Australian Government Tax and Transfer Consultations and Submissions Currently Open

Board of Taxation: Review of Small Business Tax Concessions, closing on Friday 20 July 2018.   Treasury: Retirement Income Covenant Position Paper, closing on Friday… Read More ›

New TTPI Working Paper on Optimal Fiscal Equalisation

TTPI Working Paper 11/2018: Optimal fiscal equalisation and its application to Australia: updated Author: Chris Murphy, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics & Tax and Transfer Policy… Read More ›

New TTPI Working Paper on Intergenerational Mobility

TTPI Working Paper 10/2018: Place, jobs, peers and the teenage years: exposure effects and intergenerational mobility Author: Nathan Deutscher, Crawford School of Public Policy, The… Read More ›

Interim Report – Inquiry into the Commitment to the Senate issued by the Business Council of Australia

On 26 March 2018, the Senate referred an inquiry into the ‘Commitment to the Senate’ issued by the Business Council of Australia on 21 March… Read More ›

Corporate Tax Avoidance Report – Part III: Much Heat, Little Light so Far

On 2 October 2014 the Senate referred an inquiry into corporate tax avoidance to the Senate Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by the… Read More ›

New Working Paper by Chris Murphy

TTPI Working Paper 9/2018 Australia’s high company tax rate and dividend imputation: a poor recipe for a small open economy? by Chris Murphy, Arndt-Corden Department… Read More ›

OECD Book on Fiscal Decentralisation and Inclusive Growth

Edited by Junghun Kim and Sean Dougherty, the book looks at how states can design fiscal policies in a way that boosts growth and reduces… Read More ›

IMF Release – Regional Economic Outlook: Asia Pacific

The International Monetary Fund recently published its 2018 Asia Pacific Regional Economic Outlook report, Good Times, Uncertain Times: A Time to Prepare, to follow the… Read More ›

Productivity Commission Public Inquiry into Superannuation System

Submissions deadline: Friday 13 July 2018. The Australian Government has asked the Productivity Commission to undertake a 12-month inquiry into the competitiveness and efficiency of… Read More ›