Government Releases Cashless Welfare Debit Card Final Evaluation Report

The Australian government has released the final evaluation report of its cashless welfare debit card trials today. The evaluation is commissioned by the Department of… Read More ›

ATO Publishes Unpaid Superannuation Estimates

Latest findings by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) on the superannuation guarantee gap can be accessed here.

CEDA Report Calls for Land and Capital Gains Taxation Reforms to Address Housing Issues

Housing affordability issues are likely to persist in some capital cities and could have longer term economic implications for Australia, while the issue of land… Read More ›

NATSEM Accepting PhD Applications for 2018

The National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) at the University of Canberra is accepting PhD application for 2018. Applications are encouraged from candidates… Read More ›

OECD Releases Public Comments on the Draft Contents of the 2017 Update to the Model Tax Convention

On 11 July 2017, the OECD released the draft contents of the 2017 Update to the OECD Model Tax Convention. Interested parties were invited to provide comments with… Read More ›

Australia Rated ‘Largely Compliant’ in Global Forum’s Compliance Ratings on Tax Transparency

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) published the first 10 outcomes of a new and enhanced peer review… Read More ›

Report: New Minimum Income for Healthy Living Budget Standards for Low-Paid and Unemployed Australians

This project, by the Social Policy Research Centre of UNSW, builds on previous Australian and recent international research to develop a set of budget standards… Read More ›

Promoting Women in Tax Academia Scholarship – Call for Applications

ATTA recognises that although around half of all tax academics in Australia and New Zealand are women, women are underrepresented at the higher academic levels.… Read More ›

Nigeria Becomes the 71st Jurisdiction to Sign BEPS MLI

Nigeria becomes the 71st  jurisdiction to sign the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the MLI) to tackle… Read More ›

Australian Social Policy Conference: Registration Open

The Australian Social Policy Conference (ASPC) is the pre-eminent multidisciplinary conference concerned with issues of social policy in Australia and beyond. It is organised by Social Policy… Read More ›