New Treasury Bills and Consultations on Tax Evasion, the Black Economy and CGT Concessions

Bills Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measures No.1) Bill, strengthens compliance with Goods and Services Tax law in the property development sector. Media release: Clamping down… Read More ›

CAEPR Census Paper ‘Income, Poverty and Inequality’

The Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian National University has published the 2016 Census Paper No. 2, by Francis Markham and Nicholas Biddle.… Read More ›

ABC Q&A on Tax Cuts, Wage Growth and Inequity

Yesterday’s Q&A on the ABC focused on the economy of Australia with panelists debating on issues such as company and personal tax cuts, wage growth,… Read More ›

Department of Social Services Consultation on Social Security Means Testing of Lifetime Retirement Income Streams

Consultation Period: 16 January 2018 to 16 February 2018 Position Paper Make a submission The Government announced in the 2016-17 Budget that it would address… Read More ›

Job Opportunities at the Australian Government

Department of Parliamentary Services – Senior Researcher – Economics/Tax Closing date: Thursday, 15 February 2018 The Treasury – Division Head, Corporate and International Tax Division… Read More ›

Treasury Consultation on Superannuation Guarantee Integrity Package

This exposure draft Bill is intended to give effect to the Government’s Superannuation Guarantee (SG) Integrity Package, announced by the Minister for Revenue and Financial… Read More ›

Call for Papers – 19th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation

The 19th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation will be held on 26-28 September in Madrid, Spain. The central theme of the conference this year is… Read More ›

Tax Justice Network Releases Financial Secrecy Index 2018

Switzerland, the United States and the Cayman Islands are the worst offenders of financial secrecy, according to a global ranking released by the Tax Justice… Read More ›

IGT Report: Review into Aspects of the Pay as You Go (PAYG) Instalments System

The Review into Aspects of the Pay as You Go (PAYG) Instalments System is the first Inspector-General of Taxation (IGT) review to be undertaken in… Read More ›

Australia Ranks 12th in Its First Open Budget Survey

  The International Budget Partnership has just published the results for the Open Budget Survey 2017—an independent, comparative biennial evaluation of the three pillars of… Read More ›