The Treasury Releases Tax Expenditure Statement 2015

The statement published by The Treasury, reports 290 tax expenditures and, where possible, an estimate of their benefit to the taxpayer. A link to the statement… Read More ›

Latest Edition of the eJournal of Tax Research is Released

Volume 13, Issue 3 is available here.

Australasian Tax Teachers Association Conference 2016 Currently Underway at UNSW

The Conference, hosted by the School of Taxation and Business Law, UNSW Business School, will run until Friday afternoon. More information is available here.

Applications are Open for a Doctoral Program in International Business Taxation

The program, hosted by the Vienna University of Economics and Business, provides high-quality interdisciplinary training for graduates in the field of international taxation, including and combining… Read More ›

The Australia Institute Team up with NATSEM to Examine the Primary Residence Exemption to the Capital Gains Tax

A summary, as well as a link to the report, can be found on the Australia Institute Website.

TTPI Research Fellow Awarded Endeavour Research Fellowship

PhD candidate and TTPI Research Fellow Peter Varela has been awarded an Endeavour research Fellowship to undertake research at the Office of Tax Policy Research… Read More ›

ATO Individual Sample File Available at data.gov.au

The file provides a 1 per cent sample of taxpayers from 2003/04 to 2010/11 and a 2 per cent sample from 2011/12 and 2012/13 and… Read More ›

PwC Call for a Reduction in the Corporate Tax Rate

PwC have released a report titled A Corporate Rate Reduction:the case for and against, in which they call for a decrease in the corporate tax rate… Read More ›

MYEFO Released: Deficit, Revenue and Growth Forecasts all Slightly Worse Than in the May Budget

Compared to this year’s budget, MYEFO (the Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook) is forecasting: A larger deficit in 2015-16: $37.4 billion compared to 35.1… Read More ›

CIS Releases Research Paper on the Impact of Bracket Creep

Robert Carling and Michael Potter at The Centre for Independent Studies have released a research paper looking at the effect of bracket creep on the… Read More ›