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The willingness of individuals and businesses to voluntarily pay tax can be improved through better understanding of the complex interlinkages between enforcement, trust in government… Read More ›

An exciting PhD scholarship opportunity at the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) is now open to support research on taxation, pensions and welfare policy design… Read More ›

Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Double Taxation – Israel, close on 23 September 2019. Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing… Read More ›

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report Australia’s welfare 2019 was launched this week in Canberra by Senator Anne Ruston, the Minister for Families… Read More ›

EU countries lost €137 billion in Value-Added Tax (VAT) revenues in 2017 according to a study released by the European Commission last week. The EU… Read More ›

ANU Centre for Social Research & Methods (CRSM) Working Paper No. 4/2019 Describing the top of the income distribution in Australia Author: Nicholas Biddle, Robert… Read More ›

The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has called on the Parliament to resolutely block the Government’s ‘demeaning, expensive’ drug-testing plan, and any attempt by the… Read More ›

The pace of tax reforms has slowed across most leading economies and bolder tax reforms will be needed to address future challenges, according to a… Read More ›

Treasury Working Paper 2019-5 Recent personal income tax progressivity trends in Australia Author: Graeme Davis, Philip Akroyd, David Pearl and Tristram Sainsbury Abstract: Tax progressivity… Read More ›

The Productivity Commission has called for an overhaul of Australia’s remote area tax concessions and payments including the zone tax offset (ZTO), the remote area… Read More ›