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Indexation & the budget – long-term impacts  This Australian Parliament Budget Office (PBO) explainer discusses the impact of indexation arrangements on the budget, with a… Read More ›

The Australian Government has released the Treasury Gas Transfer Pricing (GTP) Regulation Review final report, which made 11 recommendations to ensure a fairer return from… Read More ›

The 2023-24 Federal Budget was tabled by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on 9 May 2023.   Budget papers Budget Paper No. 1: Budget Strategy and Outlook… Read More ›

The Australian Government has announced a change to the Parenting Payment (Single) by raising the age cut-off from 8 to 14. This means eligible carers… Read More ›

The Australian Government last week announced it would abolish the controversial ParentsNext program from 1 July 2024 and replace it with a new voluntary program.… Read More ›

Published during the opening sessions of the fourth meeting of the Asia Initiative, held in New Delhi, India, Tax Transparency in Asia 2023: Asia Initiative… Read More ›

This explainer, published by the Australian Parliament Budget Office (PBO), is the first in a 2-part series about taxes on superannuation (or super). Unlike most… Read More ›

Tax and Transfer Progressivity in New Zealand: Part 1 Methodology Author: Benjamin Ching This note is the first in a two-part series that seeks to… Read More ›

The report discusses how public finances have fluctuated with multiple shocks since the pandemic, characterized by atypical growth, inflation dynamics, and fiscal support to mitigate… Read More ›

The taxation of top income earners or high-wealth individuals has been the subject of considerable research in international literature over recent years. One area of… Read More ›