Call for Papers: 3rd Australian Workshop on Public Finance

The 2023 Australian Workshop on Public Finance is hosted by the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Australian National University (ANU) and will be held on… Read More ›

Grattan Institute Report: Practical Policies for Fairer Superannuation and a Stronger Budget

Tax breaks on superannuation are excessively generous and should be wound back to help fix the budget, according to a new Grattan Institute report. The… Read More ›

Treasury Consultations: Superannuation Concessions and Multinational Tax Integrity

Better targeted superannuation concessions Date: 31 March 2023 – 17 April 2023 On 28 February 2023, the government announced it would reduce the superannuation tax… Read More ›

Treasury Working Paper: The Impact of Children on the Gender Earnings Gap in Australia

Children and the Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence for Australia Authors: Elif Bahar, Natasha Bradshaw, Nathan Deutscher and Maxine Montaigne This paper uses an event study… Read More ›

Infrastructure Victoria Calls for Land Tax Reform

Infrastructure Victoria’s latest report, Our home choices, has called for land tax reform in Victoria to reduce price disincentives to buying in established suburbs. Our… Read More ›

Australian Economic Review’s Policy Forum: Fiscal Policy for COVID-19

The latest issue of the Australian Economic Review featured four open access Policy Forum articles on Australia’s fiscal policy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The introduction… Read More ›

ACOSS Report: Inadequate Income Support Is Causing Harm

The surging cost of living is having a devastating impact for people on income support, with 68 per cent eating less or skipping meals, according… Read More ›

OECD Releases Latest Peer Review Findings on Treaty Shopping

Members of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS continue to make significant progress in the implementation of the BEPS package to tackle international tax avoidance,… Read More ›

Statutory Review of the Operation of Certain Offences Relating to Electronic Sales Suppression Technology

Statutory review of the operation of Schedule 1 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Black Economy Taskforce Measures No. 1) Act 2018 This report discusses the… Read More ›

ACOSS & UNSW Report Highlights Depth of Poverty for People on Income Support

People who are unemployed, people receiving income support, renters, sole parents, women, children and people with disability are at highest risk of poverty, while those… Read More ›