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The Office of Impact Analysis has published an impact analysis to support the government on its consideration of a reduction to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme… Read More ›

A Productivity Commission proposal to change the way businesses are taxed would boost Australia’s GDP by $14 billion with no net cost to the Budget… Read More ›

A new OECD report outlines policy options to gradually expand social protection coverage in Thailand. The report, Financing Social Protection through General Tax Revenues, Social… Read More ›

A new study by ANU’s Centre for Social Policy Research reveals how changing tax concessions on the wealthiest superannuation accounts could fund a fairer safety… Read More ›

Consultation period: 10 July to 5 August 2025 Treasury is inviting feedback on draft legislation clarifying foreign bail-in bonds’ tax treatment. The draft legislation allows… Read More ›

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) must improve the clarity and tone of the letters it sends to taxpayers to avoid unnecessary confusion, stress or anxiety,… Read More ›

The United Kingdom’s HM Revenue & Customs has released a transformation roadmap, which sets out the government’s plan to a create a more efficient, modernised… Read More ›

A new McKell Institute paper, co-authored by Professor Richard Holden and McKell CEO Edward Cavanough, has called for a major shake up of capital gains… Read More ›

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will not release statistics from the 2023-24 Survey of Income and Housing (SIH) due to data collection issues. Despite… Read More ›

The Productivity Commission has recently released the following research paper. Protecting biodiversity on farms: do tax arrangements help? To meet our ‘30% by 2030’ commitment… Read More ›