Parliamentary Budget Office Releases Stage Three Tax Cuts Distributional Analysis

The Parliamentary Budget Office has published an advice provided to Melbourne MP Adam Bandt, Stage 3 tax cuts distributional analysis. The advice is available here:… Read More ›

Australian Treasury Consultations on Tax Deductions for Small Businesses

Skills and Training Boost Closing Date: 19 September 2022 The Government is consulting on exposure draft legislation to introduce a Skills and Training Boost to… Read More ›

Australian Government Establishes Robodebt Royal Commission

The Australian Government has established a royal commission into the former debt assessment and recovery scheme commonly known as Robodebt. The inquiry will examine, among other things: The establishment, design… Read More ›

Consultation: Tax Treatment of Digital Assets and Transactions in Australia

For the review of the tax treatment of digital assets and transactions in Australia, the Board of Taxation has recently published a consultation guide which… Read More ›

New Book on Tax Systems in Asia and the Pacific in the Era of Digital Economy

Taxation in the Digital Economy: New Models in Asia and the Pacific Editors: Nella Hendriyetty, Chris Evans, Chul Ju Kim & Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary A robust… Read More ›

ANAO Performance Audit Report: ATO’s Engagement with Tax Practitioners

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has recently released a performance audit report on the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO’s) engagement with tax practitioners. Findings of… Read More ›

Australian Treasury Consultation: Proposed Exclusions from Shorter Period of Review for Small and Medium Entities

Consultation closing date: 13 September 2022 In the 2020‑21 Budget, the then Government announced it would increase the small business entity turnover threshold from $10… Read More ›

Seminar: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia on Increasing Tax Compliance and Payment of Small Businesses with Nudges

Increasing tax compliance and payment of small businesses with nudges: Evidence from a field experiment in Indonesia PhD Seminar (Econ), Crawford School of Public Policy,… Read More ›

Australian Treasury Consultation: Performance Review of Shadow Economy Procurement Connected Policy

Consultation closing date: 23 September 2022 As part of the 2018‑19 Budget and in response to the Black Economy Taskforce’s Final Report, the Government announced… Read More ›

IMF Working Papers

Distributional Effects of Tax Reforms in Japan: Micro-simulation Approach Author: Takuma Hisanaga This paper conducts micro-simulations to study the distributional effects of several tax measures… Read More ›