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A new report from the ACOSS/UNSW Sydney Poverty and Inequality Partnership shows that during the first ‘Alpha’ wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Australia… Read More ›

Draft Luxury Car Tax Determination LCTD 2022/D1 Luxury car tax: how to determine the principal purpose of a vehicle Due date for comments: 25 March 2022  … Read More ›

The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), together with the Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) and the New South Wales Council of Social Service… Read More ›

Building an investment tax incentives database: Methodology and initial findings for 36 developing countries Authors: Alessandra Celani, Luisa Dressler and Martin Wermelinger The OECD has… Read More ›

On 13 May 2021, the Australian Senate referred an inquiry into the purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability Support Pension to the Senate Community… Read More ›

Author: Jonathan Pincus The (Callaghan) Retirement Income Review suggested that superannuation tax concessions are excessive, especially for those on higher incomes, and questioned their use… Read More ›

Leading Australian health and welfare groups has called for both the current government and the opposition to commit to forming a Child Health Taskforce if… Read More ›

Recent decades have seen important progress in strengthening country tax systems. Yet many areas of reform have remained stubbornly resistant to major improvements. Overall, revenue… Read More ›

Fiscal Federalism 2022 surveys recent trends and policies in intergovernmental fiscal relations and subnational government. Accessible and easy-to-read chapters provide insight into: good practices in… Read More ›

Hidden heterogeneity: The distribution of treatment effects of a welfare reform experiment Date & time: Tuesday 22 February 2022, 2.00pm–3.30pm (AEDT) Mode: Online via Zoom… Read More ›