Australian Treasury Consultation on Extending the AAT’s Power to Pause or Modify Tax Debt Recovery Action

The Australian Government is seeking stakeholder views on exposure draft legislation that increases the rights of small businesses to contest the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO’s)… Read More ›

OECD Taxation Working Paper: Measuring Effective Taxation of Housing

This paper measures the effective taxation of housing investments in 40 OECD member and partner countries. The paper derives both Marginal Effective Tax Rates (METRs)… Read More ›

Australian Treasury Consultation: Remake of Sunsetting Tax Agent Services Regulations 2009

The existing Tax Agent Services Regulations 2009 are scheduled to sunset on 1 April 2022. The draft Tax Agent Services Regulations 2022 repeal and remake… Read More ›

European Commission Proposes to End the Misuse of Shell Entities for Tax Purposes

On 22 December 2021, the European Commission presented a new proposal to fight against the misuse of shell entities for improper tax purposes. The proposed… Read More ›

TTPI Working Paper: Superannuation Tax Concessions Are Overestimated

Author: Jonathan Pincus The Retirement Income Review (Callaghan) Report concluded that the Australian retirement income system is effective and sound and that its costs are… Read More ›

OECD Report: Supporting the Digitalisation of Developing Country Tax Administrations

This report is produced by the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration in collaboration with the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF). The primary purpose… Read More ›

Australian Treasury Consultations on Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles and Superannuation

Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles – Regulations The Government has released for public consultation the following: the Corporations and Other Legislation Amendment (Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle… Read More ›

Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2022 Virtual Course: Women’s Labour Market, Institutions and Social Norms

Date: Wednesday, 9 February 2022 Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM AEDT As part of the forthcoming Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2022, one of the… Read More ›

OECD: Africa’s Rising Debt Burden Highlights the Need for Further Progress in Domestic Revenue Mobilisation

Successful efforts to increase tax revenues and boost domestic revenue mobilisation in African economies over the last decade have been offset by rising debt-service costs,… Read More ›

More Can Be Done to Leverage Impact of Private Philanthropy in Developing Countries: OECD Report

Domestic foundations in emerging countries accounted for 19% of total philanthropic flows for development over 2016-19. In India, the People’s Republic of China and Mexico,… Read More ›