Fair Tax Mark Seeks Input on Internationalisation Proposals

The Fair Tax Mark is a certification scheme launched in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014 and seeks to encourage and recognise organisations that pay… Read More ›

Asian and Pacific Nations’ Progress in Mobilising Domestic Revenues Likely to Be Set Back by COVID-19: OECD Report

Despite good progress in increasing tax-to-GDP ratios and mobilising domestic revenues across economies in the Asia-Pacific region in 2018, tax revenues are expected to take… Read More ›

Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety Consultation Paper: Financing Aged Care

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was established on 8 October 2018 by the Australian Government to inquire into the quality of… Read More ›

Australian Government Releases Economic and Fiscal Update

The Australian Government yesterday released the widely anticipated Economic and Fiscal Update, which showed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nation’s finances as… Read More ›

European Commission Adopts New Tax Package

The European Commission has adopted an ambitious new Tax Package to ensure that EU tax policy supports Europe’s economic recovery and long-term growth. The package is made… Read More ›

Parliamentary Library: The Impact of COVID-19 on JobSeeker Payment Recipient Numbers by Electorate

The impact of COVID-19 on JobSeeker Payment recipient numbers by electorate, Parliamentary Library Research Paper Series, 2020-21 By Michael Klapdor (Social Policy Section) & Christopher… Read More ›

Government Announces Changes to JobKeeper and JobSeeker payments

Four months after introducing the $1,500 per fortnight JobKeeper wage subsidy payment and providing the temporary Coronavirus Supplement of $550 per fortnight for those on… Read More ›

ATO Releases Taxation Statistics 2017-18

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released the latest edition of Taxation Statistics. Taxation statistics 2017–18 provides an overview of statistics from tax returns and related… Read More ›

TTPI Report: Tax Shake up Needed for a More Equitable Australia

Australia needs to move to a dual income tax system to ensure greater generational equity, experts from the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute (TTPI) at… Read More ›

Unemployment Rose to 7.4% in June; Government Unveils JobTrainer Program

Seasonally adjusted employment increased by 210,800 people between May and June, and the unemployment rate rose from 7.1 per cent to 7.4 per cent, according… Read More ›