OECD: Labour Market Disruption & COVID-19 Support Measures Contribute to Widespread Falls in Taxes on Wages in 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has resulted in the largest decrease in taxes on wages since the global financial crisis of 2008-09, according to a new OECD… Read More ›

TTPI Working Papers

Exchange rates, remittances and expenditure of households with foreign-born members: Evidence from Australia TTPI Working Paper 10/2021 Authors: Syed Hasan, Shamim Shakur & Robert Breunig… Read More ›

PBO Report on Australian Government Post-COVID Fiscal Sustainability

The Australian Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has recently released the report, Fiscal sustainability: Long-term budget scenarios. The report examines the sustainability of the Australian Government’s… Read More ›

ACOSS Community Sector Survey Reports Very High Levels of Social Disadvantage and Demand in 2021

Community sector leaders have reported a surge in unmet demand for services dealing with economic hardship, homelessness, mental health and domestic violence as a result… Read More ›

OECD: Tax Revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean Rose Modestly Before Being Hit Hard by COVID-19

Tax revenues rose moderately across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in 2019 before declining sharply in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic drove down global… Read More ›

Blueprint Institute Calls for Standard Tax Deduction for Individual Taxpayers

Bye-bye tax returns: A standard deduction for lower, simpler, and fairer taxes Authors: Emma Beal, Daniel D’Hotman, Steven Hamilton, Luke Heeney & Katelyn Lamont (Blueprint… Read More ›

Call for Papers: US National Tax Association 114th Annual Conference

The US National Tax Association is planning to hold its 114th Annual Conference on Taxation in person on November 18-20, 2021 should health guidelines permit.… Read More ›

ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods Report: Financial Stress and Social Security Settings in Australia

Financial Stress and Social Security Settings in Australia Authors: Ben Phillips and Vivikth Narayanan (ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods) The Australian social security… Read More ›

OECD Report: The Impact of Sharing and Gig Economy on VAT/GST Policy and Administration

Digital platforms can play an important role in the application of Value Added Taxes/Goods and Services Taxes (VAT/GST) policies in the sharing and gig economy,… Read More ›

Call for Papers: NIPFP-IIPF International Conference on Papers in Public Finance

The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi, India in collaboration with the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), Munich, will hold… Read More ›