News

The Commonwealth Ombudsman has recently released the report Services Australia’s Income Compliance Program: A report about Services Australia’s implementation of changes to the program in… Read More ›

Young people in Australia are struggling to afford basic necessities such as rent, food, bills and medicine, and often having to choose between them, according… Read More ›

In advance of the publication launch on 28 April 2021, the OECD has published the main data from Effective Carbon Rates 2021 on 30 March… Read More ›

Gender norms and domestic abuse: Evidence from Australia Authors: Yinjunjie Zhang & Robert Breunig (ANU Tax and Transfer Policy Institute) Australia conforms to the gender… Read More ›

Does a Wealth Tax Improve Equality of Opportunity? Evidence from Norway Authors: Kristoffer Berg & Shafik Hebous Does parental wealth inequality impact next generation labor… Read More ›

The OECD, in its capacity as Depositary of the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the… Read More ›

Last week, the New Zealand Government announced a housing package that includes changing the tax treatment of interest on loans for residential property, in a… Read More ›

Social security and time use during COVD-19 Authors: Elise Klein (Australian National University), Kay Cook (Swinburne University of Technology), Susan Maury (Good Shepherd Australia New… Read More ›

The Australian National Audit Office is now currently conducting a performance audit examining the effectiveness of Industry Innovation and Science Australia, the Department of Industry,… Read More ›

Tax Evasion at the Top of the Income Distribution: Theory and Evidence Authors: John Guyton, Patrick Langetieg, Daniel Reck, Max Risch & Gabriel Zucman This… Read More ›