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PwC recently released a report, ‘Where next for Australia’s tax system?’, analysing how tax reform can help Australia reboots its economic prosperity in a post-COVID-19… Read More ›

On 9 June, Treasury Secretary Dr Steven Kennedy appeared before the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 to explain the $60 billion JobKeeper estimates variation. His… Read More ›

The $150,000 instant asset write-off introduced by the Australian Government as part of its COVID-19 economic response package has been extended for six months to… Read More ›

The Australian Government announced its free childcare scheme during the COVID-19 crisis would be turned off on 12 July and it would return to the… Read More ›

The Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) released a Toolkit on the Taxation of Offshore Indirect Transfers providing guidance on the design and implementation issues when… Read More ›

This Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) report presents medium-term fiscal scenarios based on the Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest economic forecasts to support an understanding of… Read More ›

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg confirmed yesterday that Australia is in its first recession in 29 years after the economy dropped 0.3 per cent in the March… Read More ›

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that his office is beginning investigations into digital services taxes that have been adopted or are being considered… Read More ›

In an effort to help responding to the urgent need for transparency and accountability in COVID-19 extraordinary fiscal packages, the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency… Read More ›

Victoria Business School’s Working Papers in Public Finance series Designing Direct Tax Reforms: Alternative Approaches, Working Paper 01/2020 By Nazila Alinaghi, John Creedy and Norman… Read More ›