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The 15th edition of the World Customs Organization’s (WCO’s) PICARD Conference will take place as a ‘Web Conference’ from 23 to 26 November 2020. The… Read More ›

He Kāhui Waiora: Living Standards Framework and He Ara Waiora, COVID-19: Impacts on Wellbeing, New Zealand Treasury Discussion Paper 20/02 Authors: Diana Cook, Phil Evans,… Read More ›

Reassessing the regressivity of the VAT By Alastair Thomas This paper reassesses the often-made conclusion that the VAT is regressive, drawing on tax microsimulation models… Read More ›

After a difficult financial year with bushfires and COVID-19, ANU students stand ready to help people with their tax obligations. Students operating the 2020 ANU… Read More ›

Submissions are now open for Volume VI of the Curtin Law and Taxation Review. Please submit articles for consideration in this issue to Donovan Castelyn,… Read More ›

Australian budget policy and COVID-19: a model-based analysis (ANU Crawford ACDE Seminar) By Chris Murphy Date & time: Tuesday 18 August 2020, 2.00pm–3.30pm Venue: Online… Read More ›

Streamlining the process for Indigenous Australians facing hardship to access their superannuation early and with fewer penalties may help to improve their retirement outcomes, a… Read More ›

Cheaper childcare: A practical plan to boost female workforce participation by Danielle Wood, Kate Griffiths and Owain Emslie (Grattan Institute) Childcare should be made cheaper… Read More ›

In 2020, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) at the European Commission has published working papers on taxation and structural reforms as below: Trapped in inactivity?… Read More ›

As part of its responses to the COVID-19 crisis, the OECD has recently released a new policy brief, Job retention schemes during the COVID-19 lockdown… Read More ›