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Tax and Transfer Policy Institute

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 2 6125 4705

Address: 132 Lennox Crossing 2601 Canberra, ACT, Australia

Website: https://taxpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/

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24.01.2022 #NewPost "No important policy conclusion should ever be based on a single statistical result." Nazila Alinaghi (Te Herenga WakaVictoria University of Wellington) & W Robert Reed (University of Canterbury) performed a meta-analysis of the effect of taxes on economic growth in OECD countries.

24.01.2022 Let us know what you think about #TTPI. Take part in our first ever Stakeholder Survey.

24.01.2022 In Australias first five decades as a Federation, tax reform efforts were driven by the need to establish robust revenue bases for a growing nation and settle relative taxing responsibilities of the Commonwealth and state governments. Tax and Transfer Policy Institute Working Paper 11/2020 by Paul Tilley tracks those developments.

24.01.2022 "What separates a 'fiasco' from other forms of policy failure is that it is commonly regarded as being reasonably foreseeable that is, the failure should or could have been avoided with foresight." Peter Whiteford from Crawford School of Public Policy says #Robodebt was a policy fiasco.

23.01.2022 In Indias multi-level fiscal federalism, the political economy process of gender budgeting has involved four distinct phases at national and subnational levels. ~ Tax and Transfer Policy Institute Working Paper 9/2020.

23.01.2022 This week's news on Austaxpolicy blog: #TTPI Stakeholder Survey; UK Wealth Tax Commission evidence papers; Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre LMITO policy brief; Australian Gender Economics (Virtual) Workshop; & Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute - AHURI report.

23.01.2022 Tax and Transfer Policy Institutes Robert Breunig chats with Junkee about the need for super tax reform in Australia.

22.01.2022 In the news: Canberras steep household rates increases to end, as two reviews find the ACTs tax overhaul benefited economy. One of the reviews is a study co-authored by the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute and the UC National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling.

22.01.2022 What is a progressive tax system and how can one be designed? How does the transfer system influence the way we think about the progressivity of the tax system? Is the Australian tax system progressive? #TTPI Tax Fact: https://taxpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au//202/tf20_upload.pdf.

21.01.2022 #NewPost Enrico Mercuri & Jared Birbeck recommend giving universities a front end role in assessing R&D activities to satisfy the definition in the tax legislation in the context of their particular experience of research.

19.01.2022 This weeks news on @Austaxpolicy: JobKeeper changes; #COVID19 National Tax Summit; Tax and Transfer Policy Institute working papers; UK National Audit Offices tax gap report; & Social Ventures Australia & Centre for Social Impacts charities roles in COVID recovery report.

19.01.2022 Tax and Transfer Policy Institutes latest policy report is available online. Download here: https://taxpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au//20271_anu_-_ttpi_po

19.01.2022 "The decreasing share of revenue is a sign that this tax is less resilient than we hoped when we introduced it." Tax and Transfer Policy Institutes Robert Breunig spoke to Financial Review about the need for GST reform.

18.01.2022 Do the benefits of generous superannuation tax concessions justify their costs? #NewPost by our director Robert Breunig with two colleagues Peter Varela & Kristen Sobeck.

18.01.2022 #NewPost Do tax auditors owe a duty of care to warn taxpayers of harm identified as part of an audit? John Bevacqua from Monash Business School examines the reasoning in the Farah case and its potential implications.

18.01.2022 The health, economic and social consequences of #COVID19 have added a new layer of challenges for the youth of today, who were already facing a tough situation, writes John Hewson, chair of the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute Advisory Committee.

17.01.2022 New #TTPI Working Paper: Post-war tax reviews and the Asprey Blueprint, by Paul Tilley. Access here: https://taxpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au//post-war-tax-review. You may also download audio recording and power point of Paul Tilley's earlier seminar here: https://taxpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au//post-war-tax-review.

16.01.2022 #NewPost Why havent pensions gone up in the middle of the pandemic? And what options does the Australian Government have to try to address this? By Peter Whiteford (Crawford School of Public Policy).

16.01.2022 Last month, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute held the 2020 #COVID19 National Tax summit, which brought together a range of representatives from academia, business, NGO, trade union & youth organisations. A summary of discussions, video & audio recordings are now available online.

16.01.2022 This weeks news on the blog: Structural trends in Australian GST; Impacts of COVID19 JobSeeker & JobKeeper payments on poverty & housing stress; latest Global Forum peer review reports; & Tax and Transfer Policy Institute working papers.

15.01.2022 The Australian Taxation Offices release of annual longitudinally linked individual tax and superannuation records, known as the ATO Longitudinal Information Files (ALife), opens up opportunities for new research. Find out from Tax and Transfer Policy Institute Working Paper 2/2020.

14.01.2022 What is tax incidence? How can it help us solve how taxes affect well-being? How is this related to the concept of elasticity? #TTPI Tax Fact: https://taxpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au//tax_fact_11_2019_11.

14.01.2022 "The wealth tax would enable a national government to spend more confidently and without fear of austerity." #NewPost by Susan Schroeder revisiting the possibility of a gross wealth tax.

14.01.2022 This weeks news on the blog: ANU Learning Communities forum on university funding changes; Australian Council of Social Service survey on community sector & COVID-19; Australian Parliamentary Budget Offices updated medium-term fiscal scenarios; 100 Families WA report; & new book on tax expenditures & environmental policy.

13.01.2022 When corporate opacity increases, family firms engage in more tax avoidance than non-family firms. #NewPost by Cheng-Hsun Lee ( National Cheng Kung University) and Sudipta Bose (The University of Newcastle, Australia).

13.01.2022 #NewPost "Conceptual inconsistencies would leave room for litigation and uncertainty." UNSW Business School's John Taylor argues the need for conceptual coherence in any redrafted definition of resident company.

13.01.2022 How can we create a fairer system for everyone?

12.01.2022 #NewPost Tax-driven off-market buybacks (TOMBs) have been used nearly 60 times, usually by large Australian Stock Exchange listed companies. Christine Brown & Kevin Davis explain why they should be banned.

12.01.2022 "The Government would be wise to learn from the lessons from the past when implementing higher education policy that is likely to be widely regarded as unfair." Deborah Cleland and Valerie Braithwaite (Asia & the Pacific at ANU) on recent debates over university fee overhaul.

11.01.2022 With 2020 bringing with it fire, flood & now pandemic, we are now facing an environment not likely at the forefront of lawmakers minds at the time of the similar business tests formulation and introduction. #NewPost by Elizabeth Morton from RMIT University.

11.01.2022 #ICYMI Tax and Transfer Policy Institute report released in July The taxation of savings in Australia: Theory, current practice and future policy directions. Download a copy.

11.01.2022 #TTPI Transfer Fact: Transfer payments are cash payments provided by the Australian Government to individuals and families. In the Australian tax and transfer system, there are three main categories of transfer payments. Link: https://taxpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au//transfer_fact_1_upl.

11.01.2022 Are you currently working on a topic related to gender economics? Submissions are now open for the Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2022.

10.01.2022 This weeks news on the blog: Australian economy officially in recession; OECDs stocktake of tax policy reforms; risk of increasing inequality during #COVID19; Australian Capital Territory tax reform independent reviews; Australian budget submissions; & Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Paul Bourke Award Lecture.

10.01.2022 This weeks news on the blog: ANU College of Business & Economics tax clinic; Curtin Law and Taxation Review & World Customs Organization - Organisation Mondiale des Douanes PICARD conference calling for submissions; OECD taxation working papers; & New Zealand Treasury Discussion Paper on COVID-19 impacts.

10.01.2022 When employers’ explicit gender requests were unexpectedly removed from a Chinese job board overnight, economist Kailing Shen found pools of successful applicants became more integrated. Join her on 22 October as she discusses her findings.

10.01.2022 A tax system can be considered sound when it is able to fulfil its basic financing role over time. How sound is the Australian tax system? And how necessary is tax reform to securing a sound foundation in the aftermath of Covid-19? Tax and Transfer Policy Institute Working Paper 10/2020, by Tristram Sainsbury & Robert Breunig.

10.01.2022 #NewPost "It is widely accepted that the recovery from COVID presents a unique opportunity for a reset on many fronts." John Hewson (Tax and Transfer Policy Institute) outlines five key elements for resetting Australias social policy.

09.01.2022 This weeks news on the blog: The Australian National University tax clinic; Grattan Institute childcare report; Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Indigenous retirement gap report; OECD job retention schemes brief; & EU Science Hub - Joint Research Centre working papers.

09.01.2022 TAX REFORM! If that doesnt get your attention, nothing will. But seriously... todays Sunday feature interview is with Professor Robert Breunig from The Austra...lian National University. He possesses the rare gift of being able to make the topic of tax reform simple, interesting and even entertaining. Its a big and important subject, particularly as we confront the aftermath of the costly COVID-19 support packages. LISTEN HERE: Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/Fear-And-Greed-Apple-Podcasts Spotify: https://bit.ly/Fear-And-Greed-Spotify Website: www.fearandgreed.com.au

09.01.2022 The question is: Is that what we want Australia to be? #TTPI's Robert Breuinig says tax reform could be the difference between a dynamic economy attracting the world’s brightest minds or a nation where talented young workers move offshore.

09.01.2022 "A dual income tax is more efficient, simpler, and fairer than the existing (regressive) tax treatment of savings." Tax and Transfer Policy Institutes recently-released policy report on the taxation of savings in Australia. Download a copy: https://taxpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au//20271_anu_-_ttpi_po

09.01.2022 We've released our first Transfer Fact! #TTPI Link: https://taxpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au//transfer_fact_1_upl

08.01.2022 "The economic shock and government response to #COVID19 highlight weaknesses in Australias tax system." ~ Tax and Transfer Policy Institute Working Paper 10/2020, by Tristram Sainsbury & Robert Breunig.

08.01.2022 What needs to be done to fix Australia's tax system? #TTPI's Robert Breunig, John Hewson and Miranda Stewart discuss what sort of proposals should be on the tax reform agenda.

07.01.2022 "The guidance set out high threshold requirements for the use of the profit split method, such that it is usually not viewed as the most appropriate method." Melbourne Law Schools Michael Kobetsky #NewPost on the 2018 OECD revised guidance.

06.01.2022 #NewPost How effective are nudges in increasing tax compliance? Meta analysis by Zareh Asatryan & Armenak Antinyan finds that there may be a risk of too much excitement among policymakers around the idea of nudges.

06.01.2022 Australias high levels of vertical fiscal imbalance come with certain costs. Read Tax and Transfer Policy Institute Tax Fact no. 13, Australias tax policy: Raising and sharing tax revenue.

05.01.2022 This week's news on Austaxpolicy blog: Final Budget Outcome released; the fiscal impact of bracket creep; Parliamentart Budget Office vacancies; & International Monetary Fund and OECD tax and transfer papers.

05.01.2022 What is progressivity? How is it measured? Why have a progressive tax? Link: https://taxpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au//202/tf19_upload.pdf.

05.01.2022 "The significance of this PFM tool in the present context is that it tries to minimize the adverse impact of the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring women and children have adequate access to essential public service provisioning." Jannet Farida Jacob & Lekha Chakraborty on child budgeting during COVID-19.

03.01.2022 Join the seventh webinar in the series Human rights, gender budgeting and progressing breastfeeding on Monday 9 November, 7pm (AEDT).

03.01.2022 The International Monetary Fund recently proposed temporary tax hikes on wealthy households. Does it represent a more permanent shift in its pro-business stance? #NewPost by Bernhard Reinsberg and Thomas Stubbs.

03.01.2022 "Should the Commissioner be unsuccessful on appeal, there are good public policy grounds for a law change given the scope for tax avoidance created by the decision." ~ recent Tax and Transfer Policy Institute working paper analysing the Glencore transfer pricing case.

02.01.2022 At what rate should income from savings be taxed? Should all savings instruments be taxed at the same rate? And, Should savings be taxed independently of labour income? Find out from our July report, the taxation of savings in Australia: theory, current practice and future policy directions: https://taxpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au//20271_anu_-_ttpi_po.

02.01.2022 In the first five decades of Australias federation, tax reform efforts were driven by the need to establish robust revenue bases for a growing nation & settle the relative taxing responsibilities of the Commonwealth & States. Join Paul Tilleys webinar at 4pm today.

01.01.2022 #TTPI Working Paper 15/2020: Paul Tilley looks at Australia's post-WWII tax reviews and the main focus will be on the 1975 Asprey review which provided a blueprint for reform of the Australian tax system.