Researchers who analyzed a decade of data detected a reduction in giving after millions of Americans stopped getting a tax break tied to charitable giving.
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The third-term president has used his experience and personal relationships with lawmakers to build the majorities that now support his agenda.
Genuine reform should include tackling tax concessions on superannuation, capital gains and trusts and redesigning the GST.
An astounding one in nine taxpayers negatively gear, costing Australia more than $2.7 billion a year. Here’s how we could get better value for that money – and supercharge investment in new housing.
A buyer could have to pay GST on a ‘substantially renovated’ home, but there’s often uncertainty about whether a renovation counts as substantial or not. A simple test could resolve the issue.
New Zealand needs to follow international precedent and make it expensive for investors to keep properties empty.
Digital tax filing can improve accuracy and timeliness but it doesn’t always translate into higher tax revenue.
New Zealand’s tax system might be in need of updating, but Revenue Minister David Parker’s new tax legislation is unnecessarily complicated at a time when we most need clarity.
The government is hamstrung by its election promise to not raise taxes or bring in new ones. That’s for this term, but its narrow majority is likely to make Labor wary at the next election of bold tax reform promises.
Chalmers knows there must be a reckoning. But when, and in what form?
Compared with other OECD nations, Australians pay much less tax than some headline statistics suggest.
More than twice as many economists in the Economic Society of Australia poll picked “climate and the environment” as the most important election issue as picked housing, health, tax, or education.
Congress tends to use the tax code to implement policy, which increases complexity and creates loopholes wealthy taxpayers like Trump can exploit.
We give the biggest concessions to those least likely to need persuasion to save well.
Boosting the GST and swapping land tax for stamp duty get headlines, but they never seem to happen.
two leading economists on Australia’s post-COVID economy
Michelle Grattan discusses the economic future of Australia post-COVID with economists Richard Holden and Warwick McKibbin
This measure, included in a pandemic relief package, is supposed to encourage Americans to give more to nonprofits.
Employment levels regularly dip after crisis.
At 33%, New Zealand’s highest income tax rate is relatively low compared to other economies. Lifting it and cutting tax for low-income earners could improve welfare.
Citizens voting directly on policy seems like a good idea. But that led to the Brexit mess in the UK. In the US, two scholars say direct democracy deepens distrust of politics and government.
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