The Labour Party’s proposed capital income tax targets earners whose gains are missed by the current system. We explain how this is different from other taxes targeting the wealthy.
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Nobel Prize-winning American economist Joseph Stiglitz made the assertion on ABC’s Q&A on Monday night. What exactly did he mean, and does the claim stack up?
Local government raises about 4% of New Zealand’s tax revenue. The equivalent in Denmark is about 36%. If the government believes in ‘localism’, it has to give councils more power to raise revenue.
Australia’s progressive tax system is designed to ensure that those who earn more contribute more accordingly. One of the biggest challenges is ensuring it stays fair over time.
‘Kinship taxation’ lowered productivity among firms in Kenya’s Garissa County by one-quarter.
Financial years create a standardised timeframe for business reporting, government budgeting and tax collection. But their start and end dates vary around the world.
The use of family trusts in Australia is more widespread than many realise. How do they work, and why are they controversial?
National insurance payments are linked to state pension entitlement in the UK – but the Conservatives want to abolish them for the self-employed.
If companies are ‘people’ too in the eyes of the law - why are they taxed differently from the rest of us?
Both parties hope growing the economy can help them avoid difficult choices.
The former prime minister chose to ignore the experts over her growth plan and the mistake cost her – and the UK – dear.
Israel will withhold Palestinian tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority ‘until further notice’, and not for the first time.
Former treasury boss Ken Henry has fessed up to helping dumb down debates about tax and budgets to lists of winners and losers. He says what matters is what wins rather than who.
Different taxes affect investment in different ways.
National’s tax policies have been tweaked since the election, thanks to coalition agreements with NZ First and ACT. But the plan for tax cuts seems to have survived, to the benefit of core supporters.
In our first podcast of 2024, Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor discusses the tax broken promise, where the economy is heading, falling inflation, and more.
In the government’s dramatic recalibration of stage 3 all taxpayers will get a cut, rather than just those earning more than $45,000.
All prime ministers break promises. But there are some whose breaches go into the history books – and Anthony Albanese has just joined that group.
Electric vehicle owners appear to have no clear right to a refund despite the High Court determining that the tax charged by Victoria was invalid.
A new review found PwC Australia had a ‘whatever it takes’ culture, making those raking in the most money ‘untouchables’. Australians need to know if that culture has infiltrated other big businesses.
Principales colaboradores
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor of Accounting, University of Essex, University of Essex
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PhD Candidate, casual academic, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer, Accounting Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Finance, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Taxation, Stellenbosch University
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
