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The general response to carbon tax is not a positive one, but it may be something South Africa will need to accept.
South Africa’s left wing trade unions may have found an unlikely ally in their objection to the proposed VAT hike. The OECD says there are other options South Africa could consider to raise revenue.
If GST was added to meat, the government could raise billions of dollars in revenue while also encouraging shoppers to eat more veggies - a lipsmacking prospect for public health and the environment.
Why is there a tax policy named after the world’s third richest man?
A “triple lock” election commitment to keep taxes down is just pushing the pursuit of revenue into other areas – with the threat of more to come.
Even when everyone agrees on the need for reform, there’s no guarantee we’ll ever see it happen.
The near collapse of development talks in Ethiopia left campaigners angry, but they have more irons in the fire.
In his budget, George Osborne said that we are all in this together. A look at the evidence shows that we’re not.
Despite the announcement of a living wage, less well off families are actually set to be worse off.
Instant reaction from academics as George Osborne delivers his post-election budget.
Commitments made at election time have a habit of tying the Chancellor’s hands come budget day.
If Scotland gets control over its tax arrangements, transfer pricing within the UK will be a big problem - the amber nectar is a classic case in point.
It’s no secret that Peter Costello doesn’t give a high mark to the Abbott government, and every now and then he uses his column in News Corp papers to call it out.
The dawn of online government is supposed to help transfer power to the masses. But measures introduced last month look more like a state embellishing its power.
In launching its national “conversation” about tax reform, the Abbott government is caught between the policy imperative of “leading” and the political requirement of “listening”.
The political to-and-fro after George Osborne’s budget failed to ignite political imaginations. Maybe because all parties are struggling to rationalise the hole government coffers.
For five years the Chancellor has sought to invigorate returns on investment for businesses, but the pay off is yet to materialise.
British tax rules mean it makes more sense to knock a good house down than make changes which will sharply cut national emissions.
As HSBC suffers under the scorching spotlight of public scrutiny once more, it is fair to ask why the banking group so often finds itself at the heart of the action.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Emeritus Professor of Accounting, University of Essex, University of Essex
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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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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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Economics, Director of the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Emeritus Professor of Finance, The University of Melbourne
