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Purporting to distribute money to children to take advantage of their tax-free thresholds sends
a message about how important it is to be truthful when complying with the tax law.
New Zealand’s ‘one percent’ pay lower tax rates than ordinary earners – just don’t expect any big changes to tax policy in the near future.
The federal government wanted to give taxpayers a couple months to prepare the year’s taxes. But as filing became more complex, the date was pushed back.
Heading into the 2023 election, politicians and commentators have said New Zealand’s tax needs to be fairer. But opinions on how to make the system fairer vary wildly.
Australian landlords pay $1 billion less tax per year than the Tax Office believes they should, with almost all of the ‘errors’ in their favour.
By sticking to a tax-cut plan made in 2018, the Albanese government must choose between debt and services.
The tax cuts only look big when compared to no cuts, an alternative that isn’t realistic.
Some earners will take home less after a tax switch legislated years ago and now supported by both sides of parliament.
Taxes are more than mandatory payments required by governments. Understanding the essential aspects of taxation can help prevent ethically and legally questionable taxes from being imposed.
Adjusting tax brackets in line with inflation would ensure voters who wanted more government spending would also have to vote for more tax.
The IRS has yet to finish millions of returns from the 2021 tax season. That doesn’t bode well for 2022.
The 2017 tax cuts put a $10,000 cap on the deduction for state and local taxes. The richest households would see the biggest gains from eliminating or raising the cap.
News about how little income tax some of the richest Americans reportedly pay is adding to questions about the value to society of their massive charitable donations.
Wriggling out of paying taxes may be legal, but is it right? Aristotle, Immanuel Kant – and others – have their say.
A new report found that America’s top billionaires paid very little income tax despite tremendous gains in their wealth.
New tax office figures show only 2% of Australians earn more than $211,000 a year.
LMITO excludes low earners and isn’t timely.
Raising income taxes for the super-rich can help ease the burden on government budgets and reduce inequality in society.
The UK government has an option to act boldly after Rishi Sunak’s latest budget.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in Accounting, Edinburgh Napier 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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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Clinical Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of Economics, Director of the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland
