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With their different but equally conservative income tax policies, both Labour and National ask voters to consider their own appetite for risk.
We’re all in this pandemic together. But we’re currently leaving it to a small proportion of the community to shoulder most of the economic pain. It’s an approach that’s compounding social and intergenerational…
The Canadian federal government’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan includes tax-related measures. It's helpful to examine tax supports for individuals by considering the past, present and future.
Digital transactions generate massive amounts of revenue and the Kenyan government wants to ensure that online traders pay their fair share of taxes.
The graph says Americans on the highest incomes now face lower tax rates than Americans on low incomes. It's a consequence of an unusual definition of income.
High income families could get up to $1,080 per year, others $618, but it could still be worthwhile.
The Stage 3 cuts would make Australia's income tax system the least progressive in 60 years.
In an interview with The Conversation, Frydenberg refused to be drawn on what the government would do if unable to get the whole bill through.
Taxation is not the only financial burden for overseas Americans.
The government promised to eliminate the 37% tax rate. Instead, for a certain range of income, it has lifted it to 40%.
After some years the Coalition's proposals would cost $40 billion per year more than Labor's, but by then Labor will have probably cut tax further too.
Flat tax is simple, Kondo simple. But that doesn't mean it simplifies lives.
Should the Coalition's $300 billion of tax cuts ever be enacted, they would push the budget back towards deficit.
The promised tax cuts will benefit high earners in 2022 and 2024, but by then they'll need it.
The debate about tax cuts has morphed into a debate about annual lump sum payments, and for many Australians, Labor is offering more.
It's tax season. That's why Canadians must pay close attention to the possibility of going from the tax avoidance realm into tax evasion when preparing their tax returns or hiring an accountant to do so.
If you can understand this, you might just understand the election. Here's our quick guide to the language of dividend imputation.
The promised budget surplus depends on everything going right, and much more income tax says the Parliamentary Budget Office.
It was a busy week in politics, with the federal government passing its income tax package, more squabbling over the ABC, and all parties gearing up for the July 28 byelections.
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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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Fellow, Grattan Institute
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Danielle Wood is a Friend of The Conversation.
Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
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Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Accounting, Edinburgh Napier University
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Director, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
