We conducted a study to examine how the 2011 Queensland Floods affected people’s incomes, tax deductions, and taxes owed. As natural disasters become more frequent… Read More ›
We recently published an article exploring different approaches to political donations and tax deductions. Specifically, we compare the approaches of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand,… Read More ›
In 2022, we published a report examining alternative models of political party funding in Aotearoa New Zealand. As part of this work, we explored alternatives… Read More ›
Taxes create a number of incentives that lead households and firms to modify their economic decisions through evasion, avoidance, or real responses, in order to… Read More ›
In his October 2022 speech to The Tax Institute’s Tax Summit, the second commissioner of taxation at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), Mr Jeremy Hirschhorn,… Read More ›
As we begin to embrace the new normal following the last two years of government-mandated stay-at-home directives, office closures and increasing digital and flexible modes… Read More ›
In the context of the budget and forthcoming election, it’s timely to reflect on what has happened since the release of the recommendations from the… Read More ›
Deductions for work-related expenses (WREs) have been a feature of Australia’s income tax system since it commenced in 1915. The longstanding policy justification for deductions… Read More ›
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