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Despite the government taxing tobacco at higher and higher rates, revenue continues to fall. There’s no easy solution.
Narrowing the ‘tax gap’ has been a long-standing goal of the government agency.
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?
The Coalition’s Lower Tax Guarantee is pointless without an explanation of how it will also close the deficit and fund services.
Both major parties refuse to grasp the nettle of New Zealand’s narrow and inherently unfair tax base.
As more Canadians flock to urban centres, those cities have fewer options to raise taxes New tax policies are needed that reflect the shift to a digital economy.
It seems that timing tricks are now a thing in Australian politics. Revenues are brought forward and spending pushed back for cosmetic effect.
There’s never been a better time for tax reform. But as governments have tried (and stumbled) over the years the burden has shifted to individual taxpayers and the latest budget looks no different.
Whether measures announced by Gigaba will stave off a downgrade of South Africa’s local currency debt by one remaining rating remains to be seen.
Indonesia’s shadow economy – a range of activities not included in the national accounts –
is keeping the country back from reaching its tax revenue potential.
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Senior Research Associate
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Academic Fellow, Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV), United Nations University
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg
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Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) and John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Professor of Taxation and Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor in Public Policy and Society, University of Toronto
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Policy Associate, The Mowat Centre, University of Toronto
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Visiting Fellow, College of Business & Economics, Australian National University
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Business Law and Taxation Dept, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Assistant Professor of Accountancy, Clemson University
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Lecturer in Taxation, Discipline of Accounting, Governance & Regulation, The University of Sydney, University of Sydney
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Professor of Business Regulation, University of Sydney
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Professor of Taxation, University of Canterbury