Tax reform
Alternative labels
Design and administration of taxation
Working paper
Do payroll tax cuts for Australian firms affect their use of capital and labor?
This paper studies the effects of increases in payroll tax thresholds on wages, employment and capital expenditure in Australia. The estimates within provide no evidence in favor of the hypothesis that a lower payroll tax burden increases wages, employment or capital expenditure.
Policy report
Stamp duty to land tax: designing the transition
This report challenges the view that the highly sought-after stamp duty to land tax reform is too 'politically difficult' to achieve. For politicians searching for a circuit-breaker on state tax reform, this model offers generous but logical concessions for existing owners, choice for future buyers, and an attractive introductory period to secure early support.
Working paper
Improving cash flow corporate taxation (CFCT) and the Z-tax (ZT) approach
This paper proposes a method to improve the cash flow corporate tax and in particular to make it better applicable to financial corporations.
Working paper
Taxing capital income and the Z-tax solution
This paper looks at issues with conventional approaches to capital income taxation, such as the income tax, the capital gains tax and the cash-flow consumption tax.
Survey Report
A bit rich: a government plan to make tax less progressive
This paper argues the Government’s tax plan will make income tax less progressive, with most of the benefit going to those on high incomes.