This paper is intended to start a national conversation on tax reform and invites submissions from the public. Foreword Australia has experienced nearly a quarter of a century of uninterrupted economic growth. As a result, Australians continue to have some of the highest living standards in the world. Over the next few decades, the challenge...

Summary The Centre for International Economics has modelled the impact of the following reforms on the Norfolk Island economy: ■ Core Reform — at the core of the proposed reforms is inclusion of Norfolk Island in the mainland’s welfare and Medicare systems. This would also necessitate participation in the mainland income taxation system ■ Other...

The release of the inter-generational report has given rise to much talk about inequality and the need for another look at our tax system. It's been five years since the release of the Henry Tax Review, a comprehensive study of our tax and transfer system, released at the time that the GFC hit. So how...

This paper argues that the need for comprehensive and considered tax reform is now urgent and profound in order to keep the economy growing, and to fund a strong social safety net. Purpose of paper This is the first in a series of papers that the Business Council of Australia will be releasing in the...

This paper provides a synthesis of our evaluation of tax revenue reform in the Pacific. It gathers, in summary form, the key outcomes of the evaluation, from the following papers: • Evaluation of tax reform in the Pacific, dated 31 March 2014 (“the evaluation”). • Topography of tax reform in the Pacific Islands in the...