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Category Archives: Tax
If you’re sick of politics BAU, check out my Pirate Party economics podcast interview
What does the economic policy platform of a Pirate Party look like? What does it say about intellectual property protection (i.e. copyright and patents), the Right to Repair, UBI, taxation, and business support? And what type of pirates are Pirate … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Industry policy, Macroeconomy, Social policy, Tax, Trade
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UBI podcast chat w/ Ben Phillips, ANU Associate Professor and microsimulation modeller
My latest podcast episode features a conversation about the pros and cons of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) with my old UQ economics classmate Ben Phillips, now an Associate Professor at the ANU. Ben is one of Australia’s leading modellers … Continue reading
US libertarian public finance expert Dan Mitchell slams the “global tax cartel” Australia has joined
Last year, Australia signed up to the OECD-led push for a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15%, a measure designed to reduce the profit-shifting to low-tax countries which occurs and disadvantages higher corporate tax rate countries such as Australia, … Continue reading
Posted in Tax
Tagged australia, california, corporatetax, economics, government, publicchoice, publicfinance, spending, tax
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Billionaire and inheritance taxes podcast chat with Prof. Miranda Stewart
There are growing calls to increase taxes on the wealthy in advanced economies such as the United States and Australia. For instance, US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez controversially wore a white evening dress with the words Tax the Rich written in … Continue reading
Posted in Tax
Tagged aoc, australia, billionairetax, deathduties, inheritancetax, tax, usa, wealth
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PC says fuel tax credit isn’t a fossil fuel subsidy
Some commentators claim the federal government’s fuel tax credit for business is a $7.8bn fossil fuel subsidy (e.g. see the Australia Institute’s Fossil fuel subsidies in Australia), but the Productivity Commission has provided me a great explanation regarding why the … Continue reading
Posted in Mining, Tax
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‘Hollywood Australia’ supported by generous tax credits and other government subsidies
The Australian is reporting ‘Hollywood Australia’ a $1.5bn movie blockbuster extravaganza, covering the surge in international film productions such as Thor: Love and Thunder filming in Australia. This is partly related to Australia’s success in managing COVID and also to … Continue reading
Posted in Industry policy, Tax
Tagged australia, corporatewelfare, cronycapitalism, economics, filmindustry, foxstudios, government, hollywood, industryassistance, louisiana, subsidies, taxcredits, usa, villageroadshow
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Cannabis Industry to Light Up – guest post by Stephen Thornton
The win by the US Democratic Party of two federal senate seats representing the state of Georgia creates a situation whereby the Republican Party will lose their majority in the Upper House. Given the Democrats control the House of Representatives, … Continue reading
EV taxes, property taxes, and the need to reset federal financial relations in Australia
It’s good news that, according to the Brisbane Times, Queensland Transport Minister Mark Bailey has ruled out a special Electric Vehicle tax (at least for now). You may recall I reported on the Australia Institute’s campaign to stop state-levied EV … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Environment, Tax
Tagged australia, electricvehicles, evtax, federalfinancialrelations, propertytax, qld, tax
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GST & Vertical Fiscal Imbalance video
The Update on Queensland’s fiscal position media release from state Treasurer Cameron Dick last Thursday noted “over the 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years, GST receipts to Queensland will be cut by up to $2.5 billion compared to our MYFER [Mid … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Tax
Tagged australia, gst, qld, queensland, verticalfiscalimbalance, vfi
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Queensland Economy Watch 