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Tag Archives: tax
The Fight on the Right – latest International Liberty post features my interview with Dr Dan Mitchell
Well known US economist and pundit Dr Dan Mitchell has featured my Economics Explained interview with him in the latest instalment of his Fight on the Right series of posts on his International Liberty blog: Fight on the Right part … Continue reading
Posted in Tax, Uncategorized
Tagged capitalism, denmark, government, sizeofgovernment, statecapacitylibertarianism, supplyside, tax, usa, usright
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Panama papers & multinational tax avoidance Economics Explained episode with QUT’s Prof. Raimondos
In the latest episode of my Economics Explained podcast, I chat with QUT Head of School of Economics and Finance Professor Pascalis Raimondos about international taxation issues, particularly multinational and personal tax avoidance and evasion. As Pascalis notes in the … Continue reading
Posted in Tax, Uncategorized
Tagged amazon, apple, australia, france, google, netflix, panamapapers, qut, shellcompanies, starbucks, tax, taxhavens, thelaundromat, thincapitalisation, transferpricing, us
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Housing industry round table with Treasurer Frydenberg at Parliament House on Monday 18/2/19
I felt honoured to attend a housing industry round table with federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Assistant Treasurer Zed Seselja at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 18 February 2019. Prime Minister Scott Morrison opened the round table but had … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged alp, australia, canberra, capitalgains, cgt, housing, masterbuilders, negativegearing, propertycouncil, stampduty, tax, taxation, treasury, udia
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The Andrew Leigh-Sinclair Davidson company tax debate
In March, there was extensive media coverage (e.g. in the Guardian Australia) of shadow assistant treasurer Andrew Leigh’s company tax research which found companies paying lower effective company tax rates (i.e. actual tax paid/profits) did not create more jobs than … Continue reading
2018 Budget: Party like it’s 1999!
Guest post by Dr Andreas Chai, Economic Policy and Analysis Program, Griffith University 1999 was a great year to be alive in Australia. Apart from Prince hitting the airwaves again, Powderfinger were still playing and topped the hottest 100, the … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged budget, commodityprices, epap, futurefund, griffith, matrix, norway, powderfinger, singapore, sovereignwealthfund, surplus, swf, tax, uae
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Value Capture: Making Sense of Policy Options – guest post by Brad Rogers
I am delighted to publish this guest post from Brad Rogers, Director of DeltaPearl Partners, on value capture, the topic of a conference his firm will run in Canberra in July. Views expressed are Brad’s and should not necessarily be … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Uncategorized
Tagged arcadis, canberra, congestioncharging, deltapearl, gst, hongkong, hyatt, infrastructure, mtr, pfi, ppp, tax, valuecapture
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Great work BDO, which had the best Budget summary (and a highly entertaining breakfast)
Leading accounting firm BDO consistently produces the best federal Budget summary, and this year’s did not let them down. The sub-title of the 2017 Federal Budget summary is: A quick sprint to the finish line for housing affordability, but still … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged auspol, banklevy, banks, bcec, bdo, budget, federalbudget, housingaffordability, negativegearing, suncorp, super, tax
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