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Tag Archives: tax
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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Cash-strapped Qld Gov’t to charge interstate migrants
Once upon a time, the Queensland Government tried to attract people from interstate by cutting taxes and charges. For instance, Sir Joh famously abolished death duties in the seventies. But times have changed. Now we have a cash-strapped state government … Continue reading
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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Electric Vehicle Tax – Qld shouldn’t follow Victoria and SA in imposing one
The Australia Institute ran an excellent webinar (Stop the Electric Vehicles Tax) this morning opposing the Electric Vehicle Tax announced by Victoria and SA. An EV tax may end up being imposed by other state governments, including NSW’s and Queensland’s, … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Transport
Tagged australia, australiainstitute, ev, fuelexcise, qld, qldbudget, sa, tai, tax, tesla, victoria
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Frydenberg’s won’t-die-wondering Budget
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg delivered a strong speech tonight in handing down what I’d label as his won’t-die-wondering budget, or possibly as the Nixon-goes-to-China budget, a federal budget with an expected current financial year deficit of $214 billion and projected total … Continue reading
Posted in Budget
Tagged australia, budget, covid-19, debt, deficits, fiscalpolicy, jobmaker, qld, queensland, tax
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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
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Tagged amazon, apple, australia, france, google, netflix, panamapapers, qut, shellcompanies, starbucks, tax, taxhavens, thelaundromat, thincapitalisation, transferpricing, us
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Queensland Economy Watch 