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Income tax

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Election 2016: The Taxation Debate

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Election 2016: The Taxation Debate

Australia’s taxation framework is a focal point for budget repair in the upcoming election. Multinational Tax Avoidance With politicians hammering on about tax avoidance, the Coalition has proposed a Tax Integrity Package to tackle the concern. Features of this package include a new stringent Diverted Profits Tax (DPT) to

Time for the states to have income tax?

Taxation is something all economists know about. As undergraduates, we learn about the costs created by taxation when it distorts incentives. In first year the cost is represented by a deadweight loss triangle. In later years we learn more about the costs of taxation. We see how taxation can have