Panel Discussion: Regional Housing Demand and Supply in Australia

Date and time: Friday 8 December 2017, 12pm to 1.30pm Location: Barton Theatre, Level 1, JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU Associate Professor Ben… Read More ›

PBO Consultation Paper: Costing Processes, Timeframes and Prioritisation Framework

The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has released a consultation paper, PBO costing processes, timeframes and prioritisation framework, and is seeking stakeholder submissions by 15 December… Read More ›

Anglicare-NUS Student Survey: Centrelink Benefits Not Enough to Support Living and Studying

Anglicare Australia and the National Union of Students (NUS) called on the government to take urgent action on student support in next year’s Budget, releasing… Read More ›

AHURI Report: Pathways to State Property Tax Reform

The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) has released its final report of its inquiry into pathways to housing tax reform. Led by Professor… Read More ›

OECD Releases Mutual Agreement Procedure Statistics for 2016

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released mutual agreement procedure (MAP) statistics for 2016. The statistics highlight: ‌‌In comparison with the 2015… Read More ›

EU Launches TaxEdu Portal

The European Commission has launched a new education portal, TaxEdu, for young people to teach them in a fun and interactive way about tax issues.… Read More ›

Treasury Consultation on Implementing OECD Hybrid Mismatch Rules

In the 2016-17 and 2017-18 Budgets, the Australian Government announced that it would implement the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) rules aimed at… Read More ›

OECD Approves 2017 Update to Model Tax Convention

On 21 November 2017, the OECD Council approved the contents of the 2017 Update to the OECD Model Tax Convention (the OECD Model). The 2017 Update, which was previously… Read More ›

NZ Government Establishes Working Group to Review the Tax System

In New Zealand, the new Labour Government has announced the establishment of the Tax Working Group and its terms of reference and that the group… Read More ›

Revenue Statistics 2017: OECD Countries More Reliant on Personal Income Taxes

Personal income taxes are playing an increasingly significant role in the tax mix as revenues from social security contributions and consumption taxes fall, and corporate… Read More ›