Gordon Mackenzie – The Conversation

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August 22, 2023

Worried you’ll lodge a late tax return? At least 80,000 Australians can’t afford tax advice

Ann Kayis-Kumar, UNSW ; Gordon Mackenzie, UNSW ; Jack Noone, UNSW ; Michael Walpole, UNSW , and Youngdeok Lim, UNSW

If you earn less than $60,000, you may be eligible for free tax help. But there is more we could do to help everyone – including struggling sole traders or small businesses – get the advice they need.

Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen says the cost of cash refunds has exploded. AAP

March 13, 2018

Viewpoints: could Labor’s tax changes make the system fairer or hurt investors?

Danielle Wood, Grattan Institute; Brendan Coates, Grattan Institute; Gordon Mackenzie, UNSW , and John Daley, Grattan Institute

Scrapping cash refunds on dividends could make the tax system fairer. But super funds could invest less in Australian companies.

Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen and Opposition leader Bill Shorten want to make changes to superannuation. AAP/Mick Tsikas

April 23, 2015

Labor’s super plan would add complexity but not tackle inequity

Gordon Mackenzie, UNSW

Labor’s super plan would introduce new taxes to balance inequities in the system - but is this really a radical change, or tinkering around the edges?

The Financial System Inquiry says the purpose of superannuation is to provide a retirement income that can substitute or supplement the age pension. Lukas Coch/AAP

December 11, 2014

Murray pushes for fewer super tax breaks but change is unlikely

Gordon Mackenzie, UNSW

David Murray’s Financial System Inquiry may call for the removal of superannuation tax breaks but the government’s tax discussion paper, due to be released next week, is unlikely to advocate similar changes…

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